Setting the stage for a successful PMO -- Implementation -- Introduction -- building a PMO that executives embrace -- Why PMO implementations fail? -- What is a PMO and what does a PMO really do? -- Moving project management from the cost world to the throughput world -- Part II. Strategic planning -- Choosing the right project -- Mix strategic planning -- The #1 reason for project -- Manager stress -- Applying deming, goldratt and six sigma to -- Systemos thinking -- The eight major subsystems that strategic planning must address -- The 4x4 approach to strategic planning -- The right marketing projects -- Securing the future -- The 10 year advantage via -- Theory of constraints -- Part III. The PMO in detail -- The governance board and prioritization -- Management -- Linking project progress to strategic objectives -- Delivery management and acceleration -- Project portfolio management -- Resource portfolio management -- Asset portfolio management -- Managing the multi-project environment -- The critical chain approach -- Reducing negative human behavior -- PMO organization models -- PMO roles and responsibilities -- Inputs and outputs to a PMO -- PMO measurement system -- EPM tools and their value on project delivery -- PMO, PMI and the PMBOK -- Part IV. Implementing a PMO -- The executive proposal in detail -- Obtaining executive buy-in -- The PMO value proposition maturity model -- Where is your PMO -- The road map to impl.