Work stream 1
PMO & Strategy
Go BackEmpowering EMCOR UK's Strategic Vision:
Aligning Initiatives and Enhancing PMO Governance
This is our PMO & Strategy project, focused on aligning strategic initiatives with a robust portfolio of programmes and enhancing our PMO governance. This page serves as your one-stop hub for all key updates, objectives, and progress related to this transformative initiative.
Introduction
The "PMO and Strategy" project is an initiative aimed at aligning our 2024 strategic objectives with a dynamic portfolio of programmes, ensuring that every initiative is effectively cascaded and assigned across our organisation. This project is designed not only to synchronise our strategic goals with actionable projects but also to elevate the capabilities of our Operational Excellence & Planning team. By enhancing their Project Management Office (PMO) skills, we aim to provide more robust governance services, ensuring the successful execution of EMCOR UK's strategy.
Core Objectives
- 1. Alignment of Strategic Initiatives
We will effectively align our 2024 strategic initiatives with a comprehensive portfolio of projects. This alignment ensures that each strategic goal is directly linked to actionable projects, enabling clear direction and focus across the EMCOR UK organisation. - 2. Portfolio Cascade
Strategic initiatives will be cascaded and assigned across our organisation, ensuring that all levels within our organisation are engaged and accountable. Having a structured approach guarantees that strategic goals are understood and acted upon at all levels. - 3. PMO Enhancement
The Operational Excellence & Planning team will enhance their PMO capabilities. This includes providing training and resources to improve project management skills, ensuring that they can deliver more effective governance services in executing EMCOR UK's strategies. - 4. Strengthening Governance
There will be developments to the governance frameworks. This will be implemented within the PMO ensuring consistent oversight, quality control and successful execution of EMCOR UK's strategy. This objective focuses on instilling best practices and rigorous standards in project management.
Launch to Date
The "PMO and Strategy" project kicked off with a focused strategy workshop, bringing together key leaders and team members from across EMCOR UK.
The workshop was an opportunity to align on the 2024 strategic vision and establish the foundation for the project's successful execution. Participants were highly engaged, contributing valuable insights and demonstrating a strong commitment to driving the organization forward.
The initial phase has been met with enthusiasm, and the groundwork has been laid for effective implementation of both the strategic initiatives and the PMO enhancements.
David WilkinsonOperational Excellence & Planning Lead
" The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." - Phil Jackson"
Results to date
38 teams
mapped
among the in-scope business which included the core 6 key divisions
342 processes
from the pre-work performed by Chris Wellard have been catalogued per team on the Presto PDCA dashboard
150 Strategic Initiatives created
and linked into the 2024 Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix (strategy cascade)
25
monthly hours saved!
An estimated 25+ hours per month of administrative activities (e.g. data input, file saving, chasing for updates, etc.) were eliminated from Presto's easy-to-use capture & reporting automation
2 Presto KPI Manager users trained
Using the Operational Excellence team as a central point, 2 primary platform have begun training using the KPI tracking and reporting features. Expected 6 additional users will commence in September
3 hours dedicated
Initial training on the PRESTO KPI Manager platform has included 2 weekly 90-minute sessions with the 2 key users.
Project Charter & Governance
As of 1 September 2024
