Where you are
Head of Department / PMO Leaders
You're accountable for how projects get delivered across a team or department — which means your problems are now about structure, governance, and reporting, not any single project. Here's what's worked running PMOs in practice.
Who this is for: Heads of PMO, department leads, and portfolio owners responsible for governance and delivery standards.
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Setting Up a PMO From Scratch: The First 90 Days
A sequencing guide for new PMO leaders — what to build first, what to deliberately leave until later, and the trap most new PMOs fall into.
Read more →The Governance Model Most PMOs Get Wrong
Uniform, one-size-fits-all governance is the most common design mistake — and the fastest way to make a PMO unpopular.
Read more →How to Report Project Status So Execs Actually Read It
If your status reports are getting skimmed or ignored, the problem is almost always structure, not content.
Read more →When to Bring In Outside Help for Your PMO
External support makes sense at specific, identifiable moments — not as a permanent crutch. Here's how to tell which moment you're in.
Read more →Free template
Toolkits for running the PMO
PMO Governance Pack
A tiered governance model with objective risk criteria, a delegated sign-off matrix, and stage-gate templates for each tier — for PMOs past the starter stage.
View template → PAID — £49PMO Starter Kit
Everything to stand up a lightweight PMO in your first 90 days — sized to the sequence that actually builds credibility, not a generic full-framework binder.
View template →Get the One-Page Status Report template free
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