5 Steps to a Healthy PMO

ByCarl M. Manello

Practice Director – Effective ManagementTrissential, LLC

Author of…

– Understand what you’ve got

Don’t assess it yourself

(Hire a Professional)

Don’t get hung up on a maturity

number

Understand the “Why”

– Follow a roadmap

Long-term Goals

Focus on Function

Define your span of control

– Build with Experience

Don’t reinvent it…leverage it

Not all PM’s can blueprint a PMO

It’s not about desire.

It’s about capability and prior

experience doing it

Do you want to risk “inventing” with

someone who has never done it

before?

– Define, Capture and showcase value

Build what your stakeholders need, not just what you think a PMO should provide

– Strive for continuous improvement

Simple.Incremental.Value Add.