Project Management Office Manager's Competencies in Telecommunication Industries: A Case Study in Indonesia

In the telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) sectors, Project Management Office (PMO) practices in Indonesia are seldom applied even though PMO has an essential role for companies as a productivity tool and to overcome existing changes in the business world. This study aimed to validate five PMO framework competencies and whether telecommunication sectors have applied these competencies. This study uses in-depth interviews and structured questionnaires to obtain robust validation data from expert PMO Managers. The data was obtained by interviewing five PMO expert respondents from PMOPI (Project Management Professional Indonesia). The raw data were analyzed using NVivo 12 by four certified expert coders. This study found that almost all PMO competencies were applied in the telecommunications industry, with significant results. This result was validated with an inter-rater percentage of 95.31%, indicating that the analyzed data had high accuracy. The business mainframe was the most utilized competency among the PMOs in the telecommunications industry, with 29.13% of findings. The occurrence percentages of each dimension with technical and professional specialists are as follows: 14.17%, effective intersocial competence is 12.60%, organizational stewardship is 9.45%, the business mainframe is 29.13%, and effective personal competence is 3.15%. This study provides the knowledge and skills required for successful performance to be demonstrated as a competent PMO manager.