Project Management Offices are governing bodies that provide oversight on projects within an organization, assisting project managers and the project team. The acronym ‘PMO’ most commonly refers to a project management office, but can also refer to program or portfolio management office, or even an individual as a project management officer.
The character and function of a PMO varies between organizations but commonly:
- Guide and support projects with best practices, methods, templates, training, and coaching
- Aid consistency, continuous improvement, knowledge transfer, and change management
- Control contingency reserve funds to