The PMO Executive Council is a membership of senior executives with a shared commitment to steward enterprise-wide PMO initiatives. This membership offers a set of unique services and tools designed to assist leaders with their most pressing managerial, communications, and decision-making challenges.

To help leaders align their function with the enterprise, diagnose and close performance gaps, and mitigate governance and risk exposure, the PMO Executive Council provides:

• Case-based best practices research, proprietary quantitative research, and an executive meeting series
• Cross-functional perspectives on the PMO, drawn from the Corporate Executive Board's unique access to the insights of PMO and other executives
• Practical tools and templates which provide accurate benchmarks, diagnose problems, and supply appropriate solutions

At our best, we serve as a source of innovative ideas and answers to many of the immediate business problems our members are experiencing. Our membership services are "bundled" to increase their usefulness: members can learn of new ideas in our publications and meetings, request support on specific projects, and obtain "on-the-fly" decision support using our online tools and resources-all for one annual contribution.

Improving Your Effectiveness

• We help you validate or (re)prioritize your strategic agenda
• We enable you to avoid false starts and speed implementation
• We provide key functional benchmarks (qualitative and quantitative) and guide you in improving performance

Saving You Money

• We help you shorten or avoid consulting engagements
• We identify opportunities for cost cutting, standardization, digitization, and process streamlining
• We replace the expense of one-off executive education and professional development seminars

Saving You Time

• We help you avoid reinventing the wheel with practices already profiled in our research
• We shorten learning curves for staff
• We save time by serving as an "always-on" project resource

Leading-Edge Content

• Best Practices
  Research Exportable strategies and tactics from leading companies for overcoming major PMO challenges.
• Quantitative Analysis
  In-depth analysis of proprietary data sources to identify highest-impacting strategies in solving pressing challenges.
• Issue Briefs
  Shorter research briefs responding to current PMO tactical challenges.

Online Resources

• Peer Groups
  Subject-specific forums where members can pose questions to and collaborate with their peers across the membership.
• Online Decision Support Centers
  Centralized collection of research, tools, and templates organized by topic.
• Graphics for Presentations Toolkit
  Library of ready-to-use graphics for members to include in their own presentations.
• Benchmarking and Diagnostic Tools
  Collection of tools created on the basis of proprietary PMO Executive Council data sets for members to diagnose critical risks.
• Short Answer Research Archive
  Repository of all short-answer research requests initiated by the membership.
• List of Top 10 Downloads
  A list, updated monthly, identifying the key issues on which your peers are focused.

Member Events

• Annual Executive Retreats
  Exclusive gathering of seniormost PMO executives for interactive discussion of key research findings and member experiences.
• Leadership Briefings
  Broad gatherings designed to expose direct reports and high-potential staff to ideas and practices presented in seniormost retreats.
• Teleconferences
  Succinct overviews of PMO Executive Council research or presentations on time-sensitive issues, accompanied by rich attendee discussion.

Decision-Support Tools

The PMO Executive Council is pleased to offer our members a continually expanding library of diagnostic and implementation support tools:

• Competencies of a World-Class PMO