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Building a successful PMO in the public sector has proven to be tough. Between skeptical customers, increasingly complex projects, and austere budgets, public sector PMO’s have struggled to gain acceptance and deliver value. With a growing inventory of projects, public sector PMO’s require a new game plan - one that begins at the top and looks to add value down to the transaction level. Many public agencies are implementing the "Strategic PMO" as a way to link governance, portfolios, projects, and customers. As the essential middle layer between on-the-ground projects and the executive suite, PMO’s have an imperative to deliver value to their customers. The strategic PMO is built around specific functions that add the greatest value across the organization. Jon and Tim will discuss a proven approach for building a new PMO or improving an existing one that delivers value right away.

This new approach allows the PMO design team to focus on what is important, as opposed to trying to make the PMO satisfy everyone. This exciting presentation will focus on methods for standing up a PMO in the public sector and new ways that the PMO is adding value. This presentation will discuss methods for standing up a PMO in the public sector and new ways that the PMO is adding value. Tim and Jon will discuss how PMO’s can operate as a "business-within-a-business," bringing an entrepreneurial approach to bureaucracy. Their exciting presentation will deliver:

• New ways that the PMO is adding value to government organizations
• A model for implementing PMO’s successfully, including critical PMO functions
• Advancing the bureaucracy-busting "business within a business" model
• Five pitfalls that every new or re-chartered PMO faces
• Selected case studies

This presentation will have value for public sector project managers, project management office directors, public sector executives, and consultants in the public sector.

 

About  

Tim Jaques and Jon Weinstein are PMI-certified Project Management Professionals (PMP) who have spent more than a dozen years helping clients tackle tough problems by applying the discipline of project management. They have worked in a variety of federal and state government agencies, where they have managed projects, developed project management methodologies and PMOs, and delivered training in a variety of subjects. They are practitioners and advocates of organizational change management, especially in the project environment. Jon and Tim are founding partners of Line of Sight (www.line-of-sight.com), which delivers project management, process reengineering, and organizational change management services to government and private sector clients.

Jon and Tim are co-authors of the book Achieving Project Management Success in the Federal Government (Management Concepts, 2010), as well as chapters in two recent books - Project Manager’s Handbook: Applying Best Practices Across Global Industries (McGraw-Hill, 2007) and Project Management Circa 2025 (Project Management Institute, 2009). They have also published numerous articles on topics including project management, change management, and strategic planning. Their insights have appeared in local and national publications including PM Network, SmartCEO, GANTTHEAD.com, and others.