Online Webinar – Recorded June 21st 2016
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Sponsored by: Association for Project Management – APM

This is the first of two “PMO 101 Summer School webinars”. The purpose of the two webinars is to provide practitioners and those new to PMO with an understanding of ‘what the P stands for’.

This webinar will look at temporary project offices and programme offices that are set up to support a single project or programme.

To learn more about the second webinar taking place on the 5th July check out our article PMO 101 Summer School: Programme & Portfolio Offices Part 2.

This webinar will look at PMOs that are set up specifically to support a single project or programme and are usually called project or programme offices.

By their very nature, they are temporary, existing for the lifecycle of the respective project or programme.

The webinar will cover the purpose of the PMO, the typical roles within the PMO and some of the challenges they face and tactics to overcome them.

Presenters:

Simon George (LinkedIn profile) has been in and around PMOs since he was first asked to set up a PSO (support office) in the early 90’s. He has been a project and programme manager as well as leading PMOs since the late 80’s. Simon is a vocal advocate for establishing PMO’s as equal partners within the PPM community and for PMO’s to be seen as a valued career path. His experience includes multiple local authorities, IBM, JP Morgan, Tesco and currently Transport for London. Simon is just starting his second year as a PMOSIG committee member.

Eileen Roden (LinkedIn profile) is an experienced consultant, trainer, conference speaker and author of Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices 2nd edition (2013). Eileen’s experience includes multiple PM and PMO national and international roles including BG Transco, Gehe UK and Cadbury Schweppes. For the last 10 years she has worked with an eclectic mix of organisations helping them to improve their project delivery capability and is is an active member of the PMO SIG Committee who also sits on the SIG Steering Group

PDU Category B (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

As a Category C  “Self Directed Learning Activity” remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your “PDU Audit Trail Folder”

Click to watch on Youtube:
PMO 101 Summer School:
Programme & Portfolio Offices Part 1