The book Projects: Methods: Outcomes – The new PMO Model for True Project and Change Success by Peter Talor offers the author’s view of building a global PMO he is running. His Global PMO is build around three teams:
- Projects Team focused on onboarding, education, certification, support, community, and project manager career.
- Methods Team focused on the “how”, the framework for common project delivery whilst offering flexibility on approach, depending on project scale, partnership, and service offering.
- Outcomes Team focused on being the direct project management and service management interaction and support. The bridge between the projects and method teams and the users of the output from those teams. The bridge between the projects and methods teams and the users of the output from those teams. A proactive, two-way communications channel to share the PMO strategy and to listen to, and react to, local tactical needs.
The author states that this book is likely his last on PMOs and that we shouldn’t hold it against him for frequently referring to his other books. With its structure of nine chapters and many short paragraphs containing references or text copied from his own books, it has become quite a superficial book in which the common thread is hard to discern. However, I must make an exception for some paragraphs written by others, which do provide more depth.
I would also expect a portfolio management function. There is only mention of a portfolio dashboard and a few KPIs. You can have the best project managers, the best method, the best support but if your organization is running too many projects in parallel the result is dramatic! You can finish fantastic projects but if they aren’t delivering value to your strategic objectives, it is of no use.
I wonder if this superficial book really adds value to the PMO community.
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