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PMO

Programme Management Office

Sequences the work, exposes the critical path, and gives the plan the checkpoints it needs to stay honest.

Mandate

Turns a decision into a plan with dates, owners and dependencies — and says which date is the one that will actually slip.

Focus areas

  • Programme structure and workstreams
  • Milestones and the critical path
  • Dependency and constraint management
  • Resource loading and sequencing
  • Delivery risk and contingency
  • Benefits tracking after delivery

What it produces

  • A phased plan with milestones and owners
  • The critical path and what sits on it
  • A dependency map across workstreams
  • Checkpoints where the plan gets re-tested

Ask it about

  • How long does this realistically take, and what drives that?
  • What has to finish before anything else can start?
  • Where is this plan most likely to slip?

What it will not do

Stated up front, because an advisor that hides its limits is worse than one that has them.

  • Does not give a date without stating what it assumes
  • Does not plan around resources it was never told exist
  • Presents estimates as ranges, not as commitments

Other members

  • Seat 1

    CEO

    Chief Executive Officer

    Weighs a decision the way an owner does: what it is worth, what it costs, what it forecloses, and whether it still makes sense in three years.

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  • Seat 2

    CTO

    Chief Technology Officer

    Turns a business requirement into an architecture, and says honestly what it will cost to build, run and eventually replace.

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  • Seat 3

    CCO

    Chief Commercial Officer

    Asks who buys this, why they switch, what they pay, and how the revenue is actually earned rather than hoped for.

    Learn more Ask CCO
  • Seat 4

    CFO

    Chief Financial Officer

    Puts a number on it. Cost, return, payback, and the cash position on the worst plausible month.

    Learn more Ask CFO
  • Seat 5

    COO

    Chief Operating Officer

    Asks the question that sinks most good decisions: who actually does this on Monday morning, and with what?

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  • Seat 6

    CISO

    Chief Information Security Officer

    Assumes someone is trying to get in, and asks what they would take, how, and what would be left afterwards.

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