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.
Trust.
It comes from honoring our commitments, and being a partner you can count on.
What we bring to the table:
- Scalability: We are able to adapt to an organizations changing needs such as supporting specific projects, up to enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Experience on Demand: Gain access to seasoned project managers, schedulers, IT engineers, and key stakeholders without the overhead of full-time staff.
- Cost Efficiency: Enjoy structured project oversight, and strategic business guidance without the expense of a PMO.
- Technology & Tools: Leverage advanced project management software and real-time reporting dashboards for complete transparency.
- Alignment with Business Goals: We ensure that every project is executed in direct support of your business objectives.
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 believe that putting our clients first and taking ownership of their challenges leads to 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 and meaningful impact.
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.
Partners.
Types of organizations that we are able to build strong, strategic collaborations of shared success with.
- Organizations Seeking More Value from Existing Initiatives – We optimize past and ongoing projects to maximize ROI and meet or exceed expectations.
- IT Teams Needing Project Streamlining – We provide external expertise to improve delivery, manage priorities, and optimize workflows.
- Non-Profit Organizations – We streamline operations, provide resources, and enhance project success so you can focus on your mission.
- Companies Needing Specialized, Short-Term Project Support – We offer expert support for complex initiatives without long-term staffing commitments.
- Businesses Struggling with Project Execution – We realign strategies, resolve challenges, and implement solutions to keep projects on track.
- Organizations with Recurring Project Overruns – We refine project management processes to improve governance and prevent overruns.
- Companies Establishing a PMO – We guide the development and optimization of PMOs with modern methodologies and AI-driven tools.
- Businesses Adopting AI for Operations – We help integrate AI into project management and operations for strategic, practical implementation.
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.
Deliver.
Intersecting expertise and execution needed to complete IT business goals and drive strategic success.
We are a PMO (Project Management Office)-as-a-Service based in central Virginia. We offer outsourced end-to-end IT project management, PMO building and optimization, and strategic planning assistance to organizations.
1. Outsourced IT Project Management
There are many reasons an organization would seek to outsource project management. Our experts are able to deliver your initiatives within project constraints to provide at least, oftentimes more than, the intended business value.
- Immediate, expert IT Project Management, without the cost and delay of hiring full-time staff.
- We help small to mid-sized businesses and non-profits optimize workflows and eliminate inefficiencies across various projects.
- We prioritize early engagement and clear stakeholder alignment preventing common project failures caused by poor planning, miscommunication, and scope creep.
- We have the flexibility to bring our own resources, preventing competing constraints on personnel.
- 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 adoption
- Server redesign and lifecycle replacement
- Phone system rollout
- Email and SharePoint migrations
- Networking equipment replacement
- Disaster and Recovery Plan creation and testing
- Cloud migrations
- Technical documentation and process and mapping
2. PMO Building and Optimization Advisory:
An effective Project Management Office (PMO) brings structure, efficiency, and clarity to project execution, yet many organizations struggle with inconsistent processes, poor communication, and uncontrolled scope creep—leading to inefficiencies and missed objectives. 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 to improve efficiencies and time management.
- 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:
Effective strategic planning requires data-driven decision-making, clear priorities, and a path to execution to transition visions into achievements. 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 to define, prioritize, and oversee initiatives.
- AI adoption and training.
- Educate teams and organizations on best AI practices including security and responsible usage.
- Business tool vetting, adoption, and training.
- Construct intelligent reporting to provide real-time data for informed decision making.
- Identify IT department and project-based risks to enable proactive avoidance and mitigation.
- Assist with initiative forecasting for budgetary planning.
- File E-Rate for educational non-profits.
