Metier Academy France

Management by Projects and the PMO

Reduce time-to-market, optimize resource usage, clarify priorities, improve responsiveness to short-term opportunities and long-term commitments, increase employability and individual skills. These are all complementary but often paradoxical issues that business are facing today.

To address these challenges organizations are addressing their activities in the area of research, new product development, information technology etc through a project portfolio approach. However successful project and portfolio management involves a number of steps to change the organization and attitudes at all levels of the company...

Objectives:

  • Familiarise operational project staff with the principles of Management by Project in the context of a multi-project business environment
  • Learn how to implement and manage a project portfolio and a Project/Portfolio Management Office (PMO)

Target audience:

Project Managers, Senior Management, Project Staff, PMO staff

Approach and Contents:

Interactive 2 day workshop, case studies and practical exercises,
Kick-off and follow-up sessions with line managers

  • Introduction to project management methodologies and maturity models (PMI, PRINCE2, CMMi ..)
  • Project Portfolio and the Project/Portfolio Management Office
  • Project governance criteria
  • Project management lifecycles (stages, milestones, key deliverables)
  • Management and specialist products
  • Managing change
  • Tailoring to the project environment (small projects)
  • Approval, validation and decision making
  • Roles and responsibilities and control mechanisms
  • Key success factors for a project portfolio approach
  • Practical examples and case studies of current projects