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| New Research Shows That Enterprise-wide
Project Management Offices Are More Effective Than Department Based
PMOs |
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| A recent global research study from management
consulting firm Business Improvement Architects builds a strong case
for moving the project management office (PMO) out of a departmentally
based structure to an enterprise-wide one that can align projects
with corporate strategy. |
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| Toronto, ON June 7, 2006 -- According to a global research study
by management consulting firm, Business Improvement Architects, "From Crisis To Control: A New Era in Strategic Project Management",
departmentally based PMOs are successful in their own silos but not
accepted outside their span of influence. The study found 60% of department
PMOs said that all levels of their department embraced the PMO while
57% of survey respondents said that all levels of the organization
didn’t embrace the direction of the PMO. It seems that many
PMOs fail to address strategic priorities of the organization because
they are departmentally based and cannot assess how well each project
fits with organizational priorities and key corporate strategies.
This leads to lack of executive sponsorship and dismantling of the
PMO within one to three years. |
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| “An enterprise-wide PMO is better able to sustain senior management
support by aligning all corporate-based and departmentally based projects
with the corporate strategy, “says Michael Stanleigh, President
of Business Improvement Architects. “Enterprise-wide PMOs can
prioritize project implementation across the organization, ensuring
that only projects contributing to the corporate strategy get implemented
and that each project has sufficient resources to succeed. They can
also enforce consistency in all elements of project planning and project
management.” |
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| The research study offers a number of recommendations for organizations
to structure an enterprise-wide PMO for optimum results plus other
recommendations for organizations to improve their project success
including: the need to build project management into the organizational
culture, improvements in performance management and use of project
management best practices. |
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| For more information about this research study or other services
contact Business Improvement Architects
at info@bia.ca. |
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| Michael Stanleigh is President of Business Improvement
Architects, a management consulting organization. Their research-based
consulting solutions align operational project activities with business
objectives to bring organizations back into control. |
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Contact: Sally Stanleigh, Business Improvement Architects,
Toll-Free: 1-866-346-3242
E-mail: sstanleigh@bia.ca |
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