Improving Outcomes and Controlling Costs with the PMO

Carl Block, Director of PMO, Adventist Health. The Adventist Health Project Management Office is deeply involved in helping Information Technology improve outcomes and control costs. The PMO gives executives visibility into the application portfolio, and proposals to add or sunset applications. The PMO also provides visibility into the project portfolio that is implementing applications throughout the enterprise.  Finally, the PMO gives visibility into application enhancement requests, and helps manage the demand for application enhancements.  Together, these initiatives have enabled executives to understand, govern, and control many Information Technology cost drivers.