PMO EPMO Building Blocks - Program Management Office Maturity

In this episode, we will cover the key building blocks of an organization’s PMO, EPMO, or Project Management Office and how to start a PMO and establish it. Due to the summarized nature of this session, we won’t be able to cover all those elements but the coverage of the essential building blocks will give you the foundational knowledge to start building a PMO from scratch or to reinforce the one that you already have with best practices. So, let’s get started. ** Get Top Notch Analysis on the Digital and Cloud industry here: https://ciotechcentral.substack.com/ A PMO or Project Management Office is a group within an organization or company that manages a group of projects or programs and other initiatives of the organization. PMO can refer to a Project Management Office if it only manages projects or it can also mean a Program Management Office, if the PMO’s scope is large to accommodate programs as well. In some cases, a PMO also refers to the Portfolio Management Office. However, we should note that while the Project and Program Management Office are quite similar in many ways, the Portfolio Management Office is very different. We will attempt to cover some of those differences a bit later in the podcast. If you subscribe to the podcasts, you will be able to listen to future episodes on Project and Portfolio Management as well. The 8 elements behind the starting the PMO or EPMO. They are: Clarify the key goals and type of the PMO Document the PMO Charter Hire the right leadership and staff Document the PMO processes in detail Define the governance of the PMO Establish Reporting Dashboards Select the right PMO Tools Plan to Capture the right PMO analytics