Target
Audience:Mid-senior
managers whose organizations are considering establishing a
Project Management Office
Description: This course quickly reviews Project Management
concepts and trends and discusses why Project Management
matters.It
explores various forms of Project Organizations and considers
the characteristics, pros and cons of each type.The afternoon session examines the trends in project
management organizations and the capabilities and functions
they perform.Three
approaches to starting a PMO are considered, as well as
recruiting and staffing it.A discussion of success factors, barriers and pitfalls
completes the course.
Objectives:
·Understand the various types of project management
organizations (PMOs)
·Learn the evolution and recent trends of PMOs
·Understand the advantages and disadvantages of PMOs
·Understand the roles and responsibilities of PMOs
·Evaluate approaches to implementing PMOs
·Learn how to map PMO style and project types for best
results
·Learn how to specify the potential value proposition of
a PMO
Outline:
Project
Management Review
·Characteristics
of a Project
·Project
Phases and Lifecycles
·Project
Management Processes
·Why
Project Management?
·Project
Management Summary
·Trends
in Project Management
Project
Teams
·The
Project Organization Continuum
·Functional
Organization
·Projectized/Pure
Project Organization
·Pure
Matrix Organization
·Balanced
Matrix Organization
·Weak
Matrix Organization
·Strong
Matrix Organization
·Selecting
the Right Organizational Structure
The
Project Management Office
·Trends
·Purposes
of the PMO
·Establishing
the PMO
·Staffing
the PMO
·Best
Practices for establishing the PMO
Summary
Q&A
Prerequisites:Familiarity with software project management
