[one_third last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][slider hover_type=”none” width=”100%” height=”100%” class=”” id=””][slide type=”image” link=”” linktarget=”_self” lightbox=”no”]http://vanguardea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shutterstock_271332920-300×200.jpg[/slide][/slider][/one_third][two_third last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Setup and Operation of your PMO[/title][fusion_text]Most growing companies wait until after their early “growth spurts” to develop rigorous project and program management functions.  While this is a normal part of growth, the value of a good “Program Management Office” or PMO quickly becomes apparent.  A solid PMO gives you visibility, predictability, and some semblance of rational order.  With a PMO, you can answer these questions:

• Where is the money going that is spent on IT?
• Are we spending money on strategic needs or just putting out fires?
• What is the return on our investment?
• Do we have a plan for how we will achieve our desired goals with the money we are spending?
• Can we stop ourselves from doing “dumb” things so that we can focus on “important” things?
• Are we hiring the right vendors?  How do we hire better ones?
• Are we negotiating from a position of strength?

Vanguard EA helps companies set up their PMO practices and procedures, and to create a group or committee that discusses the projects that are proposed, putting them into perspective and getting a sequence set up to roll through the changes.

Having a PMO helps to address the challenges of a quickly growing company, while controlling the costs of IT and the projects within IT.  Let Vanguard EA help you to set up your Program Management Office.  Our services include:

• Review of your current project proposal process (the pipeline)
• Creation of a clear and actionable process for validating and starting projects
• Assistance with determining appropriate staffing levels and the process by which they can start and become trained
• Mentoring for PMO staff to help them get rolling
• Development of a rationalized roadmap and the process by which it will be used
• Assistance with developing project level accounting practices so that the costs of IT can be connected with value provided
• Operating the PMO (in mid-sized companies, this is a full time job.  In larger companies, this may require many people)

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