Project and Program Management Office (PMOs)

Technical Best Practice Processes

P/PMO and program management, buzz words at one time and often the value not
understood by many the past 5-10 years back or the latter part of the 20th century,
especially in the commercial environment, but now an emphasis for past several years
to drive IT and technology implementations.

But failed IT projects have required stronger management and control: Now, over
the past 5 years, especially in the commercial environment, establishing program and
project management offices necessary and why?

Some benefits and advantages:

• Governance, with standards Project and Program Management methodologies
• Cost Saving with consistent and standard project and program management
• Profitability Improvement
• Productive and successful projects and programs
• Organizational and business operational improvement
• Cultural shift to project and program management
• Staff professional development in project and program management
• Standard tools and techniques
• The maturity of Project Management (PM) – improvement (change, lessons learned, knowledge bases-knowledge transfer), advancing to program management, and establishing effective Project/Program Management Offices
• Trained and coached project and program managers