Building a Strategic Project Management Office

As an IT consultant for TraKNC, I led the design, launch, and continuous improvement of a Project Management Office (PMO) to centralize project execution and governance. Beyond establishing structure and process, I partnered across cybersecurity and application development teams to analyze technical debt, align data and functional requirements, and define strategic roadmaps that support scalable, future-proof operations. 

 Approach: 

• Designed and launched the company’s first formal PMO, building foundational project management frameworks, governance models, and execution standards.
   
• Acted as a project management coach and advisor for teams and senior leadership, promoting agile practices and improving project planning discipline.
   
• Built comprehensive communication channels to deliver project status, risks, and issues reporting across technical teams and executive leadership.
   
• Partnered with cybersecurity and application development teams to gather and align functional and data requirements critical for modernization initiatives.
   
• Conducted a full technical debt analysis and worked with architecture leadership to define a standards-aligned technology roadmap for future-state system evolution.
   

Results:

✅ Established a centralized PMO function to drive consistency, transparency, and accountability across initiatives
✅ Improved cross-team collaboration and executive visibility into project progress, risks, and outcomes
✅ Delivered a prioritized roadmap to address technical debt, modernize applications, and align with future-state architecture standards
✅ Strengthened project management capabilities across the organization through training, coaching, and agile advisory support