Mark Phillipy
These are disadvantages to having a PMO in an organization.
A PMO adds additional overhead to a project which can increase the cost of the project. The impact can be small or large dependent on any process benefits that are realized on a project that offset the additional overhead.
PMO's often feel like there is a lot of bureaucracy required for a project manager to wade through to successfully deliver a project.
Due to the additional overhead and potential bureaucracy, projects can take longer to deliver.
There is a cost to implementing and maintaining a PMO. This cost can be overwhelming for an organization.
Implementing a new PMO could be difficult dependent on an organizations culture and ability to handle changes to their business model and they way they manage projects.
Often a project manager will feel that they have less flexibility as they manage their project due to the additional controls the PMO adds.
Mark Phillipy - PMP, is a seasoned IT Professional with 26 years experience including over 16 years as a project manager. Mark is known on-line as The Sensible Project Manager (SensiblePM) where he...
