Inplenion Project Management Office (IPMO) is an organizational structure created in order to promote and improve project management practice, by adopting appropriate methodologies to achieve high levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
IPMOs implement and consolidate best practices and process within the organization. They standardize the process across all departments and services. A PMO can implement a repeatable project delivery process so that organizations can readily manage and deliver projects. It provides consistent project management guidance, methods, systems, tools and metrics for consistent project outcomes all over the organization. Thus, maintaining consistency between project managers working for different projects and department.
IPMO Roles and Responsibilities:
- Providing guidance and introduces economies of repetitions in the execution of projects.
- Managing multiple activities and resources associated with projects that occur
- IPMOs manage and allocate resources accurately across projects.
- IPMOs train, mentor and coach employees in general and in particular project managers. They organize regular workshops and training programs regarding project management.
- It also manages priorities based on timelines, budgets, resource loads and what-if analysis information and accordingly provides the right resources at the right time. They also define roles and responsibilities.
- They assist in the scoring of projects using predefined criteria, in the strategic selection of potential projects and their planning according to the business goals of the organization.