Value and Business Cases
Turning business cases into delivered value, and what the PMO becomes when it manages investment rather than status.
Topics: All Insights · Constraints and Bottlenecks · Resource Management · The Cost of Delay · Portfolio Decisions · Value and Business Cases · Planning and Estimating
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Sunk Capacity: Why Your Stage Gate Process Refunds the Money and Not the Hours That Mattered
Read the piece: Sunk Capacity: Why Your Stage Gate Process Refunds the Money and Not the Hours That MatteredYour stage gate process stops projects while the money is refundable, after the constraint hours that mattered are already spent.
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PMO Structure: Why the Org Chart Splits Your Queue
Read the piece: PMO Structure: Why the Org Chart Splits Your QueueA federated PMO structure gives each division its own ranking, so the shared constraint splits its hours by org chart instead of by value per hour.
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PMO Roles and Responsibilities: The Missing Owner
Read the piece: PMO Roles and Responsibilities: The Missing OwnerStandard PMO roles and responsibilities each cover one project at a time, so the decision about who gets the constraint first has no owner.
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What Does a PMO Do? Six Jobs and the One It Skips
Read the piece: What Does a PMO Do? Six Jobs and the One It SkipsA PMO's six standard jobs all work project by project, so the decision that sets portfolio speed, who gets the constraint first, goes unowned.
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Your PMO Already Has the Data to Become a VMO
Read the piece: Your PMO Already Has the Data to Become a VMOYour PMO dashboard already tracks RAG ratings and milestone variance. The same schedule and business case data can also price drag cost and DIPP.
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Is Your PMO Actually a Value Management Office in Disguise?
Read the piece: Is Your PMO Actually a Value Management Office in Disguise?Five signs the PMO role in project management has already moved past delivery control and into deciding which work is worth doing.
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What Does a Value Management Office Actually Do?
Read the piece: What Does a Value Management Office Actually Do?Benefits management checks after delivery whether the promised value showed up. A Value Management Office asks the question before the money is spent.
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Value Management Office vs PMO: The PMO Is Evolving, Not Being Replaced
Read the piece: Value Management Office vs PMO: The PMO Is Evolving, Not Being ReplacedA project management office and a Value Management Office are not two departments. One is what the other becomes when it starts pricing value.