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Project Office

The requirements and tasks involved in managing projects are frequently underestimated. This is why innovative companies should put a project office in place to support and reinforce the professional approach of the project management function. The project office primarily takes responsibility for the administration of the project and allows the project manager to focus on the management tasks. As a permanent unit in the organization, the project office also carries out tasks across several projects in the form of program and project portfolio management and promotes the project culture by standardizing project management throughout the company.

Building blocks   Experience   Methods and tools
  • Structural organization and staffing of the project office
  • Program management, overall coordination
  • Standardization, guidelines and templates
  • Consultancy and coaching
  • Support for project leaders in operational tasks
  • Project controlling
  • Project administration: task lists, reporting, documentation
 
  • Membership of the Swiss Project Management Association (Member of the IPMA)
  • PMI PMBoK PMP
  • Developing project management systems
  • Introduction of procedural models with tailoring and templates
  • Technical documentation
 
  • Objective owners and preference matrix
  • SDLC reference models
  • PMMM maturity model
  • OPM3
  • Project Scorecard
  • Survey techniques
  • Personal working techniques
  • Time management
  • Meeting management
  • Project management templates
  • MS Project, Planview
  • MS Visio, MS Access

NewsFlash Nov 2011

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