Posts tagged as "PMO"

Posted by Ajay Parasrampuria on 6th July 2010

Delivering Business Value with PMO

An effective IT PMO can deliver breakthrough results in most PM areas including increased throughput, speed & reliability, significant reduction in resource burn-out, higher productivity, leading to high benefit/ cost ratios for IT investments.

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Posted by Ajay Parasrampuria on 21st April 2010

Effective IT PMO: Attributes and Success factors

Current research indicates that more than 50% of PMOs close down as quickly as they are initiated.
They fail to deliver the expected value and are seen as an unnecessary cost overhead by organizations, especially in today’s challenging business and economic environment. In several IT organizations, my direct experience has been that the CIO is getting [...]

Posted by Ajay Parasrampuria on 27th December 2009

Dos and Don’ts of building effective Project Management Offices

The common paradox most PMOs face is that instead of being looked upon as enterprises that set standards and lead company vision, they end up being used as a library of rulebooks and procedures. And while companies might be clear about the regulatory role their PMOs may play in terms of defining ‘best practices’, they are seldom clear about the influence and direction that that the office is supposed to exert on projects to ensure continual organizational improvement.