Setting up a PMO
Stanwick Academy

Setting up a PMO

Project Management Office as a solution for a project environment. Good organisations realise that sustainable project and programme management has become the critical success factor of their business. No doubt you too recognise the need for a formal process within which operational and strategic projects are initiated, approved and directed. Moreover, professional project managers need professional support. The Project/Programme/Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is the only real answer.
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Approach

  • This course consists of 2 training days.
  • The course offers a mix of theoretical underpinnings and practical exercises.
  • Each participant should have a project to apply what they have learned to.
  • We will work concretely on participants' projects.
  • The training provides the opportunity for experience exchange with other participants.
  • The learning experience is supported and enhanced by the use of an online learning platform.
  • A training certificate can be provided.

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What can you expect?

  • You will learn what the real mission and added value of a Project Management Office is.
  • You will learn how to take on the role of process and treasurer as a PMO manager.
  • You will learn how - through a well-functioning PMO - you optimally control time-to-market, costs, resources and quality.

Why this programme?

  • The change process initiated by the PMO: Setting up a PMO and managing it is a major investment in time, resources and people. And although no one doubts the benefits of a PMO (optimal deployment and follow-up of people and resources, faster time-to-market, better service to internal and external customers, drastic increase in the success ratio of your projects, better cost control, ...), its set-up is accompanied by a far-reaching change process right through the organisation.
  • The PMO as process and treasure keeper: The PMO functions as the eyes and ears for both the project leader, the steering committee, the internal or external customer and the management. All these stakeholders must be able to assume that they can make the right decisions with the information - provided by the PMO. To this end, the PMO identifies and selects the projects in line with the corporate strategy and facilitates all the necessary preconditions leading to a workable and result-oriented project environment.
  • Accelerate your time-to-market and manage costs, resources and quality: This training will teach you how to manage your projects in a result-oriented way by setting up a PMO. Not only will this allow you to speed up the time-to-market of your projects, but also improve their quality and reduce the overall cost of your projects. A must for every Project Manager who wants to ensure the necessary step towards further professionalisation of project management.
  • How do you integrate the PMO within your organisation? But when is a PMO needed? What are the various responsibilities of the PMO? And what are they not? Which processes are facilitated and managed by the PMO? How do you set up a PMO? How do you make your PMO operational? What lines of communication and hierarchy do you draw out? In short, how do you integrate the PMO within your organisation?

Programme

Introduction: setting the scene ... what is what within project management?

  • Projects, Programmes and Portfolios
  • A Project or Programme Management Office

Module 1: is a project/program management office (PMO) even necessary?

  • Benefits of a PMO
  • What precedes setting up a PMO
  • Accountability of a PMO

Module 2: PMO and the organisation

  • How can an organisation deal with project-based working
  • What place can a PMO have in this
  • What are possible roles & responsibilities for a PMO

Module 3: the CPM (Customer Relationship Management) of the PMO

  • Who are the customers?
  • What activities are directed towards these customers
  • What do we consider excellent CRM

Module 4: the PMO's relationship with subcontractors and suppliers

  • The PMO as a channel to quickly "see" where additional resources are needed, given the given project portfolio.

Module 5: the PMO dwells on communication

  • Communication elements
  • What role does the PMO play in project communication happen

Module 6: possible functions for the PMO

  • Project Governance
  • Project planning and delivery of milestones
  • Project administration
  • Managing project (management) related knowledge and information
  • Project Management Training
  • Managing project resources (resources)

Module 7: processes that could potentially be managed by the PMO

  • Selecting projects that can be implemented
  • Monitoring the progress of projects
  • Managing and monitoring programmes
  • Reviews and audits of projects

Module 8: how do we set up a PMO

  • Pitfalls when starting a PMO
  • Best practices in implementing and rolling out PMO in national & international organisations

Module 9: how to make a PMO operational

  • Integrating a PMO into the standard work consultation process
  • Integrating a PMO through visual management & digital dashboards
  • Continuous improvement inside the PMO

Module 10: discussion around some practical concepts

  • A PMO business plan
  • A PMO charter
  • A plan to integrate the PMO into the organisation
  • A PMO dashboard with clear metrics / Key Performance Indicators

Testimonials

"The approach Stanwick developed for implementing Performance Management is practical, powerful, realistic and very respectful of what lives on the shop floor. Collaboration, between teams and people, during and after implementation are central and secure sustainable practices that drive continuous improvement!"

