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PMO Essentials

Build and run a Project Management Office with strategic capability.

Certificate of Completion, 7.0 PDUs

1 Day

€475

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About the Course

This course demonstrates what it takes to improve organisational alignment and deliver on your strategic objectives by focusing on “doing the right projects and doing them the right way” to deliver lasting results.

How often do you experience:

Many projects competing for limited resources
Lack of cross-organisational integration
Failure to deliver benefits and value
No strategic alignment

The PMO Essentials course equips participants to establish, improve and work with a strategic PMO by design, not by default.

Course Outcomes

Certificate of Completion

Gain a certificate of completion from the Institute of Project Management, a global authority with over 30 years of experience in project management education.

Professional Development Units

This course contributes 7.0 PDUs (Professional Development Units) to the record of your Continuous Professional Development.

What will I learn?

Learn with real-life examples and practical case-study exercises and be at the forefront of advancing your organisation’s strategic goals.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course students will understand:

The different levels of PMOs
Resource deployment within PMO
Reporting relationships
Functions provided by the PMO
Methodology to be deployed
Which information systems to use
When the PMO becomes strategic
Governance and portfolio management

Modules

The Strategic PMO

Overview and defining the PMO
Aligning projects and strategy
Minimise the corrosive impact of organisational politics

PMO Organisation, Structures and Functions

Organisational structure for projects
Types of PMO
Functions of the PMO
Processes, standards and methodologies

Delivering business results via the PMO

Make trade-offs between many desirable opportunities
Effectively estimate resource capacity against resource demand
Better understand project interdependence
Effectively handle the requests of project and functional managers for
more time, money and resources

Project Portfolio and the Strategic PMO

The evolution from project to portfolio
PM in the strategic PMO: where strategic planning meets project execution
Assessing organisational readiness

The PMO’s role in competency and maturity development

The evolution from project to portfolio
The PMO and maturity models
Role of the PMO in the maturity assessment process

Human capital and the PMO

The resource crunch
Staffing the strategic PMO
Rolling out the strategic PMO
PMO research findings

Establishing a project management methodology & a PMO governance

What are the elements of a methodology
Overview a sample methodology
A governance framework

Why do this course?

The Institute applies rigorous criteria when selecting instructors to lead our programmes.

The course is delivered by instuctors with over 15 years’ industry experience in project, programme and portfolio management enabling them to share real-life situations, practices and lessons.

This course is perfect for...

Senior project management practitioners
PMO staff
Managers of PMOs
Anyone who wants to know what a good PMO is and how to build and maintain one

Why Study With Us?

Unparalleled Expertise

Globally Recognised

Student Hub & Community

Student Success

Unparalleled Expertise

We work closely with a faculty of leading academics and industry practitioners with unparalleled expertise and knowledge to ensure your project work yields the desired business results.

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Globally Recognised

The Institute is globally recognised as Ireland’s premier project management certification authority. We are the national certification body for IPMA® certification, representing Ireland in IPMA’s federation of 70+ countries across 6 continents.

Student Hub & Community

Our Student Hub is where you can access your study materials, additional resources, playback recordings of your classes, and connect with a global student community. Be inspired, network, and share ideas with other industry professionals.

Student Success

Our friendly Student Success team is here to respond to any queries you have, help you with any technical issues, and facilitate an engaging and rewarding learning experience. Your success is very important to us, which is why our dedicated team will help you stay on track, keep you accountable, and support your studies at every step of the way.

Fee & Schedules

Online course

PMO Essentials

2021-09-24

09:00

1 Day

€ 475

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This course can be provided to your staff at your own premises with a convenient and cost-effective solution.

Student Reviews

Lots of methods to take back to the workplace

I attended the one day PMO Essentials course. This was my 3rd course with this institute. Very well organised. Good trainer and materials, with lots of methods to take back to the workplace and implement.