What Makes an Effective EPMO (Blog 3)

For the past two weeks I have been wondering if an EPMO aligned and integrated with an organization’s cultural dynamics would make it more effective. I decided to read several books about organizational dynamics and organizational culture to see if that helped me determine if this is a sound idea or not. One book was “Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture” by Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn. They state that an organization resides within one of four quadrants based on how collaborative, creative, controlling or competing an organization is in its approach to conducting business on a daily basis. For example If the organization’s cultural & operational dynamics are based on “control” then the EPMO would need to be organized, controlling, monitoring, and focused on efficiency.

Assessing and considering cultural dynamics and then actually designing the EPMO to align with them would take careful consideration, but would it in turn enable an organization to embrace the project management processes and tools at the core of the EPMO more quickly and efficiently?




The views expressed on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, Robbins-Gioia.