Participant

"Stanwick's strength is that they also thoroughly work out the "behavioural component" of projects. You notice this not only in the content of the training, but also in the cooperation. The trainers we work with know very well how to sense exactly what the client needs and when. Once the needs are clear, they create a tailor-made and appropriate training. The special rapport with us as customers, creates a partnership for the future. The origin story of "LEAN" around those aircraft, can still fascinate and retell everyone who was in the training."

Participant

"If statistics were explained in the same practical way in our school study, more people would deal with data more professionally."
"A course that I hated at the university suddenly becomes a passion and my most important tool for process improvement."
"Unbelievable how ignorant and clumsy we dealt with data before this training."
"It is unbelievable how we can better understand and make our process easier to understand with a very limited number of tests (Design of Experiments)."
"The pallet of tools provided now allows us to find the causes and find solutions for practically all problems."
"The tools provided in the Green Belt are now also much clearer to us."
"The importance of statistical process control is seriously underestimated and it is not understandable that it will no longer be applied."

Participant

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"I learned a lot to work with effectively."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."

Participant

"Strong interaction with own examples from the group."
"One of the better trainings that I have already attended. Concrete and useful tips."
"Very interesting training as a capstone for tackling projects."
"I am very happy that I took the course because it really adds value to my ongoing projects."
"Theory becomes very practical by working with actual projects."

Participant

"A course that I hated at the university suddenly becomes a passion and my most important tool for process improvement."

Participant

"The pallet of tools provided now allows us to find the causes and find solutions for practically all problems."

Participant

"The tools provided in the Green Belt are now also much clearer to us."

Participant

"Unbelievable how ignorant and clumsy we dealt with data before this training."

Participant

"It is unbelievable how we can better understand and make our process easier to understand with a very limited number of tests (Design of Experiments)."

Participant

"If statistics were explained in the same practical way in our school study, more people would deal with data more professionally."

Participant

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"I learned a lot to work with effectively."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."

Participant

"The importance of statistical process control is seriously underestimated and it is not understandable that it will no longer be applied."

Participant

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"I learned a lot to work with effectively."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."

Participant

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"I learned a lot to work with effectively."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."

Participant

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"I learned a lot to work with effectively."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the better courses.”
“The link to practice makes statistics a very interesting and useful fact."
"Not only useful for Six Sigma projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude to the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

"The training has given me insight to solve complex problems in a structured way."
"The training is strongly applicable within own work domain, very practical."
"The link to practice makes the lean philosophy a very interesting and useful read."
"Not only useful for Lean projects, but surely also in day-to-day life/work."
"After the training, you know what you are getting into in a project, or what you are not getting into."
"Insight into practical application, real-life examples are realistic."

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“The training helped me to understand how to solve complex problems in a structured way.”
“The training is highly applicable within my own work area, it is very practical.”
“After the Green Belt training, you realise what you’re getting yourself into when starting a process improvement project.”
“Certainly one of the best courses.”
“The training convinced me of the practical use of statistics.”
“Useful not only for Six Sigma projects, but certainly also in my daily life / work”
“Insight into the practical use of these methodologies, case studies are realistic.”
“Very open attitude of the trainers, they responded well to needs of the group.”

Participant

“Within our organisation we are convinced that the principles of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement form the basis to understand and tackle performance losses. To be able to translate this conviction into practical improvement projects, we turned to Stanwick because they were able to provide training specifically tailored to our business. For each element of a Lean Production System, Stanwick could provide very concrete and recognisable examples to clarify the theory. As a result, 8 participants from different departments, with new insights and a lot of enthusiasm, have successfully completed a Lean Green Belt Project. During this training and during the implementation of the projects, the participants were forced to look in a different way at the organisation and processes within their specific department and the link to other departments. We now see a close team that has become stronger in recognising losses and in identifying flows within manufacturing. Through this approach, improvements have been made to processes that would otherwise not have been questioned. We can therefore demonstrate that this training has more than exceeded the investment. It is now up to us to make this improvement culture grow further in our company."

