P3O® - Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices - What is it?

P3O is the new guidance from the OGC (Office of Government Commerce) specifically for programme and project offices. Like other OGC methods (PRINCE2, MSP, MoR), the P3O will provide a point of reference for organisations and personnel who work within a Programme or Project Office.

The P3O guidance was officially launched on the 28th October 2008 with training courses and accreditation schemes following shortly

> See Arras People's Guide to P3O Recruitment

> See the latest news on P3O on the Arras People blog

> See the presentation on P3O from the OGC (PPT format)

> See the P3O overview from OGC

> See the P3O Launch presentation

> See the official P3O pages from the OGC

Current News

Arras People, the project management recruitment people, have been working on the recruitment needs of P3O professionals, if you are currently working within a PMO (P3O, PSO, Project Office, etc) or are looking to recruit a P3O professional to join your organisation, see the Arras People Guide to P3O Recruitment

Arras People sponsored the PPSOSIG conference in September 2009, which focused on P3O again, specifically the conference looked at PMO maturity in organisations, the PMO team and in PMO professionals themselves.

Arras People has reviewed the P3O guidance and adding our thoughts on each chapter on our blog - P3O blog

Following the launched many PMO professionals were thinking - what now? The PPSOSIG (Programme and Project Support Office Specialist Interest Group) held its conference on the 18th March 2009. "P3O Examined - What does it mean for your PPSO?". The conference saw 100 PMO professionals from a variety of organisations and sectors to hear from the lead author of P3O, case studies from organisations that are utilising P3O, learnt more about the links to P3M3 and gain an insight to the P3O examinations and accreditations.

To see the presentations and outcomes from the conference, please visit the PPSOSIG P3O website