I am interested in hearing from others how they have structured the management of outsourced offshore staff  for software systems development & maintenance
- Knowledge transfer
-Quality and timely delivery

From your experiences how much time is needed for the arrangement to be useful

What has worked and what has failed?
Any advice?

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There is a growing divide between senior leaders and project managers.  Senior executives view project management as administrative overhead; project managers view senior leaders as disinterested.  Who’s right?

I've got to say I've spoken with hundreds of PMO directors and managers and my view is that they just don't work. They don't truly accomplish the theoretical goals of why PMOs were created in the first place. Would love to hear what others are doing regarding their PMOs and how they are taking their project portfolios to the next level of true strategic alignment with the enterprise.