The Program Management Office Advantage: A Powerful and Centralized Way for Organizations to Manage Projects
- 3h 1m
- Lia Tjahjana, Mohsin Habib, Paul Dwyer
- AMACOM
- 2009
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. This helpful guide introduces readers to the business reasons for having a centralized project department and explains the PMO’s functions and how to set up and run a PMO.
Readers will find detailed information on selecting projects, conducting project health checks, providing program management training to the organization, creating and implementing a standardized program management process, and monitoring and controlling the overall status of all current projects. The book includes key definitions as well as sample forms readers can use in completing administrative tasks and producing reports. This book is an indispensable introduction to this important and powerful trend in project management.
About the Authors
Lia Tjahjana has more than seven years of project management experience in various industries, including finance and construction, both in the public and private sectors. An entrepreneur, she also has had experience with establishing and running an online business. She has a master of liberal arts in management from Harvard University, and a master of engineering science in project management and a bachelor of civil engineering from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
Paul Dwyer, PMP has been involved in project management in the financial services industry for over ten years. He has worked for many Fortune 500 companies, implementing high-profile information technology projects across multiple organizations, both on- and offshore. A senior development manager for a leading U.S. financial institution, Paul is also president of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce United States, New England Chapter, a trade organization based in Boston, and he runs their small business incubator center in the city’s financial district. Paul holds a degree in computing science from the University of Ulster and is a certified Project Management Professional.
Mohsin Habib is associate professor of management at the University of Massachusetts–Boston. He received his PhD in strategic management from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He teaches strategy and international management at the University of Massachusetts and the Harvard University Extension School. He has been involved with executive education seminars on strategy for management groups in the United States and abroad. His current research interest focuses on strategy, competition, and sustainable development, especially for developing markets. He has presented his findings in numerous conferences and has been published in reputed journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
In this Book
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The Program Management Office Advantage—A Powerful and Centralized Way for Organizations to Manage Projects
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Introduction
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Defining the Program Management Office
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Justifying the Program Management Office
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The Program Management Office in the Organization
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Customer Management
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Vendor Management
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Communications Management
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Project Office Management
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Project Knowledge Management
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Project Management Training
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Project Resource Management
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Project Selection
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Controlling Project Progress
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Program Monitoring and Control
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Project Audit
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Systems to Drive the PMO
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Establishing a PMO
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Implementing a PMO
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Leadership in a PMO
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Careers Within a PMO
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Final Thoughts on PMO
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Sample PMO Business Plan
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Sample Project Office Templates
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Sample PMO Charter
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Sample PMO Integration Plan
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References
