Fishes who are/ were staffed on engagements in PMO role: What do you do when you are supposed to be a Project Manager but there is no "project"?

I just started on new engagement. There may or may not be a "project" eventually, but there isn't one yet. All my client wants now is my help with managing day-to-day activities and tasks and has no interest in "brainstorming" on what this hypothetical project might entail.
Meanwhile, my Eng Partner is demanding to see a detailed project plan.

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Sounds like a massive disconnect. What does the SOW say the scope and deliverables are?

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Eh, I don't mind "staff aug" in the least.

Eng Partners is adamant about this not being staff aug, hence his demands for "value-add" PMO.

Tricky.

Can you look at the RFI/RFP to find any specific tasks? You could start planning out which ones to do first, which you could do at the same time. Also could start brainstorming how many resources are needed for each task/work stream and start coming up with resumes

Ahh, here's a little-known SOW loophole: addendums. An SOW is for a specific engagement, but an Addendum can be signed for anything, and it's competely generic.

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What do those day to day tasks lead to? Have you considered that those are probably part of a project too, and you’re managing them.

Tell your partner the exact situation, and ask him there is a larger context he can provide.

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