This briefing overviews the organization and operation of the project/program office.  We can help your organization cut through all the hype on project and program offices.  This executive briefing will allow your executive team to understand and evaluate the essential issues for this topic:

• What is a program office?  What is a project office?  Is it different from a Center of Excellence? There is no "standard" for a project office; the briefing focuses on helping senior managers evaluate the pro's and con's of each potential design.
• What are the immediate needs of the organization, business necessities, and minimal requirements for jumpstarting the implementation?  We find that individuals want to see immediate value in addressing business issues, as soon as possible.
• What are the pitfalls to avoid?
• What are the longer-term solutions to improve project management maturity to address the broader, complex issues? 

• How should the organization manage the transition from ad hoc, informal approaches to a more structured methods?  Typical deployments include use of portfolio management and prioritization, project recovery, assessing needs, metrics, and building capability for performance.

From this starting point, we can help the organization implement the program/project office.  This includes developing a mission and vision statement, communications program, project manager career path, performance reporting, software selection and deployment, and organizational reporting structure.

We offer other Executive Briefings, too.