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The recession doesn’t mean a PMO should slow down. Here are five practical activities that a PMO can embark on to keep busy and improve project management efforts in tough times.
Experts are predicting that information technology spending – and projects as a result – will slow down in 2009 due to the recession. In fact, industry analyst firm IDC predicts spending on technology to grow by just 2.6 percent in 2009. As belts tighten and budgets shrink, will your program management office (PMO) and project leaders sit around twiddling their thumbs, or will they be making the most of the slowdown? A cut in funding and a slowing of projects are not necessarily gloom and doom for the PMO.
In fact, there are a number endeavors a PMO can pursue when the projects start to slow down — not only to keep busy but to improve project management efforts. Here are five:
1. Review your documentation and processes
Is there room for improvement in your project documentation and processes? Can you streamline them? Do you have redundant documentation and processes? The PMO personnel should go through every document to assess its value.
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