Episode 153: Business Driven PMO Setup: Chapter 1 - Mission, Goals, and Objectives

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153		Business Driven PMO Setup: Chapter 1 - Mission, Goals, and Objectives presented by Mark Perry, host of The PMO Podcast™		20:51
The PMO Podcast™ Episode Summary
	The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story
	This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story introduces, “Chapter 1 - Mission, Goals, and Objectives; Business-driven vs. Theory-driven of the new PMO book, Business Driven PMO Setup", presented by Mark Perry, host of The PMO Podcast™." Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 1 goes like this. There is a picture of a CIO standing next to the PMO manager and one of the project managers. The CIO says, “I read your strategic plan for the PMO. There are a number of good ideas but I don’t understand what your goals and objectives for the PMO are?” The PMO manager replies back, “There aren’t any” and which the CIO says, “That’s what I don’t understand.” For many PMOs, this cartoon paints an all too familiar picture. During the initial setup of the PMO, rather than focusing on mission, goals, and objectives like any other business unit in the company must do, many organizations when setting up their PMO skip this important step in the process altogether and delve right to strategies and tactics. There is no better way for the PMO to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory than to go about its initial setup without a clear focus, collaborative development, and unambiguous declaration of its mission, goals, and objectives.
	The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo
	The PMO Podcast Points Memo presents, “Exhibiting Project Management Leadership." How do you exhibit your project management leadership? Is it all about the technical side of project management in terms of tools, processes, and know how? Or is it about human behavior? Take the case of Eldon, a senior program manager with years of experience. Hear how Eldon exhibits project management leadership and helps and mentors others.
	The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag
	The PMO Podcast Mailbag answers a question about project charters for setting up a new PMO and why they should never be used.
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