The Top PMO Challenges

Learn about the top challenges facing PMOs—and how to overcome them.

Introduction

• Challenges and the project management office (PMO)

1. Relationship Challenges

• The business doesn't understand what the PMO does
• Leadership doesn't understand what the PMO does
• Project managers don't understand what the PMO does
• Multiple PMOs don't work well together

2. Influence and Impact Challenges

• The PMO isn't involved early enough in planning
• The PMO isn't involved after project delivery
• The PMO's advice isn't listened to
• The PMO is asked to be too tactical

3. Internal Challenges

• The PMO has too many objectives
• The PMO looks after too many projects
• The PMO doesn't have the right tools
• The PMO doesn't have enough people
• The PMO is struggling to integrate agile
• The PMO spends too much time on low-value tasks

4. The Challenge of the Future

• The PMO doesn't know where it's going
• The organization doesn't know where it wants its PMO to go

Conclusion

• A strategy for managing challenges