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Creating High Value PMOs

Is Your PMO Cursed to Fail?

Is A Red-Tape Free PMO Even Possible?

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Can I ask you something?

I’m sorry to intrude, but I’m curious.

Have you ever stopped and considered how deep the PMO graveyard in your organisation is?

By this I mean, how many attempts have failed over the last 5, even 10 years?

3?

…5?

…More?

The multi-million dollar question is: Are you doing anything different?

Or are you stuck in the governance trap?

…Is your PMO cursed to fail too?

Almost every organisation these days has tried at least once to build a functioning and sustainable Project, Program or Portfolio Management Office …And almost every organisation has failed.

The good news is that I have dug up the skeletons, avoided the zombies, aired out the tombs, outrun the boulders and uncovered the common cause of PMO death.

Want to know what I found?

The PMOs were worthless!

They all failed to create any real value for their internal client base.

But what if I said that you could reverse the trend and be the one who actually achieves it?

Could you be the hero who pulls the sword from the stone and stops the curse?

Could you be the one that builds a Red-Tape Free PMO?

Let this guide be the Merlin to your King Arthur. It contains everything you will need to finally break the cycle (while helping you show everyone else, once again, that you can achieve the impossible).

Not your usual dry and boring PMO guidebook. The words fly off the page and Baker’s easy humour makes this an engaging read. Don’t be mistaken though, the content is spot on. If you want your PMO to succeed, or if you need to refresh it, start by reading this book.

Valdi Gravitis, Founder, NSW Whole of Gov. PMO Community of Practice

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So, You Want to Create a High Value PMO?

Given how often PMOs fail, it can seem as though most PMOs are cursed from the start.

Bucking the trend requires something radically different.
…And someone bold to drive it.

If you think that could be you, then read on.

You are about to embark on quite a journey.

You will laugh.

You may cry.

But most importantly if you do it right, you will genuinely help people. (And, as an added bonus, you will truly prove that you are someone who can make magic happen!).

So, what landed you here?

  • Perhaps you are frustrated with the lack of logic in allocating change investment?
  • Or maybe you are staring at an overwhelming number of reports, systems, frameworks and methodologies?
  • Do your project managers need a capability boost?
  • Or is it that the information you need just isn’t there?
  • Maybe you are about to commence a large program of work?
  • Or is it just chaos – and your projects are running amok.

No matter the reason you are here, I’ve got some great news. This guide will help.

This guide is for you if you have just been tasked with setting up a new PMO, and you want to do it right.
Equally, this guide is for you if your office is well established but you just aren’t getting the results you expected.
In short – this guide is for you if you need to create entirely new levels of value through your PMO.

But why should you listen to me?

Simple.

I’ve made the mistakes, delved into why others failed, and using those learnings I’ve driven consistent success across over $10 Billion in transformational projects and programs across a range of industries. This has included public infrastructure, business/cultural transformations, whole of government initiatives, shared service implementations, restructures, privatisations & sales, process overhauls, technology deployments, social policy and more.

More importantly for you, I’ve built and coached Project, Program and Portfolio Offices of all sizes. From organisation-wide behemoths through to offices that consist of just one person, I’ve helped them create new value.

I’ve learned what works (and what doesn’t), and here in this guide, I decode those years of experience into what you must know to create a truly High Value PMO.

I read the book in preparation for a new role to lead a PMO and from the opening chapter the book captured my attention. Brendon described my experiences with PMOs accurately and I found his approach to addressing these issues easy to grasp and apply. The book is short enough to allow multiple reads allowing you to fully absorb the tools and techniques.

Eugene van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Business Group Leader – GHD NZ Project Management Office

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Who Benefits From High Value PMOs?

Brendon gave us both the vision and kick-start our Project Office needed. With the new ways of thinking, our team now collaborates more, our practices are more effective and our processes are more efficient.”

Sarah, PMO Director, Australian Department of Education Skills And Employment

Project Executives

  • A Project Office that anticipates your needs

  • While simultaneously improving your project success rates

  • Driving up your return on change investment

  • And optimising your ability to deliver great projects

  • Enabling you to create the changes you’ve longed for.

Project Offices

  • Immense clarity on what you are (and aren’t!)

  • Enables you to focus on what you do best

  • While supporting your key internal clients

  • Driving that cultural shift you’ve been dreaming of…

Project Managers

  • Finally! A Project Office that understands that perfection isn’t the goal

  • Leading to a reduction in red tape

  • Supported by PMO services that actually help

  • Freeing up your time to focus on great delivery

The High Value PMO Difference

Too many Project Offices start with a Command and Control focus – i.e. ‘You Must Do…’ 

We’ve found that PMOs with a command and control, assurance-based focus have a short shelf-life. They quickly find themselves an organisational nuisance and are ultimately put down.

This guide will ensure you build the right foundations for ongoing longevity and maximum impact:

Value and Service

These will be embedded into the very thread of everything your office does.

Change Support Value Continuum

What You Can Expect From This Guide

This isn’t some half-arsed, 10 page, ‘ultimate guide to X‘ written by a copywriter to drive more clicks.

Nor is this a buzzfeed style list of the ‘5 things you really need to know when running a PMO’.

Creating High Value PMOs is a dedicated piece of work, written by an expert that has lived each recommendation. It truly shares with you the key foundations for PMO success.

With over 150 pages of content and over 20 new techniques – it’s only for those who are willing to make real improvements in what they are doing.

The guide is broken into 4 key parts.

So, Is Your PMO Cursed?

Whether:

You have just been tasked with setting up a new PMO, or

Your office is established and just isn’t getting the results you expected,

This guide will help you through your next step.

You will be shown:

And more…
See you inside.

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The Valuable Change Co. was founded on one central mission: Help Change Leaders Drive Real Value. In a world filled with armies of consulting graduates sitting in dimly-lit rooms retroactively justifying why the latest ‘transformational’ initiative went ahead… We at VC Co. are converting others to a radical new idea: Keep it simple.
Each of you are involved in changing your organisation, whether you know it or not. The issue is the industry has over-complicated it. From the obtuse jargon and untold reams of paperwork. It’s just too hard, too confusing and too academic. You don’t have time for that. No one does.
Whether you’re leading a massive, multi-million dollar, cross-organisational program, or you need to create a fundamental shift in your own teams – We can help.
We will never ‘borrow your watch to tell you the time’. We avoid conflicted and self-serving advice by only entering into engagements that make sense for both parties. We strive upfront to align our goals with yours. Our core is built on honesty and integrity. We want your change to succeed. We want your people to succeed. We want you to succeed. We will always tell you honestly and directly how to achieve that.
The Valuable Change Co. was founded on one central mission: Help Change Leaders Drive Real Value. In a world filled with armies of consulting graduates sitting in dimly-lit rooms retroactively justifying why the latest ‘transformational’ initiative went ahead… We at VC Co. are converting others to a radical new idea: Keep it simple. Each of you are involved in changing your organisation, whether you know it or not. The issue is the industry has over-complicated it. From the obtuse jargon and untold reams of paperwork. It’s just too hard, too confusing and too academic. You don’t have time for that. No one does.
Whether you’re leading a massive, multi-million dollar, cross-organisational program, or you need to create a fundamental shift in your own teams – We can help. We will never ‘borrow your watch to tell you the time’. We avoid conflicted and self-serving advice by only entering into engagements that make sense for both parties. We strive upfront to align our goals with yours. Our core is built on honesty and integrity. We want your change to succeed. We want your people to succeed. We want you to succeed. We will always tell you honestly and directly how to achieve that.

Let’s Do This

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