PM AS A SERVICEThe Pro’s and Con’s of Project Management as a Service

PRO’S

OUTSOURCING PMO - PRO’SACCESS TO SKILLS

• As a business dedicated to Project Management, you benefit from skills in both depth and breadth.• Skills and experience are aligned with

the provider's core focus, this provides industry-specific knowledge you can tap into.

ACCESS TO COMPETENCIES

• A business providing PM as a Service thrives on quality and details throughout.• Benefit from adoption to industry best

practice as a way of life.

OUTSOURCING PMO - PRO’SIMPARTIAL

• As with hiring consultants, PMaaS are not biased by internal politics or the companies history.

• Gain more transparency and greater accountability in stakeholders from a no-fear approach.

EFFICIENCY

• There is a greater control on projects gained from not letting project scopes to slip into a un-agreed territory.

• A PMaaS can scale to cope with a full program of work whereas an internal PM might run out of time.

CON’S

OUTSOURCING PMO – CON’SDEEP KNOWLEDGE

• It might be required to have a deep knowledge of the company in order to achieve project success.

• Sometimes geographies and local laws might play a large part of navigating the projects challenges.

POLITICAL PROWESS

• A business might have a very political structure with large characters, working with them may require stronger interpersonal relationships.

• A project might relate to a very political or challenging situation for the business that needs handling very sensitively. A task that might go beyond just a tick box exercise.

OUTSOURCING PMO - CON’SCOST

• Often businesses undervalue PMs or go for the low end of the salary band due to low utilisation. A PMaaS company goes the other way. This can mean costs are higher.

• Deploying leading edge tools and practices that might not be used in an internal PMO can also affect the price of PMaaS.

CONTROL

• PMs within a PMaaS are highly driven by success within the portfolio of projects. Some stakeholders get frustrated from being chased on tasks leaving the feeling of loss of control.

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PM RECRUITMENT

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