Set a Strategic Course of Action for the PMO in 100 Days
Use your first 100 days as PMO leader to define a mandate for long-term success.
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Without taking a strategic approach to your first 100 days in the PMO, you risk:
- Alienating stakeholders
- Developing processes that fail to address the right challenges
- Setting a course for the PMO that is bound to fail
A strategic approach to your first 100 days will help you:
- Garner stakeholder buy-in
- Develop targeted processes that deliver improved project outcomes
- Ensure a successful and sustainable long-term course for the PMO
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Assess the Current Project Ecosystem
The Purpose
- Quickly develop an on-the-ground view of the organization’s project ecosystem and the PMO’s abilities to effectively serve.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A comprehensive and actionable understanding of the PMO’s tactical environment
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| 1.1 | Perform a PMO SWOT analysis. |
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| 1.2 | Assess the organization’s portfolio management, project management, and organizational change management capability levels. |
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| 1.3 | Take inventory of the PMO’s resourcing levels, project demand levels, and tools and artifacts. |
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Module 2: Analyze PMO Stakeholders
The Purpose
- Determine stakeholder expectations for the PMO.
Key Benefits Achieved
- An accurate understanding of others’ expectations to help ensure the PMO’s course of action is responsive to organizational culture and strategy
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Conduct a PMO Mission Identification Survey with key stakeholders. |
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| 2.2 | Map the PMO’s stakeholder network. |
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| 2.3 | Analyze key stakeholders for influence, interest, and support. |
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Module 3: Determine Strategic Expectations and Define the Tactical Plan
The Purpose
- Develop a process and method to turn stakeholder requirements into a strategic vision for the PMO.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A strategic course of action for the PMO that is responsive to stakeholders’ expectations.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Assess the PMO’s ability to support stakeholder expectations. |
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| 3.2 | Use Info-Tech’s PMO Strategic Expectations glossary to turn raw process and service requirements into specific strategic expectations. |
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| 3.3 | Define an actionable tactical plan for each of the strategic expectations in your mandate. |
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Module 4: Formalize the PMO’s Mandate and Roadmap
The Purpose
- Establish a final PMO mandate and a process to help garner stakeholder buy-in to the PMO’s long-term vision.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A viable PMO course of action complete with stakeholder buy-i
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Finalize the PMO implementation timeline. |
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| 4.2 | Finalize Info-Tech’s PMO Mandate and Strategy Roadmap Template. |
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| 4.3 | Present the PMO’s strategy to key stakeholders. |
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