The case Project Context: AtekPC founded in 1984‚ has grown to become a mid-sized U.S PC maker‚ with 2100 employees‚ $1.9m revenues in 2006. With the transition of PC industry from a growth market to that of a maturing market‚ AtekPC was experiencing tremendous cost pressure and changing management urgency. In order to positioning the organization for the future‚ John Strider‚ CIO for AtekPC‚ had strong convictions that the PMO-light model1was the way to go. PMO issues involved at AtekPC
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Project Management Office (PMO): A Project Management Office (PMO) is a group or department within a business‚ agency or enterprise that defines and maintains standards for project management within the organization. The primary goal of a PMO is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies‚ processes and methods. A PMO generally bases its project management principles‚ practices and processes on some kind of industry standard methodology such as PMBOK (Project
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The AtekPC Project Management Office: Situation: John Strider the CEO of AtekPC is faced with pressure that is facing the PC industry as a result of the industry transition. Strider had in the past thought of a Project Management Office which if implemented would of great benefit to AtekPC in the long run. He however did not want to implement this idea in a rush because he had concerns of the effect it would have if they tried to push hard with the idea. There were questions on how PMO Program
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The AtekPC Project Management Office Steven Hartanto Marshall University 1. Ateck’s PMO was created to standardize the management of projects that created as an impact of the changes in environment that comes in many scales. Another purpose of PMO is to improve the planning productivity and Ateck’s initiatives performance. In 2007‚ PMO was built to supporting the office establishment and present the value of the company. PMO also need to found the benefits from the projects which are: cost reduction
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9-308-049 OCTOBER 11‚ 2007 F. WARREN MCFARLAN MARK KEIL JOHN HUPP The AtekPC Project Management Office A rain had started in the early evening of March 3‚ 2007‚ and the streets of Metropolis were cold and grey where the AtekPC headquarters were located. As John Strider‚ CIO for AtekPC‚ packed up his briefcase at the end of the day‚ his thoughts returned to the new Project Management Office (PMO) that he had approved several months ago. During his tenure of over twenty years at AtekPC‚ Strider had
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A Project Management Office (PMO) is a group or department within a business‚ agency or enterprise that defines and maintains standards for project management within the organization. The PMO strives to standardize and introduce economies of repetition in the execution of projects. The PMO is the source of documentation‚ guidance and metrics on the practice of project management and execution. In some organisations this is known as the Program Management Office (sometimes abbreviated to PgMO to differentiate);
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Enterprise Project Management Office State of North Dakota Risk Management Plan Project Name: Agency: Project X Agency ABC LMN Division Business Unit/Program Area: Project Sponsor: Project Manager: Date: 08/21/08 Nancy W Joe P Version: 1.5 Risk Management 1. 1.1. INTRODUCTION Purpose and Objectives Risk Management is the systematic process of identifying‚ analyzing‚ and responding to project risks. It includes maximizing the probability and consequences of positive events
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Federal Radar On the morning of November 14‚ Sharon Taylor‚ Space Warning Network (SPAWN) Program Manager‚ was getting ready for a private meeting with Paul Shaifer‚ President of the Federal Rader Corporation (FedRad). Mr. Shaifer had scheduled the meeting to discuss the problems that had plagued the company’s important SPAWN Program during its first year and a half. These problems‚ which included unauthorized design changes and Taylor’s inability to control the program’s cost‚ schedule‚ and technical
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-Anonymous Effective Communications in Project Management: What do I know? Who needs to know it? And Have I told them. Prepared For: Research Paper: Communications Skills Statement of the problem: How do we insure effective communications in the project management environment? Background: The purpose of this paper is to recommend that Project Management is a concept that focuses on the dynamic characteristics of a multi-facetted organization. In such a changing situation‚ effective communication
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD (Department of Business Administration) PROJECT MANAGEMENT (5539) CHECKLIST SEMESTER: SPRING‚ 2011 This packet comprises the following material: 1. Text Books (Two) 2. Course Outlines 3. Assignment No. 1‚ 2 4. Assignment Forms ( 2 sets ) In this packet‚ if you find anything missing out of the above mentioned material‚ please contact at the address given below: Mailing Officer Services Block No
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