The pace of change today is different from the change that occurred in the past. It is more complex, emergent, and faster-paced and spans all functions and disciplines. While business agility and organizational change were once strategic initiatives that allowed organizations to thrive, they are now business imperatives that must be implemented to avoid failure.
This has prompted discussion within the project management community about how this will affect and possibly change PMOs today as well as in the future. The PMO is a new role that offers new opportunities for business agility and organizational change.
Organizational Change, Business Agility, and the Role Of The PMO
Businesses face constant change and must act. These are no longer seen as occasional episodes that are only undertaken in stable work environments. Business agility and organizational change are now the norm. This was not something that happened overnight.
Prosci, a global leader of change management, has documented the evolution and growth in the discipline of change management through four distinct eras. The pre-1990s were when academics founded the discipline. The second era was in the 1990s, when change management was a part of the business vernacular.
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