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1. Project management as a cornerstone of strategy execution

  • The role of project and process management in driving strategic goals
  • The project management workflow within an organization
  • Positioning the Project Management Office within the organizational structure and its role in strategy execution

3. Modeling the PMO within the organization

  • Core PMO functions
  • Operational models and organizational structures
  • Performance metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • The PMO ecosystem and stakeholder relationships

4. Standards, methods, and tools for supporting PMO operations

  • Methodology landscape: from traditional and custom to agile and extreme approaches
  • Techniques for classifying and prioritizing projects, programs, and portfolios, including project evaluation tools
  • Multi-dimensional optimization of project portfolios
  • Using competency profiles to assess potential, select talent, and plan resource development
  • Motivation and impact: fostering a pro-project culture through financial and non-financial incentive systems
  • Project monitoring and reporting: essential components for establishing status, data, and indicator tracking systems
  • Strategic and operational control mechanisms
  • Communication planning and management: selecting appropriate channels and crafting effective communication strategies
  • Operational management: applying the theory of constraints and critical chain methods
  • Knowledge management and information access within the PMO
  • IT tools supporting PMO workflows: an overview of the current market

5. Designing PMO implementation – key considerations

  • Best and worst practices in PMO deployment
  • Stakeholder and environmental interaction as success factors, including side-effect analysis and risk management during rollout
  • Communicating change: managing formal communication plans and informal interactions during implementation
  • Navigating emotions in communication and problem-solving processes
  • Criteria for a "launched PMO": acceptance standards and formal launch conditions within the organizational structure
  • Evaluating performance and managing PMO changes in the post-implementation phase

6. Validating effectiveness and planning the future development of the PMO as a strategic asset

  • Regular assessment of PMO effectiveness, including examples of KPIs tied to PMO functions
  • Methods for evaluating PMO performance, such as assessing organizational project maturity
  • The impact of external environment, internal organization, and strategy on PMO development planning
  • Strategic communication planning

Requirements

No prior preparation is required to attend this training.

 14 Hours

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