The document summarizes a presentation about building a project management center of excellence (PM-COE). It discusses defining elements to consider for a PM-COE, examining real-world examples, and developing an action plan. The presentation covers functions like communications, process management, education/training, and performance management. It provides tools for attendees to develop a work breakdown structure, vision, skills assessment, metrics, and organizational goals for their own PM-COE.

1. The Cadence
Distinguished Speaker Series Presents
Building your Project Management
Center of Excellence
with Connie Plowman, PMP
Thank you for joining us.
The session will begin momentarily.
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2. The Cadence
Distinguished Speaker Series Presents
Building your Project Management
Center of Excellence
WELCOME!
Connie Plowman, PMP
COO, Cadence Management Corporation
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3. Before we get started….
 Ask questions in the chat
room
 Questions will also be
answered offline
 Session is being recorded
 Recorded session will be
posted on our website
 Copy of the presentation will
be sent to you
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4. About Connie Plowman, PMP
Corporate Leader
Cadence Management Corporation
• Spent 12 years with IBM in Volunteer Leader
employee, customer & Project Management Institute
executive education
PMI Member – 1998
• Started project management PMP – 2002
career with Cadence in
1988
• VP Certification (3 years)
• Work closely with worldwide • President-Elect (1 year)
clients, seminar leader
community, and Global • Chapter President (1 year)
Solution Providers • Past President (1 year)
• Named Chief Operating • Component Mentor (2 years)
Officer in 2006 • Leader Institute Advisory Group (2 years)
• PMI Professional Awards Program Member
Advisory Group (Current - ???)
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5. Today’s Topics
 Define various elements to
consider in your center of
excellence
 Examine real-world examples of
organizations that use the PM-
COE to build a culture of project
management excellence
 Walk away with an action plan to
build your center of excellence
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6. Cadence Offers Integrated Project Management
Solutions
Seminars:
Organization Project Management Courses:
• Project Management
Consulting:
• Rapid Project Planning/Start-Ups
• Managing Project Management
• Best Practice Assessment with OPM3®
• Program Management
• Project Audits and Reviews
• Portfolio Management
• Advanced Project Coaching
• Executive Briefing: Project Management
• Project Management Guidelines Document
• Executive Briefing: Program/Portfolio Management
• Project Management Process Implementation
• Project Office Implementation
Specific Focus Courses:
• Personal Skills for Project Managers
• Risk Management
Tools and Support:
• Scope Management
• ProjectMaster Software
• Schedule Management
• MSProject Training
• Procurement Management
• WallCharts for Project Planning
• Communications Management
• CAPM®/PMP® Certification Exam Prep
• Contract Negotiations
• Ongoing Free Support to Seminar Graduates
• Refresher Training & Topical Updates
• Online Seminars
• Project Sponsorship
• Webinars and Podcasts
• Templates
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7. Level Setting
 Definition from PMBOK® Guide
• Project Management Office (PMO) – An
organizational body or entity assigned
various responsibilities related to the
centralized and coordinated management of
those projects under its domain.
The responsibilities of the PMO can range
from providing project management support
functions to actually being responsible for
the direct management of a project.
 Center of Excellence = PMO
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8. What Cadence sees in PMOs around the world
 No PMOs are alike
 Very few PMOs have
performance metrics
 PMO performance metrics
need to be tied to the
organizational goals
 There is not a PM Process
Owner
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9. Functions/Elements to Consider
Performance
Management
Education & Impact
Training Management
Infra-
Resource &
structure
Financial Center of
Excellence
Communi-
Integration
cations
Process
Management
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10. PMO Communications
 PMO Vision
Communi-
 Executive & Management Reporting cations
 PMO Status Reports
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11. Process Management
 PM Methodology / Process Standards
Process
 Corporate Coherence Management
 Audit Compliance
 Project Prioritization
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12. Infrastructure
 Tools and Templates
Infra-
 Information Databases structure
 Project Knowledge Management
 Applied Best Practices
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13. Integration
 Projects and Programs
 Annual Master Plan Integration
 Dependencies
 Gaps/Overlaps
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14. PMO Education and Training
 Organizational PM Courses
Education &
 Specific Focus Courses
Training
 Certification Preparation
 Congresses and Symposiums
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15. Impact Management
 Issue Management
Impact
 Risk Management
Management
 Change Control
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16. Performance Management
 Benefit Mapping
Performance
 Project Metrics Management
 Trend Analysis
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17. Resource and Financial
 People & Expense Tracking
 Capital Projects Resource &
Financial
 Resource Loading
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18. Functions to Consider
Performance
Management
Education & Impact
Training Benefit Mapping Management
Project Metrics
Resource & Org. PM Courses
Trend Analysis Issue Management
Financial Specific Focus Infrastructure
Courses Risk Management
Tools & Templates
People & Expense Certification Prep Change Control
Information DBs
Tracking Congresses &
Symposiums Project Knowledge
Capital Projects
Resource Loading
Center of Management
Integration Excellence Communications
Applied Best
Practices
Projects/Programs PMO Vision
Process Mgmt.
Annual Master Plan Executive & Mgmt
PM Methodology/ Reporting
Dependencies Process Standards
PMO Status &
Gaps/Overlaps Corporate Coherence Progress
Audit Compliance
Project Prioritization
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19. Your Action Plan
 What is my high-level WBS for our Center of
Excellence?
 What is our PMO Vision?
 What do we need to do to develop our skills in the
Center of Excellence?
 What are our performance metrics?
 How is our Center of Excellence tied to the
organizational goals?
 What is in our way of getting this done?
 Contact Cadence if you would like to talk with our
customers who have a Center of Excellence
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20. Project Status
GREEN – IN GOOD SHAPE
RED – IN TROUBLE
YELLOW – FOR THE UNDECIDED
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21. New Project Status
Heading from Yellow to Green Green project moving to complete
We said it was complete but really
Heading from Green to Yellow it doesn’t work at all
Heading downhill from Yellow to It doesn’t work at all and we wish it
Red was complete
Its doesn’t work at all and we wish
Heading uphill from Red to Yellow we had never started
We are saying it is Green but We said it was complete but really
really it is coming apart we never started
A miracle occurred and it is going We didn’t do anything but the
from Red to Green customer thinks that we did
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22. Today’s Topics
 Define various elements to
consider in your center of
excellence
 Examine real-world examples of
organizations that use the PM-
COE to build a culture of project
management excellence
 Walk away with an action plan to
build your center of excellence
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23. The Cadence
Distinguished Speaker Series Presents
Building your Project Management
Center of Excellence
with Connie Plowman
Thank you for joining us!
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