A PMO professional at a large IT company needs to assess the maturity of the PMO.
What should the PMO professional review?
Last year, a PMO professional from a food processing company implemented a new portfolio management tool that is running smoothly. As a part of the portfolio management process, a resource management functionality was released for better assessment of the portfolio delivery resource needs.
What should the PMO professional do first to ensure proper implementation?
During the planning phase for establishing a PMO, the PMO team encounters resistance from project managers who are concerned about potential bureaucracy and additional workload. The PMO professional recognizes the importance of stakeholder buy-in for successful PMO implementation.
What should the PMO professional do to address these concerns?
The organization's PMO intends to transform its role into an agility-driven PMO.
Which option should the PMO leader take to help the PMO become more agile?
A large organization is exploring the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) and has included AI in the pillars of the overall company strategy. The PMO team is aware of the potential related to the use of AI for project management.
How should the PMO lead best support the organizational strategy?
A PMO professional identified that the strategic project's stakeholders are dissatisfied with the visibility of project progress, citing a lack of visibility into key performance indicators (KPIs) and communication. The project manager ensured that the current PMO reporting process and requirements are being followed.
Which action should the PMO professional take?
A software company hired a PMO professional to establish a new PMO to oversee the performance of its projects and create the required processes. The new PMO professional immediately conducted project management training sessions for all project managers, developed project templates, and regularly conducted project audits. After the PMO had been in service for a year, senior management decided to shut down the PMO due to lack of value generation.
What should the PMO professional have done differently to ensure that the PMO generated the desired value?
In a large energy company, a PMO was recently established to help organize the numerous projects that are completed every year. Executives have passionate discussions in meetings to select and prioritize projects to enter the portfolio. These discussions cause frequent delays and result in decisions being questioned by some of the executive board members.
What should the PMO professional do to improve this situation?
As part of a merger between two companies, a PMO professional consultant is hired to conduct an organizational project management (OPM) maturity assessment. The consultant must evaluate how well each organization manages portfolios, programs, and projects, and how their processes align with organizational objectives.
What should the PMO professional consultant do first?
A PMO professional is providing strategic guidance to executives and has been tasked with advising the executives on various aspects of the organization's projects to drive success.
Which two tasks are within the scope of the advisory role for a PMO professional? (Choose 2)