TeamPort is critical for the success of a Project Management Office (PMO).
A PMO establishes common governance, process, and practice across a portfolio of projects and, if successful, significantly impoves cost-time performance.
However, a PMO requires more than common processes and tight-fisted control. A PMO will fail if it doesn't address several key dilemmas:
The Infeasability of Micro-control
- Centralized PMO often fights adoption into local practice within business culture
- Gap between generic standards and each project’s needs creates burden.
The Database & Dashboard Trap
- IT automation alone emphasizes data over human activity & attention.
- Detail required for accounting is not sufficient for forward-looking decisions and adaptive performance
Getting Stuck on PMM Level 2
- Detail & structure implemented for Project Maturity (PMM) Levels 2 & 3 so complex, a company is prevented from reaching Levels 4 & 5. (below)
PMM Levels of Maturity
From Dr. Bill Curtis, SEI CMM expert
TeamPort supports successful PMO implementation by emphasizing adaptation and acceptance of best practice on each project:
Pull rather than Push PMO
- Rapid and helpful way to map standard process to specific projects
- PMO coordinates and prioritizes without micro-control
Elevate Managers to Strategic Level of Dialogue
- Design projects, validate plans and test progress early-on
- Match visual project maps with rigorous simulation and analytics
- Provide methods and tools to connect strategy to tactical plans
Move to higher “floors” of project maturity
- Overcome the trap of lower level detail and control
- Demonstrate PMO value immediately and vision for quality of work at higher levels
TeamPort complements other PMO tools
- Existing tools emphasize accounting and control: backward-looking
- TeamPort is visual, shared, and drives awareness: forward-looking