Does your organization have multiple PMOs (Portfolio Management Office)? For example, I have seen IT has a specific PMO, and then there exists an Enterprise PMO. What do you see as pros and cons to your current approach?

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Director of Systems Operations in Healthcare and Biotech2 months ago

Similar boat, we have multiple PMO's centered around projects, gear toward corporate initiatives and IT initiatives. Seems to be an emerging trend.

Executive Director, Strategic Sourcing & Site Services in Healthcare and Biotech2 months ago

We also have separate PMOs for IT, Dev Ops and Finance. All are focused on project or product planning, based on team capacity, which projects they can commit to deliver on in a given year and budget availability.

Director of IT2 months ago

We are currently having the setup with an IT PMO and Enterprise PMO.

Pros:
- The EPMO has the responsibility to ensure corporate project governance is defined and followed
- The EPMO has the responsibility to ensure the portfolio is scored and prioritized
- The IT PMO can focus on planning, based on team capacity, which projects they can commit to deliver on

Cons:
_ The IT PMO is dependent on the EPMO to do hard prioritization in order to not be overloaded with projects far beoynd capacity
- The IT PMO is dependent on clear communication from the EPMO regarding the hard prioritization

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