Project Management Office (PMO)
Resources and Tools

Project management offices (PMOs) have become ubiquitous in today’s corporate landscape. They also go by Program Management Office or Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO). A PMO can exist at the corporate level (Enterprise PMO or EPMO) or at the departmental (IT, Marketing, Operations, etc.) level. As the name suggests, this office is intrinsically linked to the management of initiatives in an organization. An organization usually launches an initiative to change/improve the status quo. Hence, a PMO could also be thought of as an office that is responsible for effective change management in an organization.

Planning

• Prioritize projects based on business needs
• Align projects to a firm’s project portfolio
• Allocate resources to a project based on project timing and needs
• Assist stakeholders with business case development

Execution

• Facilitate ongoing project planning sessions
• Coordinate communications across business units
• Conduct regular quality assurance reviews
• Lead post-implementation reviews

Monitoring

• Provide periodic reports to stakeholders and executives on the health of the project portfolio and the status of mission-critical projects
• Ensure proper tracking of project data and milestones
• Make recommendations on which projects need more investment or resources versus which ones need to be paused, delayed, or killed.

Standards, Methods, and Training

• Develop and maintain methodologies and processes
• Offer support for projects, acting as consultants on demand
• Provide coaching and mentoring to project managers
• Recommend, deploy and maintain a Project Portfolio Management solution

Leadership

• Foster cooperation and organizational alignment between executives and project teams
• Provide fact-based and business-relevant recommendations to the business

Project Management Office (PMO) Links - Daptiv

Daptiv for the PMO
Daptiv Project Portfolio Management - PMO Director
Daptiv PPM Software

PMO Success Webinar Series - Daptiv

• Register for any of the following live webinars at the PMO Success Webinars Page
• Are You Ready for a PMO?
• Setting up the PMO Charter
• Turning Around a Failing PMO
• Metrics and PMO Value

Project Management Office (PMO) Toolkits & Whitepapers - PDFs

The PMO Toolkit
Top 10 PMO Worst Practices: Pitfalls to Avoid

Project Management Office (PMO) Case Studies - PDFs

City Colleges of Chicago’s PMO Uses Daptiv PPM to Stay on Top of Critical Project Issues, Risks and Tasks
GSI Commerce Decision Story - Interview with Lauren Cutting, Director, PMO
Informa Decision Story - Interview with Damon Bell, Group PMO Manager
Healthcare Innovator OhioHealth Cures Itself of High Cost,
High Maintenance Project Portfolio Management with Daptiv PPM
Virgin Blue Airlines Enjoys Unprecedented Visibility into its Project Portfolio through Daptiv PPM
C&S Wholesale Grocers Uses the Express Lane to Better Project Portfolio Management
Sisters of Mercy Health System EPMO

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