Episode 082: Ten Arguments Against Having a PMO

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Ten Arguments Against Having a PMO," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Though the benefits project management and of having a PMO have been realized by companies of all shapes and sizes, nonetheless, the decision to have a PMO can often be met with resistance from others in the organization. A great part of winning an argument is being prepared for what the other side may say. And today, we have compiled a list of the top ten arguments against having a PMO. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo suggests, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention." A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem. This saying appears in the dialogue Republic, by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. No one knows that better than the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver, who almost one hundred years ago spent countless hours trying to solve the problem of the nutrient depletion that growing cotton causes in the soil. And then, even more time was spent trying to solve the problem of what to do with all of those peanuts, the much needed rotation crop for cotton. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about choosing a project management application to learn. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the provider of Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.Request a Demo LoginThe PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2013. All rights reserved.