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Common Sense
Step 1: Assessment
History
Culture
Perceptions of PM
PM Maturity
PM Talent Review
Mission & Vision
Gap Analysis
Historical Assessment
Continuum of Approaches
Control Oversight Influence
• PMO At Highest Level • PMO At High Level • PMO At Any Level
• Prioritization Leadership • Prioritization Participation • Prioritization Input
• Information Ownership • Information Coordination • Limited Information
• Project Managers Report • Project Managers Dotted • Project Manager Members
• Project Staff May Report • Project Staff Affiliated • Project Staff Separate
• Projects Run By PMO • Projects Coordinated • Projects Not Coordinated
• Strict Standards • Standards Co-Developed • Standards Recommended
• PMO System Reporting • System Co-Selected • Systems Recommended
• Education Standardized • Education Offered • Education Is Key
• Certification Standardized • Certification Supported • Certification Encouraged
Develop a Menu of Services
Implementing a PMO
is implementing
change.
Use the eight steps to
successfully leading
change proposed by
John Kotter in his 1996
book, Leading
Change.
8 Steps to Leading Change (Kotter)
COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE,
COMMUNICATE!
Communicate the mission, vision and strategy to
the organization
Package your message well
If possible, ask for help in designing professional
looking logos to spruce up the presentation
Use town hall meetings, newsletters and the
company Intranet to communicate
5: Empower Employees
Evaluate lessons
learned
Reevaluate mission and
vision
Reevaluate the menu of
services
Summary
Assessment
Approach
Application
Case Study
Grass-Roots PMO
Part-Time Focus
Other ‘jobs’ were primary
Well respected
Well qualified
Belief in importance of project management
Assessment
History
Culture
PM Perceptions
PM Maturity
PM Talent Review
Mission & Vision
GAP Analysis
Assessment - Culture
Management Organizational
Low morale Multiple Project
Heavy politics Organizations
Uncertainty High maintenance
Management versus Project Distribution complexity
Management IT disconnected from the
Unrealized potential for business
synergy Multiple uncoordinated IT
Ownership concerns organizations
Lack of accountability
Assessment –
Perceptions/Maturity
Perceptions PM Maturity
Have not completed projects Inconsistent analysis of
within specifications, time or alternative approaches
budget Varying methodologies
Don’t know performance Varying tools – no effective
Don’t track performance utilization
Expenses high No standards
Runaway projects No tracking of performance
vs. budget
No communication across
business units
Lack of prioritization
Don’t track internal costs
Assessment – Mission
Continuum of
Approaches
Menu of Services
Visible Wins
Approach - Continuum
Key Determinates:
Lacked a ‘mandate’
Uncertain support from senior management
Needed to show rationale for project management and
demonstrate success
Approach Selected:
Influencing the Organization
Approach – Menu of Services
Prioritization Assistance
Summary major project status report
Prioritization process consulting
Standard PM Templates & Forms
Training Classes (Initiation & Planning class)
Project Management (pilot project)
PMP Reimbursement (anyone passing exam)
The Project Center Is Born
Approach – Visible Wins
Sense of urgency
Guiding coalition
Vision & strategy
Communicate vision
Empower employees
Generate short-term wins
Consolidate wins
Anchor new approaches
Reevaluation & Repeat
Accomplishments
Lessons Learned
Mission & Vision
Menu of Services
Reevaluation - Accomplishments
LH
Project
The “Virtual” Management
CO KK Council
Project Center
CHANGE
Assessment
Approach
Application
Reevaluation & Repeat
Open Discussion