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Applying 30 years of domestic and international experience in IT from both the customer and provider side, Mark Perry has spent the past decade focused on developing and supporting project management offices. Here, the founder of BOT International and director of PMO Services for gantthead shares his perspective on PMOs and Scrum.

Janis Rizzuto

Contributing Editor, ProjectsAtWork

Janis has been writing for ProjectsAtWork for more than a decade, starti…

Mark Perry is a recognized servant-leader in the PMO domain. After a 20-year career with IBM holding various management positions in the United States and Asia, he founded BOT International 10 years ago. The boutique firm specializes in PMO setup, and he continues today as its senior vice president of operations.

 

During the past decade, Perry has witnessed tremendous advances of PMOs spanning companies, lines of businesses, and departments of all shapes and sizes. Many of his PMO insights are contained in his book “Business Driven PMO Setup: Practical Insights, Techniques and Case Examples for Ensuring Success” as well as his podcasts, The PMO Podcast, and his …


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