On this episode, Brian Orlando and Om Patel discuss work cultures where Projects are prevalent, such as in the traditional PMO (Project Management Office). The discussion begins with a healthy round of what it takes to change cultures and progresses toward the intent and design of most project-based cultures.

0:00 Topic Intro
0:29 Project-Based Cultures
2:58 Change and Culture
4:12 Changing Organizational Culture
5:19 3 P's of Changing Culture
7:31 Only Management can Change the System
10:03 PMO Pros and Cons
10:56 Not Everyone is Comfortable Trailblazing
12:45 Executive Teams Should be a Cross-Functional Team...
14:28 But, Executive Teams are Usually just Silos for Budgeting
17:17 Developer Thinking vs. Tester or Product Thinking
19:37 Goals of the PMO
21:20 PMO Standardization
23:43 Sanitization vs Uniqueness
24:54 PMOs and Quality
26:56 PMO Culture - Pros & Cons
28:51 Change is Difficult
31:15 Real Example of Project over Product
33:12 Problems with Siloed Budgeting
36:11 Comment and Like, Pretty Please!
36:30 CTO who owns Product (isn't an Excuse)
38:25 Save Money by Confirming Assumptions
41:57 Offshoring for the Wrong Reason
45:05 PMOs and Generating New Ideas
48:25 Adapting versus Controlling
53:24 Successful Offshoring
55:17 Offshoring Product
58:08 Are Consultants Different?
59:42 A Unique PMO/Project Issue?
1:02:52 Middle Management Squashes the Best Ideas
1:05:28 Wrap-Up
1:06:18 Shout Outs (more wrapping up)

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Agile Podcast E31 - Project & PMO Cultures