The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation

By Parviz F. Rad and Ginger Levin

Book Overview

The Project Management Office (PMO) is a rapidly emerging concept in project management that has evolved in terms of its application, sophistication, and proven results. Most literature on the subject focuses on a specific facet or purpose of PMO. The Advanced Project Management Office: A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation provides an all-inclusive description of the PMO and allows project management professionals to select the features most appropriate and relevant to the issues at hand, while keeping the full PMO picture in perspective. The authors illustrate how the PMO can be used to reduce costs of projects, decrease time to market for new products, increase corporate profits, and ensure project success.

This reference covers all aspects of PMO in a format that is easy to read and understand. It discusses the motivations for adopting a PMO, including project performance, project manager competency, the organizational desire to excel, and much more. Both short-term and long-term functions are identified and discussed. WBS-like structures are developed for use in the process of evaluating project performance during the life-cycle of the project.

Ideal for senior project management professionals and as an advanced project management training program, the book presents two related models that deal with the evaluation of project performance from the vantage point of the client as well as the project team. With so many industries becoming project team driven, The Advanced Project Management Office will help project managers ensure project success and improve their company's bottom line.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367396173
• ISBN13: 9780367396176
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The need for a Project Management Office

This is an excellent, comprehensive treatment of what a project office, or project management office should be. Anyone considering forming a new PMO, or wanting an assessment of an existing PMO, should read this book. Use it as a calibration checklist.Quentin W. FlemingAuthor, project management consultant...

About *project*, not *program* management offices

his book is about setting up a project management office, not a program management office. Although to many the distinction is either subtle or moot, there are key differences. A project management office is an organization that manages a single project and is usually disestablished after the project is complete. A program management office is an organization that is either established to manage a portfolio of projects or a major contract that has a complex statement of work requiring a number of simultaneous projects. A program management office can also be a permanent organizational function that provides continuous oversight of all projects from start to finish.The forgoing distinctions do not diminish the value of this book, but merely set the expectations of potential readers. In fact, this book contains a wealth of excellent advice about establishing and managing a project office. It also goes deep into details regarding required skills, roles and responsibilities. I especially liked the discussions on project performance management and maturity models.Another point in this book's favor for project managers who want to establish a project management office the right way is other books about "PMOs" are more focused on program management, which is too broad in scope.I like the way the author approaches the topic, which is structured and clearly described, and the way the book covers all of the major issues, factors and details.

It is about the essence of PMO

The authors did an outstanding work in presenting this book in simple terms and easy-to-read style. They used Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) analogy to explain concepts of Project Management Office and make it easy to comprehend the complex subject. It is a book that covers Project Management Office (PMO) concepts in great detail. The book is a useful reference to establish and improve the perfomance of PMOs.