Business Driven PMO Success Stories: Across Industries and Around the World

  • 5h 19m
  • Mark Price Perry
  • J. Ross Publishing
  • 2013

Business Driven PMO Success Stories was written by and with over two dozen contributing authors from the worldwide project management and PMO community. This guide offers executives, managers, and all those involved in the projects of organizations, an understanding of the value a PMO can provide. It also presents the knowledge needed to first determine the purpose of their PMO and then to craft a PMO best suited to fulfill that purpose.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Outlines a roadmap for how to set up an effective PMO aligned to and driven by the specific needs of the business
  • Provides new perspectives and views that will challenge PMO managers to reach greater professional heights and gives them the means with which to do so
  • Showcases diverse PMO manager success stories, developed by the contributing authors, that offer a tapestry of knowledge on how to ensure a successful PMO

About the Author

Mark Price Perry is the founder of BOT International, a boutique firm that specializes in PMO setup. Largely as a result of years of experience in PMO setup work spanning six continents and over fifty countries, Mr. Perry is a world-leading subject matter expert and servant-leader in the practical application of project and program management offices. Over the last decade, Mr. Perry pioneered the concepts and principles of PMO Architecture, PMO Content Assets, and the Business Driven PMO. Mark is host of The PMO Podcast, the leading podcast for discussing project and program management offices of all shapes and sizes. He is a sought-after speaker and author of two highly praised books, Business Driven PMO Setup and Business Driven Project Portfolio Management.

In this Book

  • Business Driven PMO Success Stories—Across Industries and Around the World
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PMO Mandate
  • Why PMOs Fail
  • PMO Survey Findings
  • Project Management Community Mind-set All Wrong
  • Case Study Example of PMO Failure
  • Techniques for Establishing a PMO Mandate
  • PMO Business Acumen
  • Project Acumen
  • Portfolio Acumen
  • Dashboard Acumen
  • Methodology Acumen
  • Maturity Acumen
  • PMO Future
  • Perspectives on the PMO Domain
  • Perspectives on PMO Manager Career Paths
  • Strategic PMO at Greek Prime Minister’s Office—When a Dream Comes True!
  • e-Government Program—Yesser PMO: A PMO That Works
  • Thomson Reuters Aranzadi—Adaptability, a Must Have Attribute of Any Successful PMO
  • British American Tobacco—Implementing Portfolio Management in a Global Organization
  • An American Benefits Administration Organization—A Tale of Two PMOs
  • SIVECO Romania SA—Prevention before the Crisis
  • An American Insurance Company
  • International Facility Management Association—The Journey to a New Way of Working
  • A Global 10 Company and the Consolidated PMO—Board of Director Level Project Management
  • Dubai Roads & Transport Authority—From IT to All of It
  • Baker Hughes Incorporated—The PMO Journey
  • Tryg—Establishing Business Governance
  • A Nigerian Telecoms Company—PMO Benefits
  • Tyco Flow Control—A Tale of the 3 Ps
  • Ericsson Korea Project Office—The Story behind the Success
  • RACE Consulting LP—Is the PMO a Vehicle for Creating Business Value during Times of Crisis? —The PMO Story of a Greek SME Firm in the AEC Industry
  • A South African Financial Services Company—PMO Value Demonstrated and Quantified
  • ABS Nautical Systems—PMO Start-up: “Changing Culture”
  • ON Semiconductor—PMO Success: Adapting to Change
  • Fujitsu Sweden—Building an Enterprise PMO
  • National Insurance Company—Overcoming Challenges in Creating an Enterprise PMO: It All Comes Down to the People
  • IBM Branch Office 120—Back to the Future–An Unusual PMO Story
  • ING Central and the Rest of Europe—A PMO Best Practice
  • Consulting for the Pharmaceutical Industry—One Size Does Not Fit All
  • NAVMISSA—“Finding Balance”
  • A Global Software and Internet Protocol Networking Product and Service Provider—“Growing Pains”
  • PartnerRe—Simple and Adaptable–PMO Success Factors in an Integration Project
  • Epilogue
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