Working with a PMO and Building a PMO Career – with Curtis Jenkins

Curtis Jenkins is an accomplished PMO executive, managing portfolios of business and IT projects with a global talent pool. That’s why I wanted to speak with him/her about working with a PMO and building a PMO career.

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Curtis Jenkins

Curtis Jenkins is a highly knowledgeable project management executive, with a lot of experience in the development of PMO organizations and leading high-performance teams. People see Curtis as a business ambassador who can create trust-based relationships, to support the adoption of change strategies.

Working with a PMO and Building a PMO Career

We discuss:

1. What a PMO is – and what we mean when we talk about them
2. Why we need PMOs: the PMO value proposition
3. PMOs don’t always succeed. So, why PMOs fail
4. What we can do to make a PMO succeed – and Curtis’s recipe for organizing a PMO for success
5. The most important lessons Curtis has learned

Contact Curtis Jenkins

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• Facebook

Curtis has written a book, The Only Job Search Book You Will Ever Need: Using the Marketing Mix to Rise Above Competition

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• Introduction to the PMO – The Absolute Essentials You Really MUST Know
• More of Peter Taylor’s Project Management Office Essentials
• Setting-up PMO 3.0 |The Project Management Office in the Age of Digital Transformation

What Kit does a Project Manager Need?

I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list. I added my own. 

Check out the Kit a Project Manager needs

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