The AtekPC Project Management Office Case Study was assigned for this class to provide an overview of the challenges faced by management in the development and deployment of a PMO in an existing company. Based on the case study respond to the questions below incorporating not only the course reading materials‚ but any outside research that may be relevant. Be sure to cite the authority for any research included in your response. What were the changes in AtekPC’s business environment that caused
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Case Analysis The AtekPC Project Management Office Case Overview AtekPC is a mid-sized U.S PC maker with sales of $ 1.9 billion and employed 2100 full time employees and additional 200 part time workers. This case discusses most of the obstacles to establishing a PMO (Project management Office) are beyond the CIO and PMO Manager’s control. We see a lot of problems faced by the CIO in implementing a PMO in the enterprise. Regardless of the technical challenges during the implementation‚ the core
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without the inconvenience of carrying a notebook computer around with them. Mobile phones and PDAs now provide this functionality‚ causing many people 10 question the need for carrying a full-nedged computer. In the boom days of the PC‚ the market was boundless‚ but growth has slowed considerably. Moreover‚ with the growing popularity of Web-based applientions‚ both businesses and consumers are purchasing less expensive machines that can access and run Web-based applientions and do not require
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Establishing a Company PMO‚ PPM & Governance Structure Introduction A project management culture is important in today’s competitive environment. If the company is to thrive and meet future financial targets‚ project management principles and practices must be a part of our business management model. Every employee must understand how critical this undertaking is. Below are examples (Gary‚ Larson‚ 2008) of business environment drivers that are moving the company to create this extremely
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My intent for this paper is to outline my plan to develop and implement a corporate Project Management Office (PMO) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) strategy and capability. My goal in the design of this PMO is to develop a structured avenue in which to manage projects and improve the management of the enterprise through portfolio management thereby linking projects to corporate strategy. I also want it to be more than the mere establishing of an office that creates reports but its vision
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Questions: 1. Identify the key business issues and opportunities for AtekPC that are motivating the PMO Initiative. - PC industry concerns: transitioning from a growth sector to a much more mature one‚ cost pressures‚ consolidation initiatives. - The need to streamline operations‚ identify new products and markets that eventually maintain revenue growth and boost profitability. - Opportunity to develop more efficient supply chains‚ lowering cost of distribution and create better internal organizational
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dealing with such an interdisciplinary venture‚ success can be achieved only through centralized management and careful coordination of all involved projects‚ with a specific focus on communications and risk management. Therefore‚ if enterprise-wide PMO is to thrive in an increasingly complex and competitive IT environment‚ it must develop the skills to efficiently and effectively manage large-scale programs that cross multiple functional‚ organizational boundaries. Whether taking advantage of the
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Once allies with the Soviet Union (Russia)‚ the United States began to be afraid and have problems come up towards Stalin and his views on Communism; therefore bringing forward the Red Scare‚ which lead everyone to be skeptical about Communism‚ what it meant towards the United States‚ and what the effects would be. So… Was the Cold War even necessary? Was it necessary to fight over beliefs that weren’t yours? Was it worth it? World War II happened over a time period of about six years in the 1900’s
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The AtekPC Project Management Office Steven Hartanto Marshall University 1. Ateck’s PMO was created to standardize the management of projects that created as an impact of the changes in environment that comes in many scales. Another purpose of PMO is to improve the planning productivity and Ateck’s initiatives performance. In 2007‚ PMO was built to supporting the office establishment and present the value of the company. PMO also need to found the benefits from the projects which are: cost reduction
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