Project Management Centers Of Excellence A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition

Project Management Centers Of Excellence are the engine that drives consistent delivery, strategic alignment, and measurable value across complex organizations, yet many firms lack a clear path to build and sustain them.

This book delivers a structured Self-Assessment methodology built around seven critical criteria - Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control, Sustain. Within each criterion you will find hundreds of targeted questions that you score on a 1-to-5 scale. The responses generate a radar-chart Scorecard that instantly highlights the exact areas of your Center of Excellence that require attention, making the assessment accessible even to readers with limited prior experience.

Included Professional Toolkit (40-48 Practitioner Tools): The toolkit is created fresh at the time of purchase to reflect the latest standards and practices. It is organized into ten sections: Getting Started, Assessment and Planning, Models and Frameworks, Processes and Handoffs, Operations and Execution, Performance and KPIs, Quality and Compliance, Sustainment and Support, Advanced Topics, and Reference. You receive more than 30 deliverables in Excel, PDF, and markdown formats, all specifically tailored to Project Management Centers Of Excellence. The Excel files contain three sheets - Instructions, Template, Pro Tips and Common Mistakes - while each PDF includes Pro Tips, Common Mistakes, and a Quick Reference section. Tools include maturity assessments, gap analyses, decision frameworks, implementation roadmaps, stakeholder maps, process runbooks, KPI dashboard templates, risk matrices, audit checklists, quick reference cards, and many other ready-to-use assets.

Every purchase also includes Lifetime Updates. As the discipline evolves, you will receive refreshed content and updated toolkit materials, ensuring your guidance remains current and actionable without additional cost.

This guide is ideal for PMO directors, process improvement managers, and quality compliance officers who need a concrete, data-driven approach to evaluate and elevate their Center of Excellence. For example, a PMO director tasked with demonstrating the value of the PMO to senior leadership can use the assessment to produce a visual scorecard and a set of implementation roadmaps that directly address identified gaps.

Developed by The Art of Service, business process architects serving over 100,000 professionals across 160 countries since 2000. Every book and toolkit draws on 25 years of operational excellence research and a continuously updated knowledge base spanning hundreds of industry frameworks.