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The Project Management Office (PMO) is typically an office inside an organization that establishes and maintains project management standards. The Project Management Office offers direction, oversight, and establishes standards for project implementation. If your business is small, you may be able to run it successfully without a (PMO). However, if your organization is managing manyRead more

There are many good reasons to establish a PMO, particularly within mid to large sized organizations with rising project volume and complexity. It is critically important that an organization properly tracks all the processes, changes, conflicts, risks and decisions associated with these projects. Because senior management and department heads are usually occupied with other criticalRead more

Organizations are increasingly looking to Project Management Offices or PMOs for greater consistency, efficiencies and better management of costs. According to the Project Management Institute, nearly seven out of 10 organizations have a PMO. A PMO has increased project successes and decreased delays and overspending. A good PMO can ensure every component of the organization’sRead more

Project Management Offices (PMOs) provide substantial cost savings and other benefits when they align with the delivery of the organization’s strategic plan. Does your organization have a PMO and does it deliver value? How do you measure that value? It should be readily evident that an organization will have a hard time succeeding if itsRead more

Understanding the Type of PMO That Needs to Be Established PMOs can be established to serve a specific purpose.  According to the Program Management Office Handbook, prepared by the PMO Special Interest Group (PMOSIG) of the Project Management Institute (PMI), there are five types of Programs: Strategic Programs – focus on work to align with the organization’s strategic goalsRead more