A Checklist of Considerations for Setting Up Your PMO

Define
- Goals/objectives
- Charter
- Roles/responsibilities
- Governance
- Success criteria
- Communications plan
- Cultural impact
- PM organizational maturity
- Budget limits/tolerances
- Size, complexity and nature of PMO scope
- Tools
- Issue tracking
- Scope control
- Risk management
- Training needs
- Status reporting
- Office space/logistics
- Media presence/portal(s)

Execution
- Methodologies/approaches
- Measurements
- Decision rights
- Partnering/team building
- Work processes/fast tracking
- Communications
- Documentation/database(s)
- Conflict resolution
- Status meetings
- Coordination

Focus On
- Project plan
- Priorities
- Deliverables/results
- Accountability
- Change management
- Daily/weekly/monthly measurements
- Corrective actions
- Issues resolution/timely
- Risk management/proactive
- Scope control
- Budget control
- Resource availability/capacity planning