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The PMO spends too much time on low-value tasks

The PMO spends too much time on low-value tasks

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The PMO spends too much time on low-value tasks

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- If you ask a business leader what they think about project performance, they may tell you it's not good enough. But if you ask them which areas need to improve, they'll likely be a lot less certain. That pretty much sums up how a lot of PMOs originally got their mandate, the leadership created a PMO to improve projects but didn't know what they wanted the PMO to do. As a result, they defaulted to the low hanging fruit, reporting, governance, process. If your PMO is spending a lot of time looking at these project details, then you're dealing with this challenge. It's up to the PMO to help business leaders understand that this type of activity isn't adding value, and it's costing money to manage. You know there's a better way and you need to convince leadership of that. That requires an understanding of two concepts, first is the idea that projects are only approved to enable a business outcome. The business invests in…

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