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Establishing & Maintaining a Project Management Office (PMO)

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FORMAT

DURATION
Speech One Hour (no exercises)
Seminar Half Day (including classroom exercises)

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

Unless you have unlimited resources (i.e. staff, money, and infrastructure), no project deadlines, and high internal customer satisfaction, you don’t need to establish a Project Management Office (PMO). However, if you’re like most managers, you must juggle resources, time, scope, quality, and customer satisfaction in order to contribute to your company’s strategic plan.

Unfortunately, you’re asked to drive projects through completion with limited resources and tight deadlines. This shows you how to sell a PMO to the executives, develop the tools for prioritizing projects, and ensure the PMO’s success. You’ll also learn how to manage (and even reduce) the stress of managing projects, while getting more from your staff and preventing employee turnover.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THE PRESENTATION

You’ll learn how to

  • Justify the creation of a PMO.

  • Determine the type of PMO to establish.

  • Develop the tools to prioritize, initiate, measure, and track projects.

  • Implement the PMO.

  • Create a project portfolio management, tracking, and reporting system.

  • Close projects.

PRESENTATION CUSTOMIZATION

Through client interviews, Reed learns about your organization's challenges and goals. He then weaves that learning throughout his presentation, masterfully personalizing the experience for each audience member. The presentation includes breath-taking photos from the Great Wall of China, Antarctica, and Argentina marathons.

Reed has published articles, made presentations, and taught collegiate classes about information technology, project management, business management, accounting, and income taxes. He combines these academic experiences, your objectives, his 25 years in global IT project management, and long distance running strategies to develop presentations about

  • Leadership

  • Coping with Change & Risk

  • Empowerment Skills

  • Project Management

  • Adventure

  • Personal and Professional Growth

  • Overcoming Adversity

While sharing from his heart with humor and passion, Reed challenges his audience to think differently - to learn from failures, to learn the art of thriving instead of surviving, to address fears, and to define themselves while living life with a new found passion.