PMO (noun) | \ ˈpē – ˈem -ˈō
1. Project Management Office: A structured framework within an organization that standardizes project management practices, governance, and execution to ensure efficiency, consistency, and alignment with business goals.
2. Accelerator of Success: A catalyst for business transformation, guiding teams through complex initiatives with precision, clarity, and control.
Accelerate Upward is a PMO-as-a-Service, or PMOaaS, which is an outsourced Project Management Office, providing PMO functions without requiring in-house personnel. We are a team comprised of skilled IT leadership and engineers that are poised to deliver strategic planning, governance, and project execution support on a recurring or as-needed basis.
WHO WE ARE
A partner you can trust for your strategic growth.
What we bring to the table:
- Scalability: We can adapt to changing needs from a specific project, up to enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Experience on Demand: Gain access to seasoned IT professionals and leaders without the overhead of in-house staff.
- Cost Efficiency: Enjoy strategic business guidance without the expense of a PMO.
- Technology & Tools: Leverage advanced project management software and reporting dashboards for complete transparency.
Core Values:
- 1031: Our business operates on faith-driven principles, striving to align our work with actions that honor our risen Savior.
“1 Corinthians 10:31. Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” - Servant Leadership: We put our clients first and take ownership of their challenges to give exceptional service and lasting partnerships.
- Integrity: Doing the right thing doesn’t need to be announced; it should be evident in everything we do.
- A Helping Hand: By empowering others to succeed, we create greater opportunities for shared success.
Careful vetting of any organization that we collaborate with on the delivery side allows us to bring any complex initiative to life into one seamless package, providing further efficiencies for time and cost throughout the process.
WHO WE HELP
Types of organizations that we are able to build strong partnerships with.
- Small and medium businesses that want to maximize project value.
- IT teams needing project delivery optimization.
- Non-profits that lack project resources or guidance.
- Companies needing specialized, short-term project support.
- Organizations with recurring project execution overruns.
- SMBs establishing a PMO.
- Businesses adopting AI for operations.
- SMBs and non-profits needing help with IT budgeting and forecasting.
When you invest in us, we invest right back in you. We treat each one of your initiatives, processes, and outcomes as they are our own. This gives us the same urgency, drive, and desire about your business that you have to guarantee business value and successful outcomes.
HOW WE HIT THE MARK
Ways we can help your organization.
1. Outsourced IT Project Management
- Immediate, expert IT Project Management, without the cost and delay of hiring your own staff.
- We bring in subject experts to drive efficiency across various projects.
- We prioritize early engagement and clear stakeholder alignment preventing common project failures.
- We can bring our own resources, preventing competing workloads.
- We provide end-to-end management of the project lifecycle.
Types of projects we would typically handle include:
- Workstation / laptop bulk lifecycle replacement.
- End-to-end software vetting and adoption.
- Server redesign or lifecycle replacement.
- Phone system replacement or rollout.
- Email and SharePoint migrations.
- Networking equipment replacement.
- Disaster and Recovery Plan creation and testing.
- Cloud migrations.
- Technical documentation and process and mapping.
- Department training on AI practices.
2. PMO Building and Optimization Advisory:
Our PMO-as-a-Service model builds governance practices into in-house teams to achieve sustainable business value from initiatives.
- Integrate modern project management tools into workflows.
- Identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement in the organizational project process.
- Leverage business intelligence to facilitate data-driven decision making and real-time reporting.
- Configure useable lessons-learned repositories to facilitate better training and forecasting for new initiatives.
- Demonstrate the measurable impact of efficiency improvements.
3. Strategic Planning Consulting:
Many organizations struggle to identify which initiatives to pursue, how to prioritize them, or even what options exist. A lack of predictive insights can lead to wasted resources and missed opportunities.
- Serve as a technical strategic expert to steering committees.
- AI adoption, training and responsible use.
- Business tool vetting, adoption, and training.
- Construct intelligent reporting to provide data for informed decision making.
- Identify IT department and project-based risks.
- Assist with initiative forecasting for budgetary planning.
- File E-Rate for educational non-profits.
