PMO challenges

Benefits Management and the PMO

Explore the real challenges PMOs face with benefits management — from unclear processes to disengaged sponsors. Discover actionable insights, dream outcomes, and practical next steps from the PMO Conference Summer Series, helping PMOs support effective benefits realisation in their organisations.
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Adventures of the Self-Aware PMO in an Octopus’ Garden

Discover how PMOs can develop a “sixth sense” for what’s really happening in their organisation. Drawing inspiration from Ian Waterman’s story, octopus intelligence, and Liberating Structures, this article explores practical ways to improve awareness, unblock communication, and create more effective sensing and responding in your PMO.
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Understanding the PMO

Ever heard that PMOs shut down every 3-4 years? Turns out, that quote’s wrong! In this PMO Book Club session, we explore A Quest for Understanding by Aubry and Hobbs — the foundational research on why PMOs evolve, adapt, and sometimes disappear. Free to PMI members, it's essential reading for any PMO practitioner.
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