How to Successfully Lead a PMO

Discover best practices for leading a new PMO. Explore ways to communicate more effectively, demonstrate the benefits of the PMO, lead strategic initiatives, and more.

Introduction

• Steering your growing PMO

1. Leading Projects

• Managing the standards, governance, and execution
• Overseeing projects, programs, and portfolios
• Working with risks, issues, and change requests

2. Leading Strategy

• Aligning the PMO with organizational goals
• PMOs leading strategic initiatives
• Annual budget, work intake, and project portfolio prioritization

3. Leading Change

• PMO as the change management facilitator
• Overcoming organizational resistance to change
• Challenge: Engaging challenging stakeholders
• Solution: Engaging challenging stakeholders

4. Leading Communication

• Importance of storytelling and leveraging storytelling tools
• Showcasing the benefits of PMO
• Challenge: Presenting to executives
• Solution: Presenting to executives

5. Leading the Team

• Hiring for your growing team
• Retooling and upskilling
• Building a community for your team
• Challenge: Hiring your next project manager
• Solution: Hiring your next project manager

Conclusion

• Conquering your PMO challenges