Choosing the Right PMO Vision: 5. Vision Beyond the Vision- What’s Next?

I could easily write a book on the “vision beyond the vision”. It would be about achieving the best of the best business practices. I was inspired to write about this ultimate vision after reading about what a PMO can become in the book that guided my thinking about the “Choosing the Right PMO Vision” posts: Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO by Kendall and Rollins. This book is an attempt to open executive’s eyes as to what their companies can achieve through a PMO.

Up to now we’ve talked about a PMO that can support the execution of strategies. This is the ultimate PMO mission. Once a PMO is accomplishing this mission, what’s next? How does a PMO sustain it’s long term value? What business processes can a PMO adopt to truly contribute to the innovation in an organization?

Advanced PPM and the PMO suggests at least three ways that a PMO can contribute to the vision beyond the vision:

1. Initiate it’s own continuous improvement projects.

2. Support marketing strategies with projects in two key permanent project areas.

3. Conduct “better than best” practice research.

I’ll detail my view of these three areas in the next few posts.