PMO Setup & Maturity

Most PMOs are built for compliance, not delivery. We design and embed programme offices that your organisation actually uses with the right structure for where you are now, and where you're going.

Embed Time

3–6 months


Best For

Growing or restructuring portfolio teams


Outcome

A PMO that governs delivery, not paper


First Step

Free assessment, no obligation

Trusted by Leading Brands and Sectors

The Challenge

Your PMO Is Busy. But Is It Working?

A PMO that produces reports nobody reads, runs meetings nobody finds useful, and governs projects that

still fail anyway, that's not a PMO. That's a cost centre.

Your portfolio is growing faster than your oversight can keep up. Red flags appear late or not at all.

Projects are slipping through the governance gaps.

Project teams work around the office rather than with it. Frameworks are ignored. Templates go unfilled.

The PMO is seen as overhead, not support.

More projects, more complexity, more risk, and the same PMO setup that worked at half the size.

You're scaling and the structure isn't keeping pace.

The Service

Built for Your Organisation.

Not a Template.

We don't write reports from a distance. We come in, take operational ownership, and stay until the work is done.

01 — ASSESS


Honest review of your current maturity

We look at what's working, what isn't, and where the gaps between governance and delivery actually sit.

02 — DIAGNOSE


A PMO built for how you actually work

Right-sized governance. Practical frameworks. Reporting that surfaces signal, not volume.

03 — REPLAN


Embedded alongside your team

We work inside the organisation until the PMO is running and trusted by the people who use it.

04 — DELIVER


A roadmap for what comes next

We leave you with a clear maturity path, so the PMO grows as your portfolio does, without needing us back.

Relevant articles and customer stories

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Case Study

21 Years. £2B+ Delivered.

We don't write reports from a distance. We come in, take operational ownership, and stay until the work is done.

9 months

Project completed successfully

100

Built over 100 API-based interfaces

2 brands 

Autocentres and Halfords Retail unified into one

1 Basket

Single basket across both brands

Project Recovery

Retail

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Halfords: One Digital Front Door for Two Brands

Halfords ran two brands as two separate digital channels, with two websites and two baskets. We unified them into a single customer experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud, built the 108 interfaces connecting it to the legacy estate, and went live in nine months without a missed milestone.

How We Engage

From First Call to Finished Work.

Every recovery engagement follows the same sequence. Always starting with an honest assessment, never with a plan we've already written.

Free Assessment

Two weeks of senior time. A clear, honest picture of where you actually are.

Tailored Plan

Built around your context, never a recycled framework or generic playbook.

Lasting Capability

The change holds after we leave. That is always the work.

Embedded Delivery

Senior practitioners take operational responsibility for the outcome.

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What We Deliver

What You Get From Day One.

Senior practitioners take operational responsibility for the recovery. Here is what that looks like in practice.

Week 1–2

We interview every workstream lead, review the plan, map the dependencies. You get a single honest document, the real state of the programme, delivered to the right person.

An unfiltered picture of where you actually are

Week 3–4

Not what was originally promised. Not what sounds good in a board meeting. A plan the team believes in, with owned dependencies and a credible timeline.

A recovery plan built around what is actually achievable

Ongoing

We replace status theatre with real information. Amber and red appear where they exist. The steering group sees what is actually happening — early enough to act.

Reporting that surfaces signal, not comfort

Embedded

We embed alongside your team, take responsibility for the work, and stay until the first milestone is delivered. Not reports from a distance, but practitioners working within the programme.

Operational ownership of delivery

Exit

When we leave, the capability stays. Your team has seen a recovery done properly, and they know how to hold the line next time.

A team that finishes stronger than it started

How We Engage

From First Call to Finished Work.

Every recovery engagement follows the same sequence. Always starting with an honest assessment, never with a plan we've already written.

Week 1–2

We interview every workstream lead, review the plan, map the dependencies. You get a single honest document, the real state of the programme, delivered to the right person.

An unfiltered picture of where you actually are

Week 3–4

Not what was originally promised. Not what sounds good in a board meeting. A plan the team believes in, with owned dependencies and a credible timeline.

A recovery plan built around what is actually achievable

Ongoing

We replace status theatre with real information. Amber and red appear where they exist. The steering group sees what is actually happening early enough to act.

Reporting that surfaces signal, not comfort

Ongoing

We replace status theatre with real information. Amber and red appear where they exist. The steering group sees what is actually happening early enough to act.

Reporting that surfaces signal, not comfort

Embedded

We embed alongside your team, take responsibility for the work, and stay until the first milestone is delivered. Not reports from a distance, but practitioners working within the programme.

Operational ownership of delivery

Exit

When we leave, the capability stays. Your team has seen a recovery done properly, and they know how to hold the line next time.

A team that finishes stronger than it started

Built for the People Carrying the Weight

Our work meets four kinds of leaders where they are, each with a specific kind of pressure.

Costs are escalating and a high-visibility project is at risk. You need clarity on what's happening and a credible pair of hands to fix it.

Chief Operating Officers

C-Suite

Delivery bottlenecks and scope creep are eroding your roadmap. Technical projects need PM discipline that speaks your language.

CTOs & Heads of Engineering

Technology

You need external expertise to scale your frameworks, recover a failing initiative, or build a PMO fit for growth.

PMO Managers

Programme Office

Large digital transformation is overwhelming your capacity. You need experienced delivery leadership to bring it home.

Change Managers

Transformation

Common Questions

What Leaders Usually Ask.

Q. What does PMO setup actually involve?


We assess where your delivery capability stands today, design the right structure for your organisation's size and complexity, and embed the foundations that make it stick. No off-the-shelf frameworks. No consultants who disappear after the report.

Q. How do we know if we're ready for a PMO?


If your projects are running independently of each other, your leadership can't get a clear picture of what's in flight, or your best people are being pulled in every direction, you're ready. The question isn't readiness. It's cost of delay.

Q. How long does PMO setup take?


A functioning PMO can be operational within 6 to 12 weeks. Maturity takes longer, but you'll see tangible improvement in visibility and control within the first 30 days.

Q. Do you work with organisations that already have a PMO?


Yes. Many of our engagements are maturity assessments. Organisations that have a PMO in name but not in practice. We diagnose what's not working and fix it without starting from scratch.

No Cost. No Obligation.

A PMO Should Make Delivery

Easier. Not Harder.

If yours isn't doing that, you can book a free assessment or book a discovery call to get started.

A PMO Should Make Delivery

Easier. Not Harder.

If yours isn't doing that, you can book a free assessment or book a discovery call to get started.