you will be graded on your creativity and ability to apply the steps in the PMO lifecycle to produce a proposal for organizations to improve their existing PMO or justify the creation of a new PMO for those organizations that do not have a PMO. A rubric for each part of your term project is provided in the unit corresponding to the term project.

PMO Topics:

Setup a New PMO (Unit 5 and 6)

• Topic 1: New PMO in IT
• Topic 2: New PMO in Media
• Topic 3: New PMO in public sector
• Topic 4: New PMO in manufacturing
• Topic 5: New PMO in Retail
• Topic 6: New PMO in Construction
• Topic 7: New PMO in Real-estate
• Topic 8: New PMO in Automotive

Energize an existing PMO (Units 10, 11,& 12)

• Topic 1: Existing PMO in IT
• Topic 2: Existing PMO in Media
• Topic 3: Existing PMO in public sector
• Topic 4: Existing PMO in manufacturing
• Topic 5: Existing PMO in Retail
• Topic 6: Existing PMO in Construction
• Topic 7: Existing PMO in Real-estate
• Topic 8: Existing PMO in Automotive

You will use the same organizations/industry type to establish a New PMO, then you will assess the same PMO using Capability Maturity Model ( CMM) to show issues that will warrant the changes in the PMO.

Part 1: Report on New PMOInstructions

The following will help you answer the business case:

• What type of authority will this PMO have?
• What will the PMO type be (Basic? Functional? Enterprise?) Some combination of these?
• How will you position the PMO to be scalable if the organization chooses to grow the PMO later?
• What functions will the PMO deliver, and not deliver? Who will perform the QRM function?
• What is your proposed plan for carrying out the following steps to create a PMO?
• What are the barriers to success?
• Provide an organizational chart for how the PMO will report into the organizational hierarchy.
• Select appropriate metrics to measure the performance of the PMO.

Submission

• The team lead of the group needs to upload the business case document to Moodle per the deadline set.
• Submit your assignment as Microsoft Word format. Maximum 12 pages including cover and references. File name must include the group number and the assignment number. (term project 1-Team x.doc)
• Include a cover page with a professional appearance. Consistent fonts and spacing throughout the document. No JPG insertion of any kind, all tables and charts must be editable and clearly visible.