From the course: The Top PMO Challenges

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The PMO looks after too many projects

The PMO looks after too many projects

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The PMO looks after too many projects

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- PMOs are commonly aligned with areas of the business. For example, a project development PMO is responsible for all new or revised products. But that can be a lot of projects, and if the PMO tries to offer the same level of support to all of them, it risks spreading itself too thin. That's a problem. It means that the most important projects, or those needing the most help, may be starved of support, and projects that don't need as much attention from the PMO get it anyway, leading to frustration among project managers and the waste of valuable resources. A PMO needs ways to group projects for different levels of engagement. If your PMO doesn't have an effective and practical way to separate straightforward departmental projects from major strategic business initiatives, then you're experiencing this challenge. Solving this problem requires a proactive and strategic approach. Firstly the PMO must categorize projects…

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