PMO Decay: Why Your 2026 Transformation is a Sunk Cost
Agile is not an excuse for a lack of ROI. Your PMO is likely a cost center hiding behind jargon.
Project Management Offices (PMOs) in 2026 are frequently guilty of 'governance theater'. They produce beautiful Gantt charts and talk about 'sprints' while the actual ROI of your digital transformation is in freefall.
The decay starts when the PMO stops being an auditor of value and starts being a facilitator of bloat. If your PMO cannot tell you the exact financial impact of a two-week delay in a specific workstream, they are not managing; they are documenting failure.
Cut the fluff. Demand ROI, not just 'updates'.
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