Monday, July 14, 2014

Reflection on PMO case



To: John Strider, CIO
From: Shivangi Gosai
Date: July 14, 2014
Subject: Reflection on the meeting with the consultants regarding PMO

Based on the presentation it can be recommended that our organization should adopt a combination of Project Management Office (PMO) heavy and light in bringing a positive and long term change in the organization. As stated by the consultants, PMO heavy has the disadvantage that it forces radical changes on the employees which gain short term results only.  We know that the personnel in the organization seem to have a tendency to resist adopting a changed structure of processes. A combination of the two approaches will enable us to bring long term change on the basis of the already employed personnel who can easily establish feelings of trust and cooperation among the workers. The new hiring will allow us to introduce formal pattern of control and policy implementation. In regards to the cultural issues as I mentioned earlier, AptekPC seems to have an informal pattern of communication, which can’t be radically changed within a short time. However a gradual shift can be brought through the use of PMO light by focusing on the strengths of the process and allowing the employees to understand, accept and adapt to the changed procedures. We need to support the idea of hiring the new manager for PMO application with the past experiences that we had and the lack of formal communication and project management practices that we faced. On the basis of the past failures, you can logically support the hiring if new PMO manager.  A combination of the efforts of new hiring and trained staff can be quite beneficial for the company as it can provide long term benefits to the organization.

Regards,
Shivangi Gosai

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