Project Management Organization Structure for DCFS

This assignment analyzes the Project Management Organization (PMO) structure of the Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS). The PMO structure is depicted as a pyramid, with the Director/President at the top, followed by a managerial level comprising the PMO Manager, Risk Manager, and Quality Head Manager. The lower level consists of various roles, including Facility Manager, Coordinator, Administrator, Developer, Resource Admin, Budgeter, Accountant, IT team, Analysts, and Reporter. The assignment highlights the hierarchical structure and the roles within the PMO, emphasizing the flow of information and responsibilities from the top-level governance to the operational levels. The structure supports the organization's goals, including child protection and family support, by facilitating effective project management and resource allocation.

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PMO Structure of Department of Children & Family Services
The Department of Children & Family Services is a non profitable organization that has
been helping orphan children to get a suitable family and the families to become self dependent
(Dss.state.la.us., 2017). The organization has three major goals that they have been tirelessly
working to achieve and they are protecting the children, providing refuges to the people during
disasters, and helping individuals and families to become self sufficient. The PMO structure of
the organization is pyramid in shape and it is as shown in the figure below,
Figure 1: PMO structure of the organization
The PMO organization of Department of Children & Family Services is in pyramid shape
and the director or president is at the top most layer of the PMO structure. The development of
the operations would be supported by the deployment of the supporting project management
structure (Larson & Gray, 2013). The first level is the governance level followed by the
Director
President
PMO Manager
Risk Manager
Quality Head Manger
Facility Manager, Coordinator, Administrator, Developer
Resource admin, Budgeter, Accountant
IT team, Analysts, and Reporter

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managerial level in which the PMO Manager, Risk Manager, and Quality Head Manger are
present. They are in charge of the operations of the project and the formation of the alignment of
the activities of the next level. The lower level consists of all the project members that have to do
the activities as provided or instructed by the managerial level. The lower level consists of
Facility Manager, Coordinator, Administrator, Developer, Resource admin, Budgeter,
Accountant, IT team, Analysts, and Reporter.

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References
Dss.state.la.us. (2017). Inside DCFS | Department of Children & Family Services | State of
Louisiana. Retrieved 19 November 2017, from http://www.dss.state.la.us/index.cfm?
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Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. (2013). Project Management: The Managerial Process with MS
Project. McGraw-Hill.