Establishing and Managing the Project Management Office (PM80)

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Who Needs to Attend

PMO leaders and directors, project management center of excellence leaders and directors, senior project managers, CIOs, and vice presidents.

Prerequisites

Follow-On Courses

Project Portfolio Management (PM94)

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

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Create an organization to make your project portfolio efficient and effective within six months.

This course offers the opportunity to engage in a complete examination of the Project Management Office - its role and purpose, the different models used, and how an organization would approach establishing a PMO. Learn proven methods of establishing, managing, and achieving project excellence with a PMO.

Build a detailed business case for the PMO that is synchronized with the strategy and vision of the organization. Include the recommended model, implementation plans, and costs. Identify the internal obstacles to implementation and create ways to overcome them. Learn how to gain stakeholder commitment. As you progress through the course, you'll delve into the details of establishing and managing an effective PMO. You'll examine governing boards and how to measure success for both the PMO and the projects that are launched from it.

Determine a set of detailed best practices that support multiple activities and approaches, including documentation, templates, and tools. Take a strategic view of the project portfolio and develop methods for ensuring that all projects support the corporate strategies. Ultimately, you'll develop a methodology for the PMO that allows you to understand and implement ways to complete more projects in shorter timelines with a higher return on investment and better stakeholder value.

What You'll Learn

Create an environment in which a PMO will thrive
Identify the strategic plan
Plan the appropriate portfolio
Determine the PMO model
Relate the PMO to project management
Gain PMO sponsorship
Implement the PMO
Find the right PMO team
Create the PMO services
Determine PMO roles and responsibilities
Enable organizational change and acceptance of the PMO
Ensure PMO success

Hands-on exercises

Identify the business problem of a company
Perform a cultural assessment of a company
Perform a stakeholder analysis
Create a business case for the PMO
Analyze projects effectively
Analyze maturity of project management processes
Plan a PMO
Choose a PMO governing board
Establish data measures and data quality for projects
Create standards for a project plan
Document project selection criteria for the portfolio

Course Outline

1. Setting the Stage for an Effective PMO

What will executives embrace?
Why PMO implementations fail
What should a PMO do?
Moving from the cost model to the throughput model

2. Strategic Planning for the Right Project Mix

Sub-systems that must be addressed
The right marketing projects

3. Determining the PMO Model for Your Organization

Reviewing available models
Determining the model that fits

4. Relating the PMO to the New Form of Project Management

Program management
Resource management
Cost management
Training and mentoring
Methods, processes, and metrics

5. Selling the Concept

Making the case for a PMO - selling the idea
Steps for creation
The right people
How to plan for the first year

6. Implementing the PMO

The proposal in detail
The governance board and prioritization management
Linking project progress to strategic objectives
How to sell the plan

7. Components of a PMO

Selecting the personnel
Setting up a workspace
Setting up a library
Establishing a project portfolio reporting mechanism

8. Determining What Services to Offer

Standardization
Training/mentoring
Resource management
The service matrix

9. Roles and Responsibilities

Who should be there?
What should they be doing?
What value do they bring?

10. Toward Sustainability

Overview - Sustaining PMO value
Delivery management and acceleration
Reducing negative human behavior
Managing in a multi-project environment
What does it take to become mature?

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location
Oct 20 - 22, 2010	Vancouver, BC	Register
Nov 2 - 4, 2010	Halifax, NS	Register
Nov 8 - 10, 2010	Mississauga, ON	Register
Nov 24 - 26, 2010	Toronto, ON	Register
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2010	Ottawa, ON	Register
Dec 6 - 8, 2010	Kitchener, ON	Register
Dec 15 - 17, 2010	Montreal, QC	Register
Jan 17 - 19, 2011	Edmonton, AB	Register
Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2011	Winnipeg, MB	Register
Mar 2 - 4, 2011	Toronto, ON	Register
Mar 8 - 10, 2011	Victoria, BC	Register
Mar 14 - 16, 2011	Mississauga, ON	Register
Mar 14 - 16, 2011	Vancouver, BC	Register
Mar 14 - 16, 2011	Ottawa, ON	Register
Apr 4 - 6, 2011	Calgary, AB	Register
Apr 27 - 29, 2011	Kitchener, ON	Register
Apr 27 - 29, 2011	Halifax, NS	Register
May 4 - 6, 2011	Montreal, QC	Register
May 9 - 11, 2011	Edmonton, AB	Register
May 18 - 20, 2011	Winnipeg, MB	Register
May 25 - 27, 2011	Mississauga, ON	Register

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Course Code: 2814

$1995 CAD

3 Day Course

21 PMI PDUs

2.1 CEUs

1 ACE Credit

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