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The Project Management Office's (PMO) main objective is to ensure that project management
is applied consistently and effectively across organizational projects. The foundation
of the PMO is based on the best practices and guidelines from the Project Management
Institute.
The Project Management Office will strive to leverage and improve best practices
in project management, increase end-user productivity, reduce project problems,
and deliver projects in a timely and controlled manner. Information Technology is
very excited to help project teams collaborate effectively, achieve higher levels
of project awareness and drive project success.
The following is a partial list of projects actively being monitored by the Project
Management Office:
- Move to Daily Time Tracking
- Install Content Management System (CMS)
- Creation of a college intranet
- Complete JJC Web site redesign
- Architect DMZ solution
- Information technology server consolidation project
- Bookstore E-Commerce implementation
- Email migration to Exchange 2007
- Office 2007 deployment to staff and students
PMO Benefits
- Better visibility into project status
- Tighter change control
- Higher Return On Investment (ROI)
- Fewer failures
- More projects completed on time within budget
- More effective risk management
- Better management of external partners
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Why the PMO is Important
- IT organizations that have organizational standards for project management, including
a program office with suitable governance, will experience half the major project
costs overruns, delays and cancellations of those that fail to do so.
- IT organizations failing to qualify a contractor's business understanding and to
administer contracts will receive deliverables that do not address at least 15 percent
of critical requirements in three out of four contracts.
- Organizations using rigorous quality and validation criteria to move projects from
the requirements phase to the development phase will save more than 25 percent in
operational costs for cancelled projects.
- Projects managed without a PMO typically experience scope creep of 33 to 60 percent.
- A recent IT departmental study has shown that up to 64 percent of resource activities are
misaligned with the organization’s current priorities. But as much as one third
of that 64 percent is also misaligned with those of the department.
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Featured Project: Bloom
The Web committee is pleased to announce that the first phase of the new college
Web site has officially launched.
Phase 1 of the redesign delivers:
- Clean and intuitive site design and navigation
- News, announcements, events, quick links, and getting started sections on home page
- Spotlight on a student, faculty, staff or college community member
- Approximately 35 new supporting content pages
- Eye-catching photography and images
- Foundation for future enhancements and web applications
- Enhanced search and site analytics
The Bloom project is the result of a collaborative effort by the Web committee,
LSTS Web team and student interns, the Project Management Office, the Marketing
and Publications Office, academic departments and business units, and the work of
prior Web committees.
In addition, the input and feedback received from students, faculty, and the broader
college community through various surveys was critical to launching the new Web
site and will be just as important for Phase 2 and beyond. Phase 2 of project Bloom
is already underway.
Tell us what you think via our site feedback
form.
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PMO FAQ
IT departments have often struggled to deliver projects on time and within budget.
This is mainly attributed to lack of communication and general project awareness.
The role of a Project Management Office is that of a facilitator. Project Managers,
Project Teams and Sponsors are all part of the process and augment available project
resources.
It will change. Various IT and other college resources are always involved.
Right now, contact us as needed.
To access project information, initiate a project, time schedules, project correspondence
and project milestones. The project management office Web site will contain important
information concerning scheduled, ongoing and future projects. Come back often to
view project updates.
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PMO Documents
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