Pocket PMOKnow when your projects are likely to finish.See which ones need you.
Turn uncertain estimates into delivery forecasts you can defend, track project health, and see where to focus across your portfolio.
Your assumptions and real project mathematics,
leading to a clearer conversation about what comes next.
A date you can put confidence behind.
MONTE CARLOcompletion confidence
within 55 days
Drag the marker, or focus it and use the arrow keys, to test a finish date.
One project.
A clearer picture at every step.
From the first rough estimate to the Monday morning portfolio review: the methods connect and the picture gets sharper.
Estimate realistically.
Start with what you know. Make uncertainty visible.
Size the effort with ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude), then give each task a best, likely and worst case. Your assumptions become part of the plan instead of a footnote. As you work through the estimate you can see what is known, what still needs checking, and which assumptions could make the biggest difference. That gives you a more useful starting point for conversations with your team and stakeholders. You don’t need every answer upfront; you need to be clear about what you know, where the uncertainty sits, and how it might affect the work.
Give uncertainty a place in the plan.
ROM / PERTForecast with confidence.
A finish date is more useful when you know how likely it is.
See the chain of work that drives completion and explore thousands of possible outcomes. That shows the difference between an optimistic date and a commitment you can defend. You can also see which tasks and dependencies have the biggest effect on the forecast, and how a change to your assumptions would shift the finish date. Instead of sharing a date without context, you can explain what it is based on, and when the plan changes you can update the forecast and see what that means for delivery.
A date you can put confidence behind.
MONTE CARLOcompletion confidence
within 55 days
Drag the marker, or focus it and use the arrow keys, to test a finish date.
Stay in control.
Connect cost and schedule performance to your weekly report, then see how your project fits into the wider portfolio. Spend less time pulling updates together and more time understanding what they’re telling you. You can see what changed, where progress is slipping, and which areas may need attention. Seeing one project alongside the rest of the portfolio gives your next conversation or decision more context, and it keeps people informed and issues raised sooner.
The signal. Not the status theatre.
PROJECT OVERSIGHT| Project | Health | CPI | SPI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website launchYour forecast, in context | Attention | 0.94 | 0.89 |
| Customer portal | On track | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| Brand rollout | On track | 1.00 | 1.02 |
Illustrative execution data, not calculated from the sample estimates.
Give uncertainty a place in the plan.
ROM / PERTThe same project. From assumptions to attention.
You promised a date. What are the odds?
Start with a sample plan, or enter a few tasks. Save into the app to see the same schedule sentence: chance, defendable date, deciding tasks.
80% confidence · 5 sequential tasks · 10,000 checked sample outcomes
No signup. Calculations run in your browser.
Make the promised date the product
You promised a date. The chance of hitting it is a percentage. The date you can defend is later, or it isn’t, and a few tasks decide which. Pocket PMO says that sentence in one sitting, ranks the portfolio on thin data, and puts it at the top of the weekly file you can already download.
Your Gantt charts are lying to you
You’re running more than one project. The plan lives in one tool, actuals in another, status in a slide someone rebuilt this morning. Nothing agrees, and nobody can say which version is true.
Traditional software tracks what already happened: tasks done, hours logged. It can’t tell you what happens next, or which project slips first.
Pocket PMO answers the only questions that matter: When is it likely to finish? What will it really cost? Which project should you worry about first?
Two audiences, one computed truth
Running two or more projects
Say the sentence out loud
You promised a date. Pocket PMO answers with the chance of hitting it, the date you can defend, and the tasks that decide it. Every number comes from your own ranges, not a status colour.
Running a PMO
Which project needs you first
The portfolio ranks thin forecasts: promised date, chance, defendable date. The corridor question gets one answer across the book of work. Single-tenant today, with no pretend multi-user accounts.
From guesswork to grounded, in three moves
Step 1
Promise a date
Create a project with a due date and a handful of tasks. Point estimates get a visible best / likely / worst band so the forecast can run in one sitting.
Step 2
Read the sentence
See the chance of hitting the promised date, the defendable P80 date, and the deciding tasks. Assumptions about ranges and dependencies sit next to the numbers.
Step 3
Forward the weekly file
Download the markdown or PDF with the sentence, what moved, and decisions owed. Update tasks and the next report says how the defendable date moved.
Run it per project. Read it across all of them.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pocket PMO?
Pocket PMO takes the due date you promised and turns it into a sentence you can defend: the chance of hitting it, the date you can stand behind, and the few tasks that decide it. Monte Carlo runs in your browser, and the weekly file is what you forward.
Why not just keep using spreadsheets and a task manager?
Spreadsheets and task tools track what already happened. Pocket PMO computes what happens next: the chance of hitting the promised date, a P80 finish you can defend, and the tasks that move that date when remaining work changes.
I run six projects. Do I have to open six dashboards?
No. The portfolio ranks projects by their chance of hitting the promised date, worked out from thin data like a name, a due date and rough ranges. The one that needs you first is at the top.
Can I bring tasks from a spreadsheet or another tool?
Yes. Start with a short task list or a task CSV (Task, Likely, optional Best/Worst/DependsOn). Point estimates get a visible default range. When you are ready, keep the plan current from your task tool; the forecast and the weekly file stay the product.
Do I need to be a certified project manager?
No. Ranges, the critical path and Monte Carlo come built in, with the math hidden. The techniques certified PMs charge for are already there. You bring the promise; Pocket PMO brings the sentence.
Does it replace the tool my team already uses?
No. Pocket PMO is a forecasting layer. It does not replace your task manager; it tells you when the promised date is in trouble.
How much does Pocket PMO cost?
Pocket PMO is fully free while in BETA release. When paid tiers ship, the reason to pay is that the forecast stays current and the weekly file keeps its history, not backup alone. See the pricing page for details.
Ready to trade anxiety for accuracy?
Your portfolio already has an answer. Go read it.