PMO Establishment for
Strategic Company
Development
Oleksandr Maslikov
Ukraine Online PMO Day 2024
Agenda
Why do you need strategic PMO?
What areas are typically covered by PMO?
Step-by-step roadmap of PMO creation
What can you do when you already have PMO?
Potential improvements
Important tips and lessons learned
About Me
I’m Oleksandr Maslikov
• 15+ years in leading PMOs
• 6 PMOs in 3 different domains: IT, Banking,
Retail
• 3 PMOs established from scratch
• Leadership of global teams from 3 to 60
people
• Jury member of annual PMO UA Awards
Common expectations
• Monitoring, control over
project progress
• Processes, methodology
• Professional PMs
• Project portfolio management
• Communication
5 elements of PMO
Predictable strategy realization
Plan company development
Manageable strategic priorities
Transparency
Monitoring
Reporting
Predictability
Support
Communication
Consulting
Community
Methodology
Processes
Strucuture
Quality
People
L&D
Culture
Motivation
How to start? Roadmap (1/2)
Get the consensus
TOP level support
and position PMO
Collect portfolio,
investigate
Monitor (NOT
control) projects.
Listen and learn
Set the scope for PMO
activities
Start search for
talents (analysts,
PMs)
How to start? Roadmap (2/2)
Establish portfolio
steering at TOP
level
Create friendly
communication environment,
improve project management
culture
Improve
Create and approve
methodology, promote
standards and processes
Grow successor
• Conduct interviews with Sponsors
• Meet key managers
• Get company Strategy or any development plans
• Prioritize
• Create portfolio schedule
• Establish portfolio management processes
List of projects
Project portfolio
Project portfolio creation
Deep dive to projects
• Define project managers
• Understand expectations, budgets, success
criteria
• Help to create project plans
• Establish regular meetings with PMs
• Communicate positively, no pressure
• Establish informal communication
• Set focus to define issues, risks, “pace” of
projects, communication channels
PMO Team
Major sources to form PMO Team:
• Priority to internal people
• Outstaffing as interim solution
• Permanent hiring of talents
• Internal talent pool
Ideas for org structure:
• Full-time PMs (10-30% senior, 40-70% middle, 10-40% junior)
• PMO Analysts (1 analyst per ~7-10 PMs, more at the beginning)
• Part-time PMs
TOP Management Support
• Portfolio Steering Committee
• Steering Committees for major
projects/programs
• Sponsors of TOP level
• PMO should identify projects that lack
Sponsor’s attention
Project Environment in the Company
• Trainings for PMs
• Regular meetings of PMs
• Constant “promotion” of project
principles and values: planning,
realistic commitments,
transparency in communication,
strategic priority, etc.
• Common vocabulary
• Training for Sponsors
Methodology
• Develop methodology
• Definitions and processes
• Project management
• Portfolio management
• Templates
• Approve it
• Trainings (!)
• Regular updates (!!!)
Healthy = Regular. Processes
• Regular meetings
• Portfolio Steering Committee
• Project Steering Committee
• Project Team Meetings
• Trainings for PMO Team
• Regular monitoring processes
• Methodology update
Example:
• Monthly
• 1-2 per month
• 1-5 per week
• 2-4 per year
• Weekly
• Yearly
• Portfolio resource management
• Portfolio risk management
• Lessons Learned processing
• Benefits tracking
• Integrated bottom-up reporting
• Development budget management
• Strategy management
• Knowledge sharing with other PMOs
What’s next?
Q&A

Oleksandr Maslikov: Створення РМО для стратегічного розвитку компанії. Перші кроки (UA)

  • 1.
    PMO Establishment for StrategicCompany Development Oleksandr Maslikov Ukraine Online PMO Day 2024
  • 2.
    Agenda Why do youneed strategic PMO? What areas are typically covered by PMO? Step-by-step roadmap of PMO creation What can you do when you already have PMO? Potential improvements Important tips and lessons learned
  • 3.
    About Me I’m OleksandrMaslikov • 15+ years in leading PMOs • 6 PMOs in 3 different domains: IT, Banking, Retail • 3 PMOs established from scratch • Leadership of global teams from 3 to 60 people • Jury member of annual PMO UA Awards
  • 4.
    Common expectations • Monitoring,control over project progress • Processes, methodology • Professional PMs • Project portfolio management • Communication
  • 5.
    5 elements ofPMO Predictable strategy realization Plan company development Manageable strategic priorities Transparency Monitoring Reporting Predictability Support Communication Consulting Community Methodology Processes Strucuture Quality People L&D Culture Motivation
  • 6.
    How to start?Roadmap (1/2) Get the consensus TOP level support and position PMO Collect portfolio, investigate Monitor (NOT control) projects. Listen and learn Set the scope for PMO activities Start search for talents (analysts, PMs)
  • 7.
    How to start?Roadmap (2/2) Establish portfolio steering at TOP level Create friendly communication environment, improve project management culture Improve Create and approve methodology, promote standards and processes Grow successor
  • 8.
    • Conduct interviewswith Sponsors • Meet key managers • Get company Strategy or any development plans • Prioritize • Create portfolio schedule • Establish portfolio management processes List of projects Project portfolio Project portfolio creation
  • 9.
    Deep dive toprojects • Define project managers • Understand expectations, budgets, success criteria • Help to create project plans • Establish regular meetings with PMs • Communicate positively, no pressure • Establish informal communication • Set focus to define issues, risks, “pace” of projects, communication channels
  • 10.
    PMO Team Major sourcesto form PMO Team: • Priority to internal people • Outstaffing as interim solution • Permanent hiring of talents • Internal talent pool Ideas for org structure: • Full-time PMs (10-30% senior, 40-70% middle, 10-40% junior) • PMO Analysts (1 analyst per ~7-10 PMs, more at the beginning) • Part-time PMs
  • 11.
    TOP Management Support •Portfolio Steering Committee • Steering Committees for major projects/programs • Sponsors of TOP level • PMO should identify projects that lack Sponsor’s attention
  • 12.
    Project Environment inthe Company • Trainings for PMs • Regular meetings of PMs • Constant “promotion” of project principles and values: planning, realistic commitments, transparency in communication, strategic priority, etc. • Common vocabulary • Training for Sponsors
  • 13.
    Methodology • Develop methodology •Definitions and processes • Project management • Portfolio management • Templates • Approve it • Trainings (!) • Regular updates (!!!)
  • 14.
    Healthy = Regular.Processes • Regular meetings • Portfolio Steering Committee • Project Steering Committee • Project Team Meetings • Trainings for PMO Team • Regular monitoring processes • Methodology update Example: • Monthly • 1-2 per month • 1-5 per week • 2-4 per year • Weekly • Yearly
  • 15.
    • Portfolio resourcemanagement • Portfolio risk management • Lessons Learned processing • Benefits tracking • Integrated bottom-up reporting • Development budget management • Strategy management • Knowledge sharing with other PMOs What’s next?
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