Stop Playing Project Management: Building a PMO That Actually Delivers
A Project Management Office should be a delivery engine, not a department of "no." If your projects are consistently late and over budget, your PMO is failing its primary function: ensuring ROI on change.
Change is expensive. If you are not seeing a return on your project spend, your PMO is broken. Most PMOs spend too much time on templates and not enough time on throughput. It is time to focus on delivery.
Definition: A Project Management Office (PMO) is a group or department that defines and maintains standards for project management within the organisation. Its goal is to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality.
Action List for COOs:
- One source of truth: Ban individual project decks. Use a single platform for all project status reporting.
- ROI-based prioritisation: Stop doing projects because a senior leader likes them. Only fund projects with a clear commercial return.
- Capacity planning: You cannot do fifty projects with ten people. Be honest about your resources and prioritise accordingly.
- Active risk management: Review project risks weekly. If a risk becomes an issue, you have already lost time.
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