MINUTES from the PMI-OC PMO-LIG Breakfast Meeting on 15 November 2005

 

The PMI-OC (Project Management Institute, Orange County Chapter) PMO-LIG (Project Management Office, Local Interest Group) meets at 7:15AM on the third Tuesday of each month at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa. (3050 Bristol Avenue, just south of the 405 freeway). The meeting includes a self-hosted breakfast. Reservations made through the events section of the PMI-OC web site http://pmi-oc.org help us plan, though visitors are always welcome to just to drop-by. This meeting is currently hosted by Robert Perrine, PMP (email: robert.perrine@cox.net). The focus for this meeting is on PMO. The format for this meeting is a focused discussion on literature relevant to the creation and operation of a PMO. Agenda and meeting content are posted at http://www.robertperrine.biz/PMI-OC_PMO-LIG/.

Two other breakfast meetings are also hosted by PMI-OC on the first and fourth Tuesday of each month. Those meetings are open discussions on project management. Please check the PMI-OC web site for more information about those meetings and our monthly chapter meeting.

 

Welcome

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  • Guest Speaker today is Andy Anderson
    • Andy is a member of the OPM3 (Operational Project Management Maturity Model) Core Team
    • He is the Manager of the Contingency Research Team
    • Andy will talk today about OPM3 and give us an overview of the development work underway.
  • OPM3 began in 1998
    • PMI researched 37 different maturity models
    • OPM3 today is based on the 2000 edition of the PMBOK
    • The next release is due out in 2008
  • Goals have been established for the 2008 release
    • Align OPM3 with the PMI standards for Portfolio, Program and Project management
    • If you were not aware of the PMI standards on Portfolio and Program management check the website.
      • http://www.pmi.org
      • Login with your user name and password
      • Look under “Standards”
      • You will find both established standards and drafts ready for review
    • The 2008 version will add a fourth dimension: Portfolio, Program, Project AND Organizational
      • Work is underway to define this fourth dimension
      • Using Delphi technique
    • One of the key goals is to format OPM3 for adoption as an ANSI Standard
      • This means it must be Descriptive, not proscriptive
      • Describe the process and results without mandating
  • Current work is also focused on establishing an on-line version
    • PMI did an RFP (Request for Proposal) and selected DNV to upgrade the assessment process
    • DNV does ISO compliance work
    • The goal is to build an assessment certification process
      • Classes due to start early in 2006
      • Once certified, then people will be authorized to assist companies in doing their assessments.
    • The first edition of this was beta tested or benchmarked by a few companies in Europe
      • Some work underway in the USA now.
      • Preparing for a second release of the evaluation criteria
  • Andy has also applied the OPM3 to assessments
    • OPM3 is written by project managers for project managers
      • This makes it somewhat hard for users and customers to fully grasp
      • Their thoughts on specific vocabulary might not match the PMI usage of that term
    • Andy recommends running the evaluation in a group setting
      • Bring everyone involved into one room
      • Explain exactly what each question means so there is no ambiguity
      • Then either get a collected response or have each participant provide their response right then
    • All 150 questions can probably be answered in two sessions of about 4-hours each
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  • Feedback on this meeting
  • Agreement to discuss Cumulative Work Queues in the December meeting.