Building a Successful Project Management Office

Project managers, programme managers, directors, team leaders and anyone working in a portfolio management capacity.

Project management experience is assumed.

You Will Learn How To

• Develop a Project Management Office (PMO) to improve project efficiency
• Customise standards for project management methodologies, processes and procedures
• Manage and validate compliance through centralised controls
• Align project selection criteria with strategic organisational objectives
• Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) for better communication and collaboration
• Provide ongoing project management support through mentoring and coaching

A Project Management Office (PMO) is vital to ensure project consistency, efficiency and effectiveness across the organisation. In this course, you learn how to build an effective PMO.

You gain the skills to structure a central PMO that provides standardisation, oversight and ongoing support, and training in a multiple-project environment.

Through an evolving case study, you gain the necessary skills to create and maintain a PMO that meets the current demands and constraints of a multiproject environment. Activities include:

• Developing and customising a PMO charter implementation plan
• Defining a comprehensive controls and oversight policy
• Customising a knowledge management plan
• Structuring the key components of a PMIS
• Assessing and aligning organisational priorities with project approval procedures
• Mapping stakeholders within a central PMO communications plan
• Performing strategic risk analysis across the enterprise
• Developing ongoing project management training and educational plans