The budget gets blown. Stakeholders are wondering what went wrong. Confused customers, anxious board members — all resulting from a project gone awry. Thankfully, there’s a better way. And Credera can help.

In a recent CIO survey, 67% of companies reported utilizing a Program/Project Management Office (“PMO”) to ensure effectiveness for IT and/or enterprise-wide initiatives. More artists than scientists, good project managers excel at managing not only expectations, but also relationships.

No one understands project management like Credera. And no one delivers results with as much integrity, determination or creativity. When you trust a Credera PMO team to manage your projects, you’ll be confident in knowing that we will:

• Lead and motivate to ensure that all team members move with purpose towards a common goal
• Establish peer-like camaraderie with staff, thereby bridging power distance between supervisor and subordinate
• Manage stakeholders, customer, and sponsor expectations to ensure success at every level
• Recognize the power-alley (i.e. stakeholders, customers, and other individuals or groups with the most influence on the overall success or failure of the project) and take the actions required to secure and maintain sponsorship

Simply put, a PMO helps to successfully manage numerous projects. By “successfully,” you know what we mean — on time, on budget and with the required level of quality. And while all good PMO functions have similar characteristics, Credera delivers something more.

• Effectively summarize key program/project factors (i.e. project approval, resource commitments, risks/issues, etc.) to provide executive management the proper context and information to effectively manage projects
• Develop, maintain, and offer training to maintain consistent and common project methodologies and tools (i.e. deliverables, stakeholder involvement, project workplans/templates, etc.)
• Keep executive management in touch through regular and meaningful executive briefings that include the appropriate insight, oversight, and control regarding planned, ongoing, and completed projects

PMO Benefits

• Link project success to business success through appropriate leadership involvement
• Reduce project costs by eliminating rework, enhancing project quality, and delivering on time (50% of the companies that have a PMO report improved success rates)
• Get better information for decision making — project prioritization, project funding, resource allocations, scope definition and project control
• Enable executive management to proactively manage organizational risks and issues before it’s too late
• Capture better knowledge, then transfer that knowledge along with “lessons learned” so that the organization continuously improves its processes
• Create dependencies between projects to ensure seamless coordination and delivery

Credera Can Help

With Credera leading the way, your projects deliver according to plan. We have the skills, tools, and experience required to help you achieve your objectives. And along with better returns, you’ll get the added benefit of peace of mind.

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