I think that corporate culture at an executive level is a big driver in many companies. Within any team of leaders and especially executive level leaders, there are usually strong and controlling personalities. Let’s face it; they would not be in a position with that level of power if they did not have a confident and dominant personality. The idea of a centralized project management Office (PMO) would potentially require the leaders in areas other than where the PMO reports to relinquish some power to the leader of the area where the PMO does report.
I believe this to be the driver behind the executive staff in the example case waiting as long as they did to develop this methodology. That being the case, I would feel that the communication from John Compton lacked the detail to encourage his team to develop a methodology. Also, I would conclude that these team members did not do any research to justify having or not having a PMO methodology. Had they researched this they would have found that proper organizational structures lead to better efficiency in the managing projects the business in general (Spalek, S.
2013) and may have accomplished this sooner rather than waiting for the directive to “get it done now”. A well-defined and effective structure for a PMO is to have a centralized team responsible for the managing and oversight of an organizations project portfolio. This includes technical and non-technical projects faced by any area or department within and organization. I believe a centralized PMO is becoming a necessity to most industries and organizations. Based upon the unique nature of any individual business, I think that the PMO should report to the department that makes the most sense for the respective business.
The Essay on Team Leader
Describe how a team leader should communicate the team’s purpose and objectives to its members. A team leader should communicate with team members their purpose and objectives for a task using the SMART model. This is an acronym and its meaning is as follows; Specific – targets are to be communicated as simply as possible. Measurable – targets are to be communicated so that they are measurable in ...
In today’s world and with the exponential growth of technology, most IT departments have a lot of experience managing projects. Further, many projects that organizations are faced with are IT based or if they are not they have a heavy IT influence. That said, if a company operates mainly outside of the world of IT and there is little involvement with IT on projects, it may make more sense to have the project team report to an operational or financial leader. The question of a PMO being inside or outside of IT, I do not feel has a clear right or wrong answer without understanding the context.
When tasked with addressing this question in an existing organization, I think it is important to understand the types of projects that are being worked on. If they are mainly computer hardware, software, programming or projects of another technical nature, I think that is a no brainer. PMO should report to the CIO. If projects are of an operational nature or there is a significant overhead, revenue or profit associated to them, then it may be more effective to have the PMO report to the COO or CFO instead of the CIO.
I think a good example to show how this may work is: “The construction of the Egyptian pyramids was managed by several generations, as described by Alessandro Prudencio in the 4th Ibero American Congress on Project Management. There are no explicit signs and no evidences of project management activity in the available documentation about the pyramids, although there are technical evidences of engineering and architecture procedures. ” (do Valle, J. , e Silvia, W. , & Soares, C.
2008) and clearly there was no IT Department at that time. At the end of the day, regardless of the area that the PMO reports to, there should be a cross-functional group that make up the PMO and set standards for managing projects. Having influential leaders outside of any one department will provide more visibility, credibility and support for project work. On order for the PMO to be effective, it mist have one centralized leader, wherever that makes sense for the respective organization. References
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I never realised how important time is until I started university. Getting the best out of you studies in university is forgoing one thing for another. (opportunity cost). When I first started university I was working full time. As time went by I realised that I just could not cope, so I decided to work part-time while studying. I can now cope better with my school work load and can produce a ...