THE EVOLUTION OF A PMO TO A VALUE
Created by Ken Martin
MANAGEMENT OFFICE (VMO)
VALUE MONITORS THE PROGRESS OF AGILE TEAMS THE PMO APPROACH HAS EVOLVED VALUE MANAGEMENT OFFICE
MANAGEMENT A Value Management Office is effective in monitoring the progress of Agile Everything evolves & so has the PMO approach For Agile teams and organisations, Value Management Office is the way
OFFICE? teams & enabling them to deliver value to customers to complement the Agile ways of working forward
VMO . VALUE DELIVERY TEAMS FOCUS ON CUSTOMER VALUE MAXIMISING FLOW, MINIMISING WASTE ADAPTIVE TO CHANGE MENTORING & COACHING
COMPARISON TO Focus on Value Delivery Teams Focus on customer value versus Maximising flow, minimising waste versus Adaptive to change versus Mentoring and coaching versus
PMO versus focus on Project Teams focus on time, cost and scope maximising utilisation, minimising change centred on compliance planning and control
WHY PMO’s CHANGE WORK PRACTICES UNPREDICTABLE PROJECTS CHAOS AND LOW QUALITY CUSTOMER NEEDS NO SCOPE, NO TIME DRIVER
FEAR AGILE ? Agile will change the PMO works Projects unpredictable with Agile Constant change means chaos and low quality Customers needs not met No time driver for no project cope
Traditionally the PMO has focused on the assurance for successful project implementation. For a PMO to become more agile, it needs to become more customer focused & reduce complexity
TRADITIONAL
PMO STANDARDS GOVERNANCE RESOURCES BEST PRACTICES TRAINING SKILLS
PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES RISK MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE ECONOMICS VISIBILITY OF PROJECTS
PMO GOALS Reach probable outcomes Manage risks or projects Ensure compliance to standards Improve software economics Projects visibility and transparency
SOFTWARE AGILE BEST PRACTICES RISK MANAGEMENT ADAPTIVE TO CHANGE CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
GOALS Adopt agile practices Reuse knowledge Address uncertain and high risk items proactively Be adaptive to change Meet customer requirements
TIME BOX WORK VALUE DELIVERY TEAM COMMITMENT EMPOWERMENT QUALITY
Provides a way to time-box work Sustainable value delivery Teams commits to the work Empowers and respects teams Continuous quality and adaptation
AGILE VALUES
SELF ORGANISATION FOCUS OPENNESS WORKING SOFTWARE
The team self-organizes to do the work Agile focuses on a few things at a time An agile project is transparent & open for improvement Frequent delivery of working software
PMO GOAL - ALIGNMENT TO ORGANISATIONAL GOALS PMO GOAL - IMPROVING PROJECT SUCCESS RATES OVER TIME PMO GOAL – PM COMPETENCY IMPROVES OVER TIME
Agile projects take a whole cross functional team approach Agile practices reduce risk, improve quality & increase predictability More frequent retrospectives (aka lessons learned) allow for
HOW CAN AGILE with lifecycle process & transparency & integrated tooling through frequent inspections and transparency continuous improvement of project management competency
HELP PMO
GOALS PMO GOAL – STANDARDS AND TEMPLATES IMPROVING OVER TIME PMO GOAL – PROMOTE COLLABORATION & TRUST PMO GOAL – PROMOTE TRAINING & CONTINUOUS LEARNING
Agile projects use standard but adaptable templates that are suited to Agile promotes a collaborative and trusting environment Agile promotes continuous learning and regular training which
the size and risk of projects between core teams, PM’s & project stakeholders aligns to PMO goal of promoting training & continuous learning
AGILE PMO Establishing a PMO Agile vision mission statement will provide a way forward to zone in on the direction that will influence and lead the PMO team
VISION TARGET USERS WHAT NEEDS WILL BE MET? TOP 3-5 FEATURES OF PMO HOW VALUE CREATED? AGILE PMO USP AND BENEFITS?
QUESTIONS Who are the target users? the Agile PMO meets what need? What are Agile PMO top features? How will it create company value ? What is Agile PMO Unique Selling Point & benefits?
AGILE An appropriate tool for Agile PMO can improve project success and PMO competence over time by tracking dependent projects & traceability functionality providing an at-a-glance view of gaps and risks
PMO TOOL REAL TIME TRACKING IMPROVED ESTIMATION LIFECYCLE TRACEABILITY PROJECT EVALUATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
SELECTION Real-time planning and tracking Improved project estimation Full lifecycle traceability Evaluate projects with snapshots Continuous process improvement
