The Program Management Office Advantage: A Powerful and Centralized Way for Organizations to Manage Projects

by Lia Tjahjana, Paul Dwyer, Mohsin Habib

Already a best practice for the majority of Fortune 500 companies, Program Management Office (PMO) is being embraced by large and small organizations eager to efficiently manage all their projects. Now, this essential resource details the groundbreaking business reasons for having a centralized project department and provides easy-to-follow guidelines to help readers set up and run an effective PMO. Pioneered by the IT industry, PMO eliminates the challenges, stressors, and roadblocks involved when running multiple projects and instead creates a central office responsible for allocating resources, setting consistent measures, and monitoring progress. Program Management Office Advantage explains how you can experience these benefits for yourself by showing readers how to select projects, conduct project health checks, provide program management training to organizations, and create and implement a standardized program management process. Filled with key definitions as well as sample forms readers can use in completing administrative tasks and producing reports, the start-to-finish instructional is an indispensable introduction to the most important and powerful trend in project management.

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2009

Reviews

[sultan abukoshaim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book give comprehensive and clear way of describing the different models of the PMO. It explains the different implementation methods and how it might be tailored the organization needs.

The book does not add much for professional and experienced project managers. Especially those who already studied the PMI or Prince II standards.

[Michael Glaros · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you need a crash course in project management with good practical templates and examples then this is your book. There is a very logical and sequential step-by-step guide to building your business case, establishing a charter, setting up the governance structures and even developing a communications plan. If are like me and intimated by the PMBOK then this is a great place to start.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I can see the advantage of this office for big corporations.
Love the quote:"Success in any company relies on the information exchange among managers, employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.

[Marcos Moret · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical guide to setting up and managing a PMO.