Creating a Project Management Office (PMO) Workshop
Overview: The most practical workshop for managers/executives/project managers who require guidelines for successfully establishing a PMO.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will learn effective techniques for creating a fully-functional PMO as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Course Outline
Duration: 2 Days
- Determining the Requirements & Building the Team
- Is a Project Management Office Really Necessary?
- Do We Require a Physical Or Virtual PMO?
- A Logical Structure for the PMO
- PMO and Team Member Roles and Responsibilities
- How to Develop Maximum Synergy within the PMO
- Scope Management
- Setting Standards — A Charter for the PMO
- Avoiding/Minimizing Scope Creep
- Developing a Project Life Cycle (PLC)
- Applying the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Producing a Project Manager's Toolbox
- Creating Customized, Scalable Templates
- Time & Cost Management
- Time and Cost Estimating Techniques
- Producing Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts with Costs
- Creating a Shared Resource Pool
- Developing and Maintaining a Master Schedule
- Communications & Risk Management
- Producing a Communications Plan
- Communications Exercise
- Creating a Risk List
- Building a Risk Matrix
- Contingency Planning Techniques
- Issues and Action Items
- Procurement, Quality & Integration Management
- The Limits to Procurement
- Cause and Effect Analysis/Ishikawa (Fishbone) Diagram
- Setting a Baseline
- Tracking and Monitoring
- Status Reporting
- Project Closeout, Evaluation and Archiving Techniques