Dates: 24 September 2008 to 25 September 2008
Venue: Stand 176, Olympia, London

Visitors to this exceptional event gained real practical value and a very worthwhile learning experience. With around 80 exhibiting organisations, and more than 40 high quality presentations to choose from this unmissable event provided an unparalleled opportunity to learn from leading industry experts.

PMOs: Copper, counsellor, or consul – a sponsor’s perspective

Dr Christopher Worsley, CITI’s CEO, discussed sponsors and PMOs as two critical elements in the good governance of projects and programmes.

It’s all very well having elaborate roles & responsibilities set out, being exhorted to do better and being told what they should do, but it’s better to know how busy executives can deliver the necessary performance and how they can be suitably supported by their PMOs.

In this session Christopher explored the findings from 20 years of observation and research on which PMO structures and which sponsor behaviours work well and how the two are best combined. It identifies the four types of PMOs and links them to the expectations of sponsors, the wider project management community and the organisation with examples drawn from successful implementations across many industrial sectors. By putting together the pieces, using the suggested guidelines, the attendees got a powerful governance approach that suits the project environment in their organisation.