IPMA PMO case studies
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The IPMA PMO credential sits inside the IPMA ecosystem of awards and standards rather than being a conventional multiple-choice exam. IPMA describes itself as having led the discipline of project management since 1965 and as a federation of leading national project management associations, present in over 70 countries. Its competence architecture is published as the IPMA ICB® for individuals, IPMA PEB® for projects, IPMA OCB® for organisations, ICB4CCT® for coaches, consultants and trainers, and ICB4 in an Agile World® for agile leaders. The IPMA Global Individual Awards celebrate professionals demonstrating outstanding leadership, competence and impact in project management, agile leadership, sustainability and PMO leadership, across six award categories. The IPMA PMO case studies are 5 cases and about 4,434 words.
1The PMO Nobody Mandated
You head a five-person PMO at Nordwind Systems, a 900-employee industrial automation manufacturer. The PMO was created fourteen months ago after an ERP rollout ran 40% over budget, but its mandate was never written down.
893 words, about 4 min2The Programme Manager Who Delivers but Cannot Engage
You are the competence lead in the PMO of a transmission system operator. Programme 'Grid South' is worth €120m over three years, comprises seven projects and about 60 people, and is currently six weeks behind on permitting.
875 words, about 4 min3Two Companies, Two Governance Models
Two logistics firms merged eight months ago. Company A was project-driven with a 12-person PMO, stage-gate delivery and a business case for everything above €50k.
886 words, about 4 min4Excellence Self-Assessment Behind a Bid
Your engineering group is bidding for a €300m rail depot public-private partnership. The tender requires bidders to evidence 'project excellence' and past delivery performance, and last year a comparable bid lost points on 'management approach'.
873 words, about 4 min5The PMO Under Review
You lead a nine-person enterprise PMO at a retail bank. A new COO, formerly an external consultant, has commissioned a benchmark review and told the executive committee that 'mature organisations run lean PMOs'.
907 words, about 5 min