Implementing a PMO to meet sponsor requirements
If you have followed the last 3 posts, you will have an understanding of why it is important to determine clear sponsor requirements, convert to SMART objectives, create PMO Vision
Capturing the PMO vision and mission allowing definition of design principle
Post explaining how to capture PMO Vision and Mission so that it can be translated into design principles for your PMO. Includes an example worksheet,
Define PMO objectives and translate to SMART objectives
In the last post, Defining objectives for a PMO to help the sponsor measure success, it provided and overview of how to define objectives to help the sponsor understand the
Defining objectives for a PMO to help the sponsor measure success
This post will cover the steps a PMO can take to define objectives that can be used to measure success. This is important due to the following:
Senior management do not
Example of simple PMO cost trend analysis tool
The last post, How a PMO can use cost trend analysis to identify project budget under and overruns, it covered how using cost trend analysis can help a PMO quickly
How a PMO can use cost trend analysis to identify budget under and overruns
One of the responsibilities of project manager is to manage the project budget. This covers, estimating the initial budget (in most cases or at least reviewing), creating a monthly budget
PMO tips – Importance of meeting logistics
This may appear to be a strange topic to cover in a post. However, if you stop to think, a meeting has usually been organised for a very good reason
How a PMO can help manage stakeholders
The last post, PMO Stakeholder Analysis, covered why stakeholder analysis was important to the health of a PMO and, the approach to conducting the analysis. This post will provide some
PMO stakeholder analysis
For a PMO to be effective, it needs the correct level of support (especially from the PMO sponsor – see post PMO sponsorship why it is vital). However, it is
PMO Quality Assurance part 4 – mechanics of the QA review
A quick recap. In this series of posts on PMO Quality Assurance (QA), it has covered the following steps:
PMO Quality Assurance part 1 – types of review
PMO Quality