Project Environment Interface Concepts


The PMO should develop and implement auditing practices in the project management environment as a means to achieve required levels of project management oversight, including individual performance, project performance, and program or portfolio performance. The PMO should demonstrate or otherwise influence a high degree of professionalism and collaboration in conducting such audits, which are inherently needed to ensure proper examination of project performance and project management activities.

A viable project auditing program will first and foremost enable the PMO to identify troubled projects that may require special attention or even transition to project-recovery mode. However, project audits should also contribute significant value in identifying minor irregularities that can be "fixed" on the spot, thus precluding the need for major project recovery actions or reactions.

As well, the PMO can use audits to ensure that established standards and practices are adhered to across all projects within the relevant organization. Audits will serve as reminders to all project stakeholders that such standards and practices exist, and that there are expectations that will be applied within the project management environment. This includes examination of the proper application of business and technical standards and practices as well as those having specific project management connotations.

The PMO is responsible for ensuring adequate oversight and control within the project management environment, and auditing can help fulfill a portion of that responsibility. The PMO can introduce auditing from an internal perspective relative to operations within the project management environment, i.e., those audits the PMO performs or controls. It also can identify the need for appropriate external or third-party audits, which are provided by business units within the relevant organization or by auditors in industry or commercial venues. The PMO lends expertise to deciding the types of audits and the auditing sources that are required within the project management environment.




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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