During this engaging presentation, Louise outlined the journey of the IT PMO at Magnox, exploring the opportunities and challenges of embedding PMO and PPM practices into a developing Digital and IT Function, she highlighted the need to have visible mission control and standards whilst still aligning with company standards, whilst building and maintaining senior executive sponsorship and project team engagement. This was presented by Louise Allcock, PMO Leader from Magnox at FuturePMO, on the 26th of October. FuturePMO is a 1-day PMO event for practitioners at all levels. The conference brings extraordinary speakers from across industries to challenge your PMO and PPM thinking, helping you work smarter. The next one takes place on the 3rd of October 2024 in London. To learn more and book on to the next conference, visit www.FuturePMO.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/11120292 Twitter - https://twitter.com/FuturePMO Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/futurepmoevent/

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Developing our
Mission Control
Louise Allcock
Magnox

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Developing our
Mission Control
Louise Allcock
Magnox

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Louise Allcock
A PMO leader with broad ranging experience in the
implementation of foundational PMO structures
and practices into global companies within nuclear,
aerospace, finance and IT & Telecoms,
demonstrating the value this delivers at the most
senior levels within her organisations and
throughout each function. With experience in both
Waterfall and Agile practices we are working
through how these methodologies can be tailored
for the specific challenges that PMO faces within
organisations.
The journey of the IT PMO at Magnox, exploring the
opportunities and challenges of embedding PMO
and PPM practices into a developing Digital and IT
Function. Highlighting the need to have visible
mission control and standards whilst still aligning
with company standards, whilst building and
maintaining senior executive sponsorship and
project team engagement.
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Content
 Who are we
 Developing our mission
 Our countdown
 Return to base

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Base
Magnox Ltd

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Designing our Mission
How do we:
• Deliver modern ways of working
• Tackle Technical Debt
• Build infrastructure fit for the
future
• With no established
PMO.

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Our Countdown
• Establish process
• Vacancies filled
• Power Platform
enablement
• Communication Plan
2020
 Initial aspects of
PMO outsourced
Small proposed
structure developed
2021
Governance
Structure
Financial Reporting
First Plan on a Page
Templates in place
Gated process
initiated
PPM tool design
approved (MISSON
Control)

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30,60,90-day
plan
LAUNCH
• Establish process
• Vacancies filled
• Power Platform
enablement
• Communication Plan
2022
PMO manager appt
Service Catalogue
introduced
Built team
Maturity assessment
carried out
Gate process executed
Gate assurance
Delivered Internally
PFW
2023
Established
governance
Upscaled to PFW+
Automated
processes
IT PMO governance
adapted for business
transformation
programmes.
Mission Control
Service
Catalogue

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Q3 F/Y
 Build Product Road
map PFW+
 30,60,90-day plan
 Enhance Delivery
metrics
Q4 F/Y
 Roll out Resource
management
 Review Maturity
Plan for the coming
F/y
Landing With..
• Visibility
• To enable data
driven decisions
• Platform for multiple
launches
30,60,90-day plan

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RETURN TO BASE
 Utilise the stakeholder engagement to
continually improve
 Build a 30,60,90 Rolling plan
 Remind people where you started and
where you are heading
Louise Allcock
Louise.Allcock@magnoxsites.com
website
Linkedin handle
First mission is over
onto the next mission