PM13 - Creating a Project Management Office

Summary

This course is designed for senior managers of organizations who have a need to centralize the support and monitoring of a significant number of important projects.

Duration: 1 day
PDUs: 7
Compliance: 2008 PMBOK™

What you will learn

• The role and function of a PMO
• How to assess the need for a PMO
• The criteria for locating the PMO within the organization
• The criteria for determining the level of the PMO manager
• How to structure a project to establish a PMO

Seminar format

• One day with workshops, discussion and lecture

Seminar take-aways

• Complete seminar manual with all visual aids
• On-line and telephone support for past seminar participants
• Certificate of completion with 7 Professional Development Units

Seminar Outline

Introduction
Model for establishing effective project management – The PMO defined

Potential Functions of the PMO
Management of the project environment: Core pool of project managers – Career development guidance – PM policy
development – Project information: Project information management – Project review committee secretariat – Project archives
custodian – Project support: Project support staff pool – Selection, development and maintenance of PM – Methodology,
procedures, processes, systems and tools

Assessing the Need for a PMO
Determining the organization’s project management maturity – Determining the organization’s goals for a
PMO

Organizational Location and Reporting Relationships of the PMO
The ideal structure – The project review committee and its role – Variations of the corporate PMO structure

The PMO Manager
Level – Qualifications – Discussion group/workshop

Phases of Establishing a PMO
Establishing a PMO: A project – Corporate impact of PMO project – High level WBS for project – Key
issues in setting up a PMO project

Conclusions