Category: Portfolio management

A lot is written and talked about PMO’s, but how is it that there are still PMO’s that are not functioning properly? To get an answer to this question, you have to question when a PMO functions well and which value they bring to the organization.

A PMO can bring value in a lot of different areas, in this series of blogposts we focused on 15 PMO values we value highly.

In the previous posts (15 important values a PMO delivers (1/3) and 15 important values a PMO delivers (2/3)) in this series we talked about some numbers of a PMO and the first ten values. Continue reading here for the next and final five values in our series.

Thank you for staying tuned, and we hope you enjoyed the series of three blogposts outlining 15 important values a PMO delivers.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and PMO-challenging 2021!

A lot is written and talked about PMO’s, but how is it that there are still PMO’s that are not functioning properly? To get an answer to this question, you have to question when a PMO functions well and which value they bring to the organization.

A PMO can bring value in a lot of different areas, in this series of blogposts we focused on 15 PMO values we value highly.

In the previous post (15 important values a PMO delivers (1/3)) in this series we talked about some numbers of a PMO and the first five values. Continue reading here for the next five values in our series and stay tuned for the last five coming in next week!

A lot is written and talked about PMO’s, but how is it that there are still PMO’s that are not functioning properly? To get an answer to this question, you have to question when a PMO functions well and which value they bring to the organization.

A PMO can bring value in a lot of different areas, in this series of blogposts we focused on 15 PMO values we value highly. We are releasing five additional values every week in the coming two weeks, stay tuned!

Some numbers

Did you know 31% of projects do not meet their goals and business intent? Companies fail or fall short of their potential not because of bad strategies, but because of a failure to implement good ones.
Did you know 41% of projects go over budget? Organizations in Europe waste an average of $131 million for every $1 billion spent on projects due to poor project performance.

Research on the impact of PMO’s shows :
✅ 43% improvement in aligning projects with organization’s objectives
✅ 27% improvement in customer satisfaction
✅ 33% improvement in projects delivered under budget
✅ 25% improvement in productivity
✅ 25% decrease in failed projects