Business driven PMO setup practical insights, techniques, and case examples for ensuring success - Perry, Mark Price (J. Ross Pub., 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Mission, goals, and objectives : business driven vs. theory-driven -- Organization : constituent-oriented vs. inwardly focused -- Managing projects : think process, not methodology -- Managing the PMO : embracing flexibility vs. mandating conformance -- PMO tools : establishing a PMO architecture vs. implementing a tool -- Executive reporting : keep it simple -- Project management office leadership : MBWA 2.0 -- Project management leadership : servant-leader vs. subject matter expert -- Creating high-performance teams -- Establishing a PMO : a practical roadmap -- Line of business PMOs : the ubiquitous nature of project management -- Advancing organizational project management : from theory to practice -- Project management office passion : where does it come from?
Additional contributions at end of each chapter under title: Executive insights, including: The importance of clarity / John Maloch -- Serving the needs of the business / Gary Popovich -- PMO 2.0--adopting a value-based approach / Terry Doerscher -- Evolving from a traditional PMO to an execution-oriented PMO / Richard Eichen -- Establishing flexibility within structure / Erhard Zingg -- Using process improvement to drive PMO flexibility / Michael Wood -- Establishing a PMO architecture / Rakan Saraiji -- Pieces of the PMO puzzle / Osama Bakir -- The value of proper stakeholder management / Brian Rabon -- PMO leadership : an unusual PMO assignment / John Chrystal -- Situational project management leadership / Jennifer Arndt -- How to get what you want / Michelle LaBrosse -- Servant-leadership for the IT project manager / Benjamin Lichtenwalner -- Project management and successful teams / Tom Boyce -- Better processes mean better performance / Steve Romero -- A practical approach to the PMO / Jimmy Char -- Go-to-market project management / Dave Larson -- Transforming the culture with your PMO / John Schlichter -- Transforming the project management culture at Harris / Mark Scott -- Transforming the project management culture within the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Abdullah Tamimi -- Project management office passion / Cornelius Fichtner