EXPO: EXpert Project Office™

What is a Project Office? Anything you want it to be!  The answer depends on your needs: Your Project Office can assume a variety of roles, but to get maximum benefit, it must be tailored to your objectives, structure and culture.  It is better to start small, and grow functions gradually.

Here are nine categories of services your Project Office could support:

• Project Planning Support

• Project Audit

• Project Control Support

• Project Team Support

• Project Management Skills Development

• Project Management Tools Support

• Project Management Process Management

• Project Manager Contracting

• Executive Information Support

How EXPO Works For You

Step 1: Assess Needs

We begin with our detailed checklist of functions a Project Office can support.  The functions are organized according to the list above.  Here is an example of the details for one of our categories:

Project Planning Support

• Kick-off projects with Rapid Initial Planning®

• Provide estimating consulting

• Store and tune reusable templates

• Retrieve and share lessons learned

• Maintain metrics

To complete this step, you select the functions that will provide your organization with the greatest value, then we help you assess the ease of implementation.

Step 2: Develop Implementation Plan

After you select the functions you wish to implement or improve, we’ll develop an implementation plan.  This plan may include search and acquisition of project management products, methods, or tools.  It also often includes coaching, training, or project-specific consulting services.

Step 3: Implement

During your EXPO Implementation, we support you through coaching, training, consulting, or our in-depth Consultant In Residence (Don’t Call Me CIR!) program.

Step 4: Evaluate

The job’s not over until you evaluate your results.  This step generally identifies the success of the effort, and follow-on opportunities for improvement in your Project Office.