The Complete Project Management Office Handbook (ESI International Project Management Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0849321735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 688 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Keep this Handbook "Handy"" according to Sue White. Hill's book is an excellent overview of the Project Management Office(PMO) stages and functions. It is well-organized and well-written, with each chapter following a consistent format and including a related function model for the topic being discussed.I particularly liked:o The PMO Competency Continuum that depicts the five stages in the evolution of a full-blown PMO (i.e.,Center of Excellence), and the functions, advantages and disadvantages associated with each stageo The table depicting the 20 PMO functions, grouped within his five function categories: Practice Management, Infrastructure Management, Resour. A Project Guy said Reads like a big dictionary. Personally, I don't like this book. It reads like a big dictionary lots of words but nothing tying things together. I found it difficult to find and follow a set of concrete steps to help get a PMO up and running. I understand it is "complete" but it does it at the expense of the "shotgun effect"--throwing a lot of stuff out but not really zeroing in on anything.I think this book would be great for someone who needed to pick and choose a few specific things and wanted a reference but as a day-to-day book to help with setting up a PMO and figuring out how to get a PMO effort off the ground in a way that ensures. PMO guide excellent reference book and would recommend it for any one wants to know more about PMO
Its well-defined project management continuum and numerous tables and function models provide detailed guidance for anyone, from the novice to the experienced project manager, to determine where they are in the project-management-office continuum and how to achieve their objective…This book is a comprehensive resource for creating or growing a PMO.-Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2005 . If a reader wants to implement a PMO at the working level, The Complete Project Management Office Handbook is a thorough descriptio
A project management office (PMO) coordinates technical and business facets of project management and achieves the goals of oversight, control, and support within the project management environment. It presents 20 pertinent PMO function models, providing guidance for developing PMO operating capability that is applicable to any organization. As project management has evolved, the need has emerged for an organizational entity to manage complexities and ensure alignment with business interests. People at all levels of the project and business spectrum will benefit from this volume.The Handbook focuses on how to establish PMO functionality to meet the requirements of project stakeholders. It also presents these functions relative to five stages of progressive PMO development along a competency continuum, demonstrating potential PMO growth from simple project control up through its alignment within a strategic busines