Project Management Office Master Virtual Class

The PMO masterclass guides you on how to set up, implement, refresh and operate a PMO at all levels, from the IT project office to the enterprise portfolio office reporting to the CEO. The event covers all of the possible services (over 40 of them) that a PMO could offer, including project method development, portfolio management processes, and how your PMO can become your agile implementation and support centre, all based on current best practice thinking in PMO management. Jasco's PMO MASTERCLASS is a facilitated, interactive engagement structured around principles, techniques, and practices upon which a successful project management office (PMO) depends on.

What it includes

• Duration: 2 Days
• Cost per person Excl VAT: USD 591
• Exam Excluded

Prerequisites

No Prerequistes

Audience

This course is for anyone in a project management office or wanting to implement, re-energize or upgrade their PMO to an agile support office.

This course is relevant for:

• Heads of a Portfolio, Programme or Project Office

• EPMO/PMO managers

• Portfolio Analysts

• Agile practitioners

• Programme or Project Specialist/Consultants

• Programme or Project Co-ordinators

• Programme or Project Administrators

• Methodologists

• Project and programme sponsors

• Senior Responsible Owners (SRO’s)

• Programme, project, business change and benefit managers

At course completion

On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Implement or re-energise any PMO

• Design and operate the services required by your PMO

• Do job descriptions for your PMO resources

• Measure and assess the services provided by the PMO

• Build a Portfolio Dashboard

• Make your PMO Agile

• Develop a business case, value proposition and a vision for your PMO.

Benefits

The PMO Masterclass will teach you about practical, universally applicable guidance that will enable individuals and organizations to successfully establish, develop and run a PMO of any size, from a one man support office to a multi-role portfolio office with a Centre of Excellence (COE). The benefits of this event will enable:

• The ability to set up or re-energize a PMO

• Informed senior management decision-making on project prioritization, portfolio wide risk management, and optimization of resources to deliver business objectives and derive full strategic value from the portfolio of change initiatives

• The Identification and realization of business outcomes and benefits from projects and programmes

• Consistent project delivery and realization of benefits

• A learning, project based organizational culture that shares project experience and continuously improves its project capabilities

• The implementation of a best practice project methodology and/or an Agile approach to project delivery

• Managing risk at a consolidated portfolio level

• Bridging the gap between the organizational strategy and project delivery

• The ability to develop a portfolio Dashboard of projects

Topics
• Organizational Context of a PMO
• Different PMO Models and structures
• Roles and Responsibilities
• The Business Case for a PMO
• The Vision for a PMO
• The common risks to implementing a PMO and mitigating those risks
• PMO Functions and Services
• PMO Techniques and Tools
• Implementing a PMO
• Introducing Agile thinking to a PMO