Organizational Governance Interactive Guide

Organizations

Organizations are complex systems designed to deliver value to stakeholders and society while achieving strategic and tactical goals.

Organizational Governance

A system within the organization that supports value delivery through a framework of:

  • Policies
  • Procedures
  • Practices
  • Guidance for sustainability

Subsystems Delivering Value

  • PMO (Project Management Office): Provides project governance framework, standardizing:
    • Tools, methods, templates
    • Guidelines for compliance
    • Guidance and resources
  • Products and Services: Results of portfolios, programs, and projects.
  • Operations: Support products/services, including sustaining functions like HR, finance, and other functional groups.

These subsystems work independently and collaboratively.

Project Governance

Guides project management activities to create the project's product.

  • Based on organizational and PMO governance
  • Tailored to the specific project

Program Governance

Directs guidance among allied projects and operations.

  • Based on organizational and PMO governance
  • Tailored to the program and its projects

Portfolio Governance

Directs guidance among allied programs and operations.

  • Based on organizational and operations governance
  • Tailored to the portfolio’s current context

Based on PMP Exam Prep 2023, 11th Edition by Rita Mulcahy with Margo Kirwin