Establishing and Managing a PMO Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the strategic role and benefits of a PMO within an organisational context.
• Design a PMO framework that aligns with organisational goals, governance, and project management standards.
• Implement processes for project portfolio management, resource allocation, and performance monitoring.
• Develop and apply PMO governance policies, standards, and methodologies to ensure consistency.
• Evaluate PMO performance using key performance indicators and recommend improvements.
• Demonstrate effective stakeholder management and communication strategies to sustain PMO support.

Target Audience

This course is designed for senior project managers, programme managers, and professionals who are responsible for establishing or managing a PMO. It is also suitable for executives and functional managers who need to understand the strategic value and operational requirements of a PMO.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply theoretical concepts by building a PMO charter, designing dashboards, conducting a maturity assessment, and developing a full establishment plan. These hands-on activities ensure learners can immediately implement PMO best practices in their organisations.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Develop a PMO Charter — Learners work in groups to create a PMO charter for a given case study, defining vision, mission, objectives, and governance. (4h)
• Practical 2: Design a PMO Dashboard and Report — Using sample project data, learners design a performance dashboard and a monthly status report template. (4h)
• Practical 3: Conduct a PMO Maturity Assessment — Learners assess a simulated organisation's PMO maturity using a maturity model and identify improvement areas. (4h)
• Practical 4: Develop a PMO Establishment Plan — Learners create a comprehensive 12-month plan for establishing a PMO, including timeline, resources, and risk mitigation. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.