By Bernardo Tirado
A couple of years ago, I was asked to create a Project Management Office (PMO) for the International Operations Division of a large Financial Services Organization*. It was the first time projects were managed at the portfolio level.
To make sure I was being consistent with industry practices, I conducted research to understand how PMOs were designed in other companies. What I’ve found (and is still accurate today) was that there wasn’t an industry-wide standard in designing a PMO.
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In the fast-moving and competitive atmosphere of today’s workforce, organizations have little room for human error, making high-performance teams invaluable to any organization.
SIOP’s 2010 Leading Edge Consortium, “Developing and Enhancing High-Performance Teams,” is designed to educate and stimulate discussion on numerous topics in the teamwork field, including team structure, team effectiveness, team leadership, virtual teams, and team engagement. This year’s LEC will take place October 22-23 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL, and will be chaired by Past President Gary Latham. SIOP Members Deb Cohen and Scott Tannenbaum will serve as co-chairs of the event.
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