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Speaker: Philip Diab

Topic: RapidStartPMO: A new approach to delivering strategy & driving enterprise transformation.

Project management practitioners often make the case to business executives that Project Management Offices (PMOs) can play a central role in supporting the organization in its quest to successfully implement strategy and deliver enterprise transformation. This promise has been met with mixed results due in great part to the complexity of launching the PMO, which in itself is a high risk project. The confusion over purpose, process, structure, or even terminology, stems from the lack of agreement as to what the PMO is and what benefits it is intended to achieve. The initial stages of PMO setup are critical and when practitioners focus too much on the philosophical aspects of the task at hand, executives grow impatient and the organization becomes frustrated by the lack of progress. With these high stakes PMO leaders must create a pragmatic approach that allows them to quickly ramp up capabilities and deliver value to the organization as early as possible.

The RapidStartPMO approach advocates the establishment of two simultaneous work streams, one for building and the other for operating the PMO. Through a 12-week journey, PMO leaders can implement a fit for purpose PMO that can grow based on the needs of the organization. By adopting a “building block” mentality, PMO leaders can enable the PMO to become operational as quickly as possible through a scalable design. The ultimate intent is a pragmatic model as opposed to an “all or nothing” paradigm. This presentation will provide an overview of the RapidStartPMO concept along with real life examples from the field.

This is a HYBRID (IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL) event. Networking begins at 11:15 am; the meeting will begin at 11:30 am. You won't want to miss this! The luncheon is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. The virtual option is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.

PDU Awarded for Attendance: 1 PDU

Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Time: 11:15 am - 12:30 pm (food service begins at 11:15 am and meeting starts at 11:30 am)
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Birmingham Branch), 524 Liberty Parkway, Vestavia Hills, AL 35242-7531