breakout session overview
Firing On All Cylinders: How PMO's Align Capabilities and Interdependencies Across the Organization to Meet Organizational Goals
Presentation Description
As organizations evolve, they flex and contract like muscles in the body.
For the body to function, none of the muscles in the body are of use unless
all the collective components and systems of the body congruently interact.
Organizations expand and contract similarly to that of the human body. The
degree to which organizational resources are ‘firing on all cylinders’
affects the degree the organization effectively executes its strategic plans
and achieves its strategic goals. PMO’s are often utilized to steward
organizational change and serve as an alignment point. ‘Firing on all
cylinders’ historically inferred – at very least, the program goals, tenets,
stakeholders and all the activities, within the scope of the program, are
aligned and traceable to the vision, mission, strategies and programs.
Firing on cylinders today means harnessing and effectively executing upon
the full muscle of the organization. Improvement, be personal or
organizational, are most effective when they are continuous.
Whatever the appropriate timing may be for a particular organization, all
organizations, PMO’s, managers, employees, etc. should do the following:
Validate your corporate vision and mission
Know thy self – Where is your organization v. where your organization needs
to be?
Reevaluate strategic programs – align, add and / or remove program goals,
objectives, capabilities and interdependencies.
The focus of this presentation is to emphasize the PMO’s role in driving
alignment and congruency of purpose across the organization. As PMO’s link
scope and, they bring to bear the full power and muscle of the organization.
About the Presenter
Don Wilson is a highly effective, PMI, ASQ and Six Sigma Certified
Professional, with expertise in executing multiple size projects, programs
and operational excellence / performance initiatives. Cross-functional teams
include, but are not limited to; executive and senior management, business
partners, project managers, software architecture, functional subject matter
experts, application developers and administrators, testing and release
management, business users, network engineers, trainers and vendors.
