What sort of PMO are you? Here are the 5 frameworks. (Excerpts from TenSix.com)
1. Business Unit PMO | Also called: Organizational Unit PMO, Divisional PMO, Departmental PMO
A business unit PMO provides all the PMO services that you would expect, but its remit is limited to one division. We often see this in IT teams: a PMO set up to serve the needs of the IT department offering processes, resource allocation, training, governance, reporting and other project and portfolio management activities.
2. Project PMO | Also called: Project Office, Program Office
Large projects or programs might require their own PMO. This is a temporary set up, perhaps staffed with people from the company’s main PMO. It can deliver governance activities for the project, coordinate reporting, be the link back to the main PMO, provide administrative support and gather other relevant data.
3. Project Support PMO | Also called: Controls Office, Project Services
This PMO set up focuses mainly on what is required to get the job done. They are the guardian of processes and procedures. They own the tools and practices, offering training on techniques and processes. They probably have a huge template library and experts in using the project management software and departmental collaboration tools.
4. Enterprise PMO | Also called: Global PMO, Corporate PMO, Strategic PMO
This is the highest level of PMO in an organization and can often be found on the org chart just underneath the C-suite, reporting into one of the board members and maybe even the CEO. The main objective of a PMO at this level is strategic alignment. Their goals are to make sure that the project and program work being carried out within the company perfectly fits to strategic goals. They can unblock issues relating to priorities, based on the company’s strategy and vision.
5. Center of Excellence | Also called: Competency Center
This type of PMO supports project work by improving the competence and skills of the people doing the work. This involves a variety of support services, everything from a maintaining a company library of project management textbooks, through to organizing and delivering training courses, through to coaching and mentoring schemes. The PMI study reports that 35% of respondents have a Center of Excellence in their business. [end]. Excerpted from TenSix.com, visit TenSix by clicking here.
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