The disruptive digital environment has led many organizations to implement operational designs and models that are flexible and agile. This need for agility has given rise to Agile PMO. But, how is Agile PMO different from the traditional PMO?
In this article at Consultancy-me.com, the author mentions the difference between traditional PMO and Agile PMO and outlines the steps necessary for the successful completion of a project.
Some Common Factors in Agile and Traditional PMOs
Although agile and traditional PMOs vary in size, responsibilities, and structure, they all have the following in common:
- Support: PMOs offer guidelines for implementation teams and keep project managers updated about various business units.
- Training: PMO training helps project managers and team leaders to improve their skills.
- Collaboration: The implementation of a PMO allows managers to collaborate easier due to the close-knit function.
- Internal Consulting: PMOs allow project managers to share knowledge with their teams regarding the best PMO practices.
How is traditional PMO different from Agile PMO?
Governance
Traditional PMO performs governance through project status reporting of deliverables and milestones. Agile PMO, on the contrary, performs governance through daily stand-ups and scrum meetings. Discussion over risks and cross-project impacts happen in daily stand-up without having to wait for formal governance board review.
Resource Management
“PMO organizations struggle with having more projects underway than resource capacity to do the actual work,” says the author. Often, a single resource is assigned to handle multiple projects simultaneously that further results in loss of productivity and delay in project outcomes. Agile PMO places importance on the smooth execution of projects than overloading the team members. In other words, work is based on the number of resources available and not on the number of projects.
Tracking the Benefits
For many traditional PMOs, measuring the benefits are an afterthought. Though project managers using traditional PMOs do the post-completion evaluation, they hardly include baselines and measurements. Agile PMO, on the other hand, focuses on benefits from the beginning of the project planning and execution.
If you want to learn more about the difference between the two models of PMO, click on https://www.consultancy-me.com/news/2809/project-management-office-agile-pmo-versus-traditional-pmo.
