Top 5 Project Management Office Functions

February 12, 2009 by kutenk
Filed under: Project Management 

Here are Key Project Management Office function models for practical application of oversight, control, and support solutions in the project management environment.

1. Practice management: provides a common approach and frame of reference for conducting project management activities within an organization. This PMO function area establishes project management processes and practices, introduces associated project management tools, specifies project performance standards and metrics, and creates a collaborative project management environment that guides project information management and includes access to project archives and a reference library. It concentrates on developing an effective organizational project management capability at the project level.

2. Infrastructure management: facilitates establishing a professional project management environment. This PMO function area examines the current state of project management, collaborates plans for the future state, and introduces the policies and oversight mechanisms needed to achieve organizational competency, capability, and maturity goals. It helps to define the project structure and stakeholder involvement necessary to support successful project performance, and it provides for administration of facilities and equipment needed to accomplish project objectives.

3. Resource integration: manages the competency, availability, and performance of project resources. This PMO function area enables the PMO to collaborate with resource managers to acquire, assign, and manage project managers and project team members; allows the PMO to administer training in the project management environment; and enables the PMO to shape the career progression of the project manager and support aspects of project team development.

4. Technical support: provides project management advice, counsel, and support to project managers and project teams. This PMO function area leverages the skill, knowledge, and experience of available project management experts to provide mentoring in the project management environment; provides a range of project planning, facilitation, and support activities; plans and conducts routine and special project audits and project management reviews; and provides appropriate project recovery support, as needed.

5. Business alignment: introduces the organization’s business perspective into the project management environment. This PMO function area oversees project portfolio management, facilitates executive involvement in project management to include overseeing project management contributions to business performance, and manages customer and vendor/contractor relationships, facilitating their roles as project stakeholders.

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