ByCarl M. Manello

Vice President – Information TechnologyAmeritas Life Insurance

Author of…

– Understand what you’ve got

Don’t assess it yourself

(Hire a Professional)

Don’t get hung up on a maturity

number

Understand the “Why”

– Follow a roadmap

Long-term Goals

Focus on Function

Define your span of control

– Build with Experience

Don’t reinvent it…leverage it

Not all PM’s can blueprint a PMO

It’s not about desire.

It’s about capability and prior

experience doing it

Do you want to risk “inventing” with

someone who has never done it

before?

– Define, Capture and showcase value

Build what your stakeholders need, not just what you think a PMO should provide

– Strive for continuous improvement

Simple.Incremental.Value Add.

The contents of this presentation are those of Mr. Manello alone and in no way should be attributed to Ameritas, its employees or any of its operating entities.