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Robbins-Gioia Survey Finds Organizations with EPMOs More
Efficient, More Aware of Business Issues
December 16, 2002, Alexandria, VA Robbins-Gioia LLC, a leading provider
of management consulting services, today released the results of a survey to
determine the impact of enterprise program management offices (EPMOs) and
program management offices (PMOs) on the businesses they serve. (An EPMO is a
professional organization that serves as an organizational resource to ensure
that projects within a department or division are managed consistently and
aligned with business objectives. A PMO is a similar entity on a smaller scale
typically instituted to manage a single project.)
The survey highlighted the increasing usefulness of increasingly sophisticated
project management structures. Organizations with EPMOs and PMOs reported
higher levels of effective project management and lower levels of ineffective
project management, as well as increased ability to accept and embrace change.
In addition, the respondents with a project management infrastructure were more
focused on the key business objectives of their organization than organizations
without an infrastructure. While the majority of all respondents identified
containing costs, managing risk, and gaining investor confidence as their most
critical issues, organizations with an EPMO gave higher priority to all three
areas than their counterparts without EPMOs or PMOs. "Because of tightening
markets and recent national tragedies, these new priorities have emerged," said
Patricia Davis-Muffett, R-G vice president of marketing. "EPMOs provide the
view organizations need to navigate risk, control spending, and instill
stakeholder confidence."
The survey was conducted between October 2002 and November 2002, with 309
project management professionals responding, 79 percent from North America.
Respondents came from government, banking/finance, communications, consulting,
healthcare, and manufacturing. Of the total group, 39 percent reported their
organizations did not have either a PMO or an EPMO. A total of 24 percent
reported they have an EPMO.
Organizations with an EPMO:
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Rated their organization's project management maturity more highly than those
from organizations without an EPMO
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30 percent of respondents with an EPMO noted that their organizations manage
projects "very well" vs. 14 percent of organizations without.
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Are more receptive to change
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78 percent of respondents with an EPMO noted they "embrace or accept" change
vs. 66 percent of organizations without.
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4 percent of respondents with an EPMO noted that their organizations "resist"
change or "never" change vs. 14 percent of organizations without.
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Are more likely to have a process in place to align project activity with
strategic goals
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42 percent of respondents with an EPMO have a process in place and follow it
vs. 21 percent of respondents without.
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Are more likely to have project management titles and career paths
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92 percent of respondents with an EPMO have project management titles and
career paths vs. 73 percent without.
"Based on the results of the survey, respondents with EPMOs consider their
organizations more efficient and proactive than those without them," said
Davis-Muffett. "It makes sense for organizations without this structure to
seriously considering establishing it."
In a related announcement, Robbins-Gioia today launched a new packaged solution
to implement EPMOs for its clients. The three-tiered offering is scaled to
address the needs of small or large organizations, and is also available as an
assessment and remediation of an existing enterprise project management
structure.
About Robbins-Gioia For more than twenty years, Robbins-Gioia has
pioneered the project management consulting industry, bringing process-based
solutions to high-risk, complex initiatives in top government agencies and
Fortune 500 companies. With a hands-on approach to project management, we
develop and integrate the people, processes, and technologies that will drive
your projects to completion. For more information, please call Robbins-Gioia
LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at
www.robbinsgioia.com.
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