Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO

"This is not only the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject, but it should certainly become the standard for PMO development for years to come. If your organization has a need for developing a PMO, this book should be required reading for all executives."


--Harold Kerzner, Best-Selling Author and President, Project Management Associates




About the Item:

This comprehensive book presents a road map for the achievement of high value enterprise strategies and superior project management results. It provides methods for best project selection, faster completion, optimal project portfolio management, and how to explicitly measure the PMO for rapidly increasing project ROI.


The Project/Program Management Office (PMO) is the fastest growing concept in project management today and is key to effective implementation of project management across the organization. To keep pace with customer expectations, competition, and economic conditions in the fast-paced global economy, organizations must do more using fewer resources. Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO shows you how to turn your PMO into a value machine.


Key Features:

Covers the strategy, tactics, and processes needed for successful project portfolio management
Discusses how the PMO can effectively influence project teams and their team members to consistently seek out delivery acceleration opportunities and/or delivery threats relative to their work and the overall mission of the project team
Provides a detailed plan for both strategic planning and a PMO
Reviews the most popular EPM tools and provides a way to evaluate PMO implementation using a PMO Maturity Model
Illustrates how Six Sigma and the PMO can support each other and be used to drive bottom-line value
Includes real PMO case studies detailing techniques that have helped businesses grow and kept them at the top in their industry
Presents the new Theory of Constraints 4x4 method of strategic planning and the Critical Chain Multi-Project Management approach
WAV offers downloadable templates, models, assessment tools, and plans, including a detailed plan using Microsoft Project for implementing a PMO that covers the first two years of operation and details over 450 tasks — available from the Web Added Value™ Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com