PMO: a delivery solution
An efficient Project Management Office (PMO) can bring clarity to asset management, and support the delivery of new investments in teaching and research. Yet, many universities find it challenging to design and resource the components to make it work. With this in mind, we present our integrated PMO solution for higher education.
Introducing our PMO for higher education
RLB specialises in the design and delivery of end-to-end programmes within the built environment. We have applied this expertise to create a PMO solution for the higher education sector.
Built around our suite of comprehensive built environment consultancy services, and our expertise in cost and project management, we bring proven solutions to help plan, manage and deliver complex estates.
Spanning the mobilisation of a PMO, the downstream delivery of multiple campus projects or the consolidation of data across a programme, our flexible solution can help to transform your estate team's delivery capability.
Integrated and standalone deliverables
Data-driven and lifecycle-based, our holistic PMO solution is structured around five core components that each contain a set of services. Each component can be procured individually, or custom built using the elements that you need.
Project Controls
We can develop processes to plan, manage and monitor project data focused on scheduling, cost and risk management to enhance your understanding of current project performance and help you to forecast future performance more accurately.
Capital Management Services
Accurate planning, forecasting and deployment of capital is vital. Our experts can work with you and the University's finance team to achieve value in the deployment of capital, whether through effective change control or through robust supply chain management.
Data and Information Management
Our data monitoring and reporting uses proprietary and non-proprietary digital tools to consolidate project level data and enable visualisation of real time information at programme or project level.
Our interactive dashboards allow the data to be interrogated to surface issues, identify interdependencies and forecast outcomes.
Programme Execution
We can help plan your programme of work from the outset, establishing initial programmes based on high level project models and developing them into master delivery programmes as project briefs develop and milestones crystalise.
As well as providing valuable planning and management tools, our programme oversight and reporting processes enable key deliverables to be monitored, estates team resources to be planned to respond to workload and stakeholder communications to be effectively managed.
Governance and Assurance
Our experience with over 50 Universities enables us to understand the criticality of internal governance processes and timescales. We will help you plan and structure processes to ensure up to date information is available in good time for Governance Board submissions and decision making.
Our digital reporting tools are a key aspect of this, streamlining data gathering and report preparation processes and ensuring up to date information is at your fingertips.
Designed around you
Each university estate team has its own unique set of delivery challenges. Our PMO for higher education is designed to be flexible so that each part can perform either as a standalone delivery, or in combination to meet your bespoke needs.
With in-person and on-call services, we can also work with the unique characteristics of your team to design the delivery model that works best for you.
Scalable
Our PMO solution can be scaled around your known and emerging priorities to help you to identify and mitigate risk, manage expectations, and keep your institutional stakeholders informed, engaged, and aligned.
Flexible
Each PMO is different. We will work closely with you to determine the design and the anticipated impact it will achieve. Our broad range of services enables us to source the right, qualified experts to deliver the chosen configuration.
Responsive
Project and programme scope can often shift with changing institutional priorities. Our PMO is designed to respond to new and emerging priorities, so you can augment your desired deliverables as and when needed.
Workforce support
- Short and long term secondments
We can provide in-person, onsite expertise through short and long-term secondments for specific projects, or more complex strategic programmes.
Our broad range of services enables us to source the right, qualified experts to deliver the chosen configuration. With our UK-wide coverage from 14 offices, we provide university clients with access to RICS-accredited talent pool of cost management and project management expertise.
Digital interventions
- Reporting systems and data dashboards
Data-driven thinking is at the heart of what we do. Our digital transformation experts support our university clients to thrive in increasingly data rich construction environments.
We provide expertise in the capture, harvest and application of data - all using office-standard software. Our reporting dashboards can visualise real-time delivery and foster data-driven decision-making.
