PMO Reflection

After the presentation of our consultants and considering the sensitivity towards the cultural issues and governance in our organization. We should definitely move towards having a PMO heavy in the future at an enterprise level. The consultants explained the benefits when PMO is used in the organization, especially  having standardization methodologies that will allow us to have consistency and the project managers recognized as change leaders. If we have the change leaders in place who reinforce the changes across the organization, there will be an evidence for a need to change perceived by all the employees.

The consultants mentioned a very practical point of proving to the staff and company that PMO system works and is effective. This is definitely something to consider as unless we have a PMO running the projects and proving its worth, the staff members will not be able to quantify the results of having an office in the company. Once we start seeing the results in PMO light by concentrating the projects for few functions, we can then take steps and make it visible to the organization by aggressive communication across the firm. In today’s world, where there is competition across the industry & users want quick & precise information in a consistent manner, I believe we should take steps to implement the PMO light approach and then later establish PMO heavy approach.
 In making our business process flow more efficient, it is worth investing in the implementation of PMO. Once the results of having a PMO are visible to the employees there will be a change perceived by all the employees, and the entire project management process will be more consistent and effective.