The document discusses the pros and cons of project management as a service (PMaaS). The pros of PMaaS include access to a wide range of project management skills and competencies from dedicated professionals, impartiality free from internal politics, and ability to efficiently scale to large programs. The cons include potentially lacking deep knowledge of a company, difficulties with political situations, higher costs than internal project managers, and stakeholders feeling a loss of control. The document promotes either full PMaaS outsourcing or hiring individual project managers as alternatives to address the cons.

1. PM AS A SERVICE
The Pro’s and Con’s of Project Management as a Service

2. PRO’S

3. OUTSOURCING PMO - PRO’S
ACCESS TO SKILLS
• As a business dedicated to Project
Management, you benefit from skills
in both depth and breadth.
• Skills and experience are aligned with
the provider's core focus, this
provides industry-specific knowledge
you can tap into.
ACCESS TO COMPETENCIES
• A business providing PM as a Service
thrives on quality and details
throughout.
• Benefit from adoption to industry best
practice as a way of life.

4. OUTSOURCING PMO - PRO’S
IMPARTIAL
• As with hiring consultants, PMaaS are
not biased by internal politics or the
companies history.
• Gain more transparency and greater
accountability in stakeholders from a
no-fear approach.
EFFICIENCY
• There is a greater control on projects
gained from not letting project scopes
to slip into a un-agreed territory.
• A PMaaS can scale to cope with a full
program of work whereas an internal
PM might run out of time.

5. CON’S

6. OUTSOURCING PMO – CON’S
DEEP KNOWLEDGE
• It might be required to have a deep
knowledge of the company in order to
achieve project success.
• Sometimes geographies and local laws
might play a large part of navigating
the projects challenges.
POLITICAL PROWESS
• A business might have a very political
structure with large characters,
working with them may require
stronger interpersonal relationships.
• A project might relate to a very
political or challenging situation for
the business that needs handling very
sensitively. A task that might go
beyond just a tick box exercise.

7. OUTSOURCING PMO - CON’S
COST
• Often businesses undervalue PMs or
go for the low end of the salary band
due to low utilisation. A PMaaS
company goes the other way. This can
mean costs are higher.
• Deploying leading edge tools and
practices that might not be used in an
internal PMO can also affect the price
of PMaaS.
CONTROL
• PMs within a PMaaS are highly driven
by success within the portfolio of
projects. Some stakeholders get
frustrated from being chased on tasks
leaving the feeling of loss of control.

8. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
PMAAS
If you are looking to gain access to all
the Pro’s of outsourcing PMO then we
can help.
We offer a full range of PMO resources
available against your scope of work
with high experience and flexibility.
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PM RECRUITMENT
If you are put off by the con’s of
outsourcing PMO then no problem, it's
not for everyone.
Instead, we have a database full of pre-
vetted Project Managers ready for hire
that will fit nicely into your business.
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