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Project Management Office Development

Project Management Office Development

What is Project Management Office (PMO) Development?

The Program Management Office (PMO) concept was developed by large corporations within the aerospace industry during the mid-1950s to meet strategic business needs and reduce the number of failing projects. The PMO concept gained further momentum in the management of Y2K projects, when it was critical to handle large, one-time problems without missing the project deadline.

adaQuest offers PMO Development and implementation services to customers at portfolio, program, and project levels.  Customer expectations of PMO implementation should include:

  1. Producing consistent and predictable results,
  2. Standardizing PM policy, processes and practices,
  3. Assisting in alignment of projects with corporate business strategy and objectives,
  4. Formalizing identification and management of risk opportunities and threats,
  5. Increasing individual project success rate. 

The Portfolio level

At the Portfolio level, adaQuest PMO Development focus on Project Governance, or business strategy.  Governance is the framework used to ensure projects remain relevant and deliver stated business benefits. adaQuest PMO development offerings related to Project Governance include high-level assistance in:

  1. Mapping projects to business goals and objectives,
  2. Input to selection of projects to meet the corporate business strategy,
  3. Meeting stakeholders needs and expectations,
  4. Project Selection and authorization,
  5. Project Prioritization.

The Program level

At the Program level adaQuest PMO implementation services focus on the organizations Project Lifecycle.  The Project Lifecycle is the framework used to ensure that projects can be executed efficiently and effectively with access to best practice processes and methodologies, competent people and valuable tools.  AdaQuest PMO Development offerings related to Project Lifecycle include high-level (i.e., portfolio) assistance in:

  1. Organizational management,
  2. Resource management,
  3. Employee retention,
  4. Project planning and implementation support,
  5. Leveraging current technology,
  6. Maximizing technology effectiveness.

The Project level

At the Project level, adaQuest PMO Development offerings include:

  1. Create an environment to effectively manage change,
  2. Develop PM Policy Statements providing policy direction for projects,
  3. Develop and maintain customer-specific PM Manual,
  4. Provide mentoring of Project Managers,
  5. Provide “Reward and Recognition” of outstanding performance,
  6. Provide training of project team members,
  7. Develop and maintain PM Processes and Procedures,
  8. Develop and maintain PM Templates that generate metrics,
  9. Provide performance audits of projects, as requested, during the planning, execution, control, and closure processes,
  10. Develop and publish Project Manager career path guidelines,
  11. Provide a “Graded Approach” to project management to meet specific needs of project complexity,
  12. Provide “Project Management Maturity Assessments”,
  13. Create and maintain “PMO Knowledge Center” to retain historical performance metrics from projects in various stages of completion,
  14. Provide project consulting and support during all project processes.

Why should a potential client care?

Some people minimize the importance of process. But standard, repeatable processes are essential to the successful creation of a product. Processes allow a large number of people to work together on a collaborative project. Processes provide the mechanism by which team members trust that others are taking care of their parts of a project, and that the rules of the game will not suddenly change.

PMO Development enables the production of standard processes, resulting in the consistent, predictable results that every company needs. Contact us to learn more about how adaQuest has successfully conducted PMO Development activities for our clients.