Course description
To compete in the current challenging economic environment, successful organizations are embracing project management as part of their overall strategy to achieve business results. Learn how a properly organized and managed project management office (PMO) can help your organization to achieve business success. Participants will learn how to plan, develop, and manage a PMO to obtain critical buy-in and make significant contributions to your company during the start-up phase and beyond.
Lectures, discussions, and case studies will familiarize students with best practices in implementing and operating a PMO, including knowledge of the types of PMOs and the different functions associated with each type and of the management and staffing requirements of a PMO team.
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Training content
Module 1: What Is the Value of a PMO?
- Why Are PMOs Needed?
- What Is a Project Management Office?
Module 2: Assess the Business Needs for a PMO
- PMO Development Process
- Build a Business Case
Module 3: Develop a Business Plan for the PMO
- The Business Plan
- Determine the Scope
- Determine the Organization Type
- Identify Required Resources
- Evaluate Risk
- Develop a Communications Plan
- Schedule Deliverables
- Determine the Budget
- Other Components
- Obtain Approvals
Module 4: Establishing a PMO
- Steps for Successful Implementation
Module 5: Getting Buy-In for the PMO
- Add Value Quickly
- Measure the Effectiveness of a PMO
- Sell the PMO ’s Effectiveness
Costs
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Certification / Credits
- Develop a mission for your PMO that meets corporate needs.
- Develop communication and staffing plans to make your PMO a success.
- Develop a workable plan to establish a Strategic PMO, or to improve your current PMO operations.
Key Takeaways
- What Type of PMO do we need?— The difference between strategic and tactical Project Management Offices.
- Relating the PMO to Business Needs— Determine what PMO functions are needed to best support your projects and company organization.
- Services and Business Needs— How to define, staff and manage and effective Project Management Office to support what the business requires.
- Making It Through the Start Up Phase— How to establish and operate a Strategic Project Management Office in your organization.
- Getting Buy-In— The practices and procedures necessary to keep a Strategic Project Management Office contributing value to the organization.
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CORPORATE EDUCATION GROUP
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