Episode 358

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3rd May 2026

358: 4 Questions to Ask Before Expanding Your PMO Services

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Have you ever felt the pressure to expand your PMO services because stakeholders keep asking for more? It can feel like a sign of success. If people are asking for more support, your PMO must be doing something right.


However, adding services without the right strategy can quickly overwhelm your team and dilute your IMPACT.


In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I walk through four critical questions every PMO leader should ask before expanding their services. These questions help you determine whether new services will truly increase your strategic influence or simply create more complexity.


When PMOs focus on the right services instead of more services, they become true drivers of organizational outcomes.


What you'll learn

• Why expanding PMO services too quickly can reduce your strategic influence.

• The four questions every PMO leader should ask before adding services.

• How to evaluate demand for new PMO capabilities.

• How capacity and capability IMPACT PMO service expansion.

• Why aligning services with business outcomes is essential.

🎧 Press play to discover the four questions that will help you expand your PMO services strategically.


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PMO Strategies
with Laura Barnard
In this podcast, PMO leaders and those wanting to capitalize on the best of project management to deliver the organization’s strategy will uncover the hidden secrets of the best PMOs, learn the game-changing techniques that transform any PMO into a value-driven IMPACT Engine, and explore the best ways for the PMO to become an integral part of the fabric and future of an organization. After spending two and a half decades helping organizations deliver change, with 15 of those years in the shoes of PMO leader inside organizations, Laura strongly believes that there is more to making an IMPACT than templates, tools, and process. She’ll show you how to make the shifts necessary to become a business-focused PMO that will become an invaluable organizational asset. With her guests and insights, we explore the sticky situations and tough challenges PMO leaders face, from sorting through all of the “noise” about what the PMO “should” do to finding the best ways for your PMO to make an IMPACT. Listen in, and you can discover how to shift your focus from outputs to outcomes, fundamentally changing the game for your PMO and personal success.

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