Need High Performance? Follow the Lead of these PMOs
Deborah Bigelow Crawford has more than 20 years of experience in business management and handles the operational and administrative functions of PM Solutions. Ms. Bigelow Crawford also serves as Co-CEO of the PM College®, PM Solutions' training division, where she is responsible for the fiscal management and quality assurance of all training and professional development programs. Prior to joining PM Solutions, she served as the Executive Director of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and was instrumental in providing the foundation and infrastructure for the exponential growth that the Institute has maintained over the last 10 years. In addition, she served as the Executive Director of the PMI Educational Foundation. Over the last decade, she has authored numerous articles in PM Network, Chief Project Officer, and Optimize magazines. Ms. Bigelow Crawford is also co-author of the book Project Management Essentials. She has presented a variety of papers as a speaker at international symposia and conferences, and is a member of the National Association of Female Executives and the Project Management Institute.
High-performing organizations entrust PM training and development to their PMOs, and train in advanced skills.
Our recent State of the PMO study revealed some interesting facts about the importance of project management training.
Over the years, we have seen that more and more PMOs are becoming responsible for training and development functions. Among the 400+ companies that responded to the survey this year, 57% are responsible for project management training delivery, with the vast majority focusing on training in PM basics.
However, when you look only at PMOs in high-performing organizations (high performers are identified in the study by their scores on a number of organizational performance measures), the percentage responsible for training rises significantly, to 70%. In addition, 82% are responsible for project management coaching and mentoring, and 72% are responsible for PM training curriculum development and coordination. And these PMOs place much more emphasis on leadership and business alignment training and advanced PM skill development. They are more likely to evaluate project manager competency and have an established career path in place for project management resources.
We believe that this PMO-led focus on a broader, deeper education in project management is part of the reason these organizations deliver more value. This, along with their focus on higher-order skills, gives their companies a head start now that the improving economy calls for new major initiatives.
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