Lean

In this session, led by lodgers Matthew Milsom and Holger Heuss – we learnt about Minimum Viable Governance - lean, streamlined and efficient governance frameworks and highlighted tips and advice for PMOs to drive more thinking and adoption.

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The traditional PMO is often too passive, providing governance, reporting and process that can actually slow the organisation down, and then simply monitor the chaos, rather than enabling solutions. Is it time for the PMO to be repurposed? Have a listen to Adrian's session from the PMO Conference 2022

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The session will include an introduction to Lean Portfolio Management theory illustrated with practical examples from implementing Lean Portfolio Management across a 6000 person technology team in a global financial institution with a budget in excess of £1 billion.

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There's a new book available for PMO practitioners - especially those that are interested in the Agile approaches to delivering change. From PMO to VMO: Managing for Change Delivery. The book focuses on the areas that businesses need to focus on to ensure a smoother journey to realising business agility in their operations. They call out seven specific areas (see below) with one being the Agile Value Management Office (VMO) Find out what we uncovered with the author!

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Late November on a cold night in Yorkshire, we held the first PMO Flashmob in Leeds to a full house. I think the subject matter for the evening had something to do with it - the Lean Agile PMO. The session was run by Jon Ward* and the overview for the evening: The Lean-Agile PMO Evaluating project status – a new skill for the Lean-Agile PMO? The evening session starts with a Pub-Quiz exercise and develop the concepts a PMO should adopt to evaluate the status of Agile initiatives.

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