Participant

“Within our organisation we are convinced that the principles of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement form the basis to understand and tackle performance losses. To be able to translate this conviction into practical improvement projects, we turned to Stanwick because they were able to provide training specifically tailored to our business. For each element of a Lean Production System, Stanwick could provide very concrete and recognisable examples to clarify the theory. As a result, 8 participants from different departments, with new insights and a lot of enthusiasm, have successfully completed a Lean Green Belt Project. During this training and during the implementation of the projects, the participants were forced to look in a different way at the organisation and processes within their specific department and the link to other departments. We now see a close team that has become stronger in recognising losses and in identifying flows within manufacturing. Through this approach, improvements have been made to processes that would otherwise not have been questioned. We can therefore demonstrate that this training has more than exceeded the investment. It is now up to us to make this improvement culture grow further in our company."

"Stanwick's strength is that they also thoroughly work out the "behavioural component" of projects. You notice this not only in the content of the training, but also in the cooperation. The trainers we work with know very well how to sense exactly what the client needs and when. Once the needs are clear, they create a tailor-made and appropriate training. The special rapport with us as customers, creates a partnership for the future. The origin story of "LEAN" around those aircraft, can still fascinate and retell everyone who was in the training."

Participant

"After an introductory game to immerse everyone in the Obeya mindset and the working groups setting the right KPIs, we were ready to really get started. Obeya has since been rolled out at various levels across almost the entire organisation and we clearly see the added value."

Participant

"After an introductory game to immerse everyone in the Obeya mindset and the working groups setting the right KPIs, we were ready to really get started. Obeya has since been rolled out at various levels across almost the entire organisation and we clearly see the added value."

Participant

"Our team workshop was really illuminating and enjoyable."

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"Very interesting and enriching experience!"

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‘In an interactive and playful way, you learn very clearly the fundamentals of Obeya’
‘Strong interaction with own examples from the group.’
‘Very interesting training as a capstone to get started with Obeya.’
‘I am very glad I took the course because it really adds value to my ongoing projects.’
‘Theory becomes very practical by working with real projects.’

Participant

‘In an interactive and playful way, you learn very clearly the fundamentals of Obeya’
‘Strong interaction with own examples from the group.’
‘Very interesting training as a capstone to get started with Obeya.’
‘I am very glad I took the course because it really adds value to my ongoing projects.’
‘Theory becomes very practical by working with real projects.’

-

"The Stanwick team has provided my HR team with excellent training, coaching and serious challenges in the analysis of our HR processes. This way, the HR team can take further steps in realising its mission to make competent, performing and committed personnel available to our customer in an efficient and customer-oriented way."

Participant

"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. Really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."
"I have learned a lot to work with effectively."

-

‘In an interactive and playful way, you learn very clearly the fundamentals of Obeya’
‘Strong interaction with own examples from the group.’
‘Very interesting training as a capstone to get started with Obeya.’
‘I am very glad I took the course because it really adds value to my ongoing projects.’
‘Theory becomes very practical by working with real projects.’

Participant

‘In an interactive and playful way, you learn very clearly the fundamentals of Obeya’
‘Strong interaction with own examples from the group.’
‘Very interesting training as a capstone to get started with Obeya.’
‘I am very glad I took the course because it really adds value to my ongoing projects.’
‘Theory becomes very practical by working with real projects.’

-

"Interesting content brought in an interactive way. Good exercises."
"Very interactive course, with also interaction between the different participants of the training. Challenging us with the exercises gave me an extra incentive to do well."
"Good energy, well explained, trainer really fun and professional. Really good balance between seriousness and fun. The way the training went was perfect. Really good way to respect our "flow". She was very flexible and adapted the training to the audience, which is not easy."
"Thanks to the training, I can now use tools to make my workload/time more efficient."
"I have learned a lot to work with effectively."

Participant

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