PMO Trends To Watch In 2016 You’d be forgiven for thinking that the PMO world moves quite slowly, given that the focus of many corporate PMOs is on delivering services in a standard way, over and over again and with a strong eye on governance. In fact, the PMO is one of the most dynamic […]
The Changing Role of the PMO Manager
Ask people what they think about the role of the Project Management Office and you’ll get lots of different responses. In some companies, the PMO function is purely administrative. In others, it’s the heart and soul of how projects are done and companies don’t know how they would function without it. For most, it’s somewhere […]
5 Reasons To Have a Project Management Office
Setting up a Project Management Office (PMO) is a pretty big task. It involves restructuring your company, or at least some of it, in order to take advantage of the benefits of bringing together the project management professionals in your business. So you need to go into it with open eyes, and cognizant of the […]
Questions You Should Ask When Implementing A PMO
Implementing a Project Management Office (PMO) is often not as simple as it might seem. As noted in this article, politics, organizational dynamics, history, personalities, etc. often come into play. When a client asks us to help “right the ship” of a struggling PMO implementation, one of the first things we want to understand, is […]
4 Career Paths For PMO Professionals
Let’s get one thing straight: the Project Management Office is not a dead end job. If you’ve heard that myth, then put it to one side now! PMOs are consistently gaining credibility in their organizations and they focus on maintaining standards and maximizing economies
What’s Next For Your PMO?
Every company’s Project Management Office is slightly different. The functions that your PMO provides depends on where the unit sits within the business, what resources it controls and how much responsibility it has. PMOs can range
4 Steps For Introducing A New PMO
Setting up a new organizational Project Management Office is a big undertaking. It’s also a big investment for most companies so it’s important to get it right. Those first few weeks and months when your PMO has just launched are critical for its on-going success. You want to show that you are making a difference
Choosing Good PMO Metrics
Earlier this year, the Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit in London, UK, had a heavy focus on data handling. There were several presentations covering Project Management Office measurements and metrics including speakers who looked at sample PMO
Is Your PMO Going Digital?
Cloud computing, mobile devices, big data: there are lots of technology concepts in the news right now and it’s interesting to see how they are affecting project and program management. A recent article in
Two Ambitious Goals for Your PMO
At Ten Six, we see a couple of themes and goals for this year which include raising the strategic profile of the PMO and improving its approach to organizational skill development.