Course : PMO, setting up a project-based organization

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. POM
Price : 1550 CHF E.T.

PMO, setting up a project-based organization




Non-harmonized management practices, projects not aligned with strategic objectives... these are the reasons for setting up a PMO (Project Management Office). After detailing the activities of the PMO and the conditions for its successful implementation, this course will review the steps involved in setting it up, and give you the keys to drawing up a diagnosis and defining objectives tailored to your organization.


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Ref. POM
  2d - 14h00
1550 CHF E.T.




Non-harmonized management practices, projects not aligned with strategic objectives... these are the reasons for setting up a PMO (Project Management Office). After detailing the activities of the PMO and the conditions for its successful implementation, this course will review the steps involved in setting it up, and give you the keys to drawing up a diagnosis and defining objectives tailored to your organization.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the concepts, contributions and typical activities of a PMO
Build a PMO model adapted to the organization's needs
Planning the implementation of PMOs within an organization
Use best practices and techniques to help implement a PMO

Intended audience
Design managers, PMO managers, methods managers, activity portfolio managers, project supervisors, IT department controllers.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of project management components and issues.

Course schedule

1
Steering environment. The role of the PMO

  • Corporate challenges and the need for permanent reconfiguration. Globalization. Time to market.
  • Resource management Value creation.
  • Defining piloting. Problems to be solved.
  • Project mode, a response to permanent change.
  • Standardizing practices. Standards.
  • Capitalizing on experience.
  • The three levels of management in a PMO.
  • Continuous synchronization of strategic vision (Orientation) and project portfolio (Decision).
  • Project synchronization (Management).
  • Pillars to master: organization, processes and tools.
  • Develop collaborative behaviors.
  • Generate business/project interactions.
Hands-on work
Reflect on situations requiring the implementation of a PMO. Define what needs to be done.

2
Definition of the Project Management Office (PMO)

  • The different types of PMO.
  • PMO, MOA, MOE and other corporate functions.
  • Roles, responsibilities, skills required.
  • Decision-making structures: a case study.
  • The PMO's attachment to the three types of organization (functional, matrix, project-based).
  • Several PMOs in the same company.
  • Conditions for success, benefits and added value.
Hands-on work
Group reflection on examples. Try to position your own context.

3
Project Management Office activities

  • Classification of PMO management activities.
  • Project management support.
  • Managing a portfolio of activities.
  • Resource pool management.
  • Implementation tools and methods: balance scorecard, risk/benefit mapping....
  • Setting up a management tool.
  • Planning tools for multi-project management.
  • The recurring work plan once the PMO has been implemented.
  • Average load, sizing, PMO difficulties.
Hands-on work
Setting up a methods repository and a dashboard. Discussions on typical project office activities.

4
How do you set up a PMO?

  • Raising management awareness, sponsoring change.
  • Expectations and difficulties.
  • Company priorities, environment, resources.
  • PMO implementation maturity phases.
  • The implementation project. Where to involve the project owner?
  • Definition of a change strategy.
  • Project management plan.
  • Deployable change strategies according to parameters: time/urgency, expected results, stakeholder sociogram...
Hands-on work
Work on elements of PMO implementation (diagnostics, definition of objectives, stakeholder involvement, deployment stages, etc.).


Customer reviews
4,4 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
EMELINE A.
04/12/25
5 / 5

The trainer was very involved. He and the whole class were very dynamic. Worked in workshops on concrete cases, enabling us to see what we might have to deal with and to find solutions for each subject (all different). Illustrated the points made by using very meaningful graphs.
ANNE R.
04/12/25
4 / 5

Training that provides me with useful keys for the trainer. Even though face-to-face training involves more exchanges with the other participants, the trainer was able to make the training dynamic and discuss our issues.
ELWEEM D.
04/12/25
5 / 5

Enrich the presentation material with a few slides relating to project management, the 2 subjects being linked.



Publication date : 03/20/2024


Dates and locations

Last places available
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Guaranteed session
From 1 to 2 June 2026
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From 1 to 2 June 2026
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Remote class
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From 14 to 15 September 2026
FR
Remote class
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From 14 to 15 September 2026
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Remote class
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From 14 to 15 December 2026
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Remote class
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From 14 to 15 December 2026
EN
Remote class
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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 1 June, 1 June, 14 Sep., 14 Sep., 14 Dec., 14 Dec.