PMO Project Planning

Recognized as one of the PMO’s most-important functions, PMO project planning comprises a wide-range of activities, including risk management. Describe the integration of risk assessment in PMO project planning. Identify a specific risk assessment tool that may be integrated into PMO project planning. Illustrate a scenario example of its use.

Additionally, please respond to at least two discussion board commentaries with substantive contributions that advance the discussion dialog by offering examples, extending the explanation, and/or asking thoughtful questions.

Readings

Required

– Chapter 14 in The Complete Project Management Office Handbook

– Chapter 11 and sections 3. 4 & 4.2 in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)

Recommended

– Cabanis-Brewin, J. (2014). Government project management offices struggle to prove their value. Public Manager, 43(3), 29-30.

– Müller, R., Glückler, J., Aubry, M., & Shao, J. (2013). Project management knowledge flows in networks of project managers and project management offices: A case study in the pharmaceutical industry. Project Management Journal, 44(2), 4-19. doi:10.1002/pmj.21326