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Building Effective PMOs

Establishment of a PMO is an essential tool for increasing maturity and capability for project delivery and successful implementation of change. This paper reviews the benefits of a PMO, provides examples of successful PMOs and identifies the steps to building the most appropriate structure for your organisation.

Building capability to support project management as a mainstream management discipline

Project management is fast becoming a mainstream management discipline. This paper explains why this is the case and identifies the challenges that the project management community and the general management community face as project management develops as a formal skill set required by a broad range of staff. 

The purpose of a Change Management Office

We all know that managing change is vital skill set. The scope and variety of changes that we can choose to apply to improve how we do business means that increasingly we have to filter these opportunities to ensure that only the most viable, those offering the greatest benefits for the costs involved are actually implemented. This paper explores the functions and benefits of establishing an office that supports the implementation of change including the delivery of the components of change through effective project management, and the development of a network of skilled change managers who guide their colleagues through the process of changing their ways of working.

Implementing the vision of transformational change

A great deal is written about the need for a vision of change that will inspire everyone in your organisation to transform how they work and achieve the organisation’s strategic objectives. Motivation comes from this exciting vision of the future, but motivation and positive feelings about the changes your organisation needs to make are not enough. Transformational change is disruptive, impacting every area of the organisation, and if there is no framework for guiding the changes then at best they will fail to embed but at worst your organisation has taken resources away from the ‘day job’ but realised no benefits from this effort. 

HR Professionals Guide to Business Transformation

Understanding what is involved in business transformation and developing a detailed knowledge of the theories and models of change management and how to practically apply them are an essential HR skill set. The importance of this skill set is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel as fundamental to your progression in your HR career. Development of these skills offers HR professionals the chance to significantly contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation and the form that this journey will take.

Building capability for the effective implementation of change

Change management is becoming recognised as an important requirement for any management position and staff with qualifications and experience in this area are being sought by those organisations which have already realised that change they seek do not occur by accident.In the next few years the partnership between those who deliver change and those who adopt it will grow. I believe that the development of these relationships can be accelerated by better explanation of what is involved in successful change and through the development of methodologies that establish best practice in change management for organisations.