Business Environment Interface Concepts


The PMO will initially prescribe and conduct assessments primarily within the project management environment. However, as organizational capability and maturity in project management become viable business considerations, assessments will expand to include the participation and contributions of business units that interface with the project management environment. At the highest level of maturity, the PMO will normally interface with all remaining business units in the relevant organization.

The broader assessments of the relevant organization, possibly the entire enterprise, will enable business managers and project managers to join forces in pursuing the challenges of business and the achievement of strategic business objectives. The more each manager knows about the other's interests and needs, the more they can be made compatible. Assessments will help to identify commonality of purpose and establish overall management commitment to excellence in project management.

In many organizations, projects represent a prominent aspect of business revenue. Therefore, it is quite appropriate to evaluate how well an entire organization influences project performance, project management efficiency, and management effectiveness. It is likewise essential to ensure that executive level decisions are applied in a timely manner to guide projects toward the achievement of business objectives. If executives aren't attending to projects as a prominent source of business revenue, who is? Assessments conducted by the PMO can and should include evaluations of the level of involvement of executives and senior managers in project management. It is likely that these organizational leaders are already attending to critical business responsibilities, but they may not be fully engaged with a major component of the business — project management. Assessments and the resulting action plans are not intended to change their demonstrated successful approach to business. Rather, they are intended to enlarge their perspective of project management contributions to the achievement of business objectives.




The Complete Project Management Office Handbook
The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Second Edition (ESI International Project Management Series)
ISBN: 1420046802
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 158

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