Leading Successful PMOs: How to Build the Best Project Management Office for Your Business

by Peter Taylor

Many organizations profit hugely by utilizing a Project Management Office (PMO); it means they achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies, processes, and methods. However, building an effective PMO is a complex process; it requires clear vision and strong leadership so that, over time, it will become the source for guidance, documentation, and metrics related to the practices involved in managing and implementing projects. Leading Successful PMOs will guide all project based organizations, and project managers who contribute to and benefit from a PMO, towards maximizing their project success. In it, Peter Taylor outlines the basics of setting up a PMO and clearly explains how to ensure it will do exactly what you need it to do - the right things, in the right way, in the right order, with the right team.

206 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[John Hieb · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book includes a lot of great examples for what a PMO can achieve, and what obstacles will be in the path of leading a successful PMO. The only critique I have is that the book could be more concise. While repetition has its purpose, a lot of the themes and definitions that are stated and re-stated.