Since so much of Agile is determined by the team based on traveling light and only doing what is needed - where does the PMO fit in this arrangement? Is it necessary for them to audit the process and ensure the team is functioning correctly? The PMO can be a very beneficial function (asides from the bad will that can occasionally develop) but where does it fit in Agile?
David J Bland
PMO can sometimes feel like cramming a round peg into a square hole to me with regards to agile.
The best way I've seen it explained in a way that makes sense to me is from Sanjiv & Roland's Lean Agile PMO talk from 2007.
Slide 18 of 21 has an excellent PMO diagram with "linking pins" that shows how Project Teams roll up into Lean-Agile-PMO which roll up into a Steering Committee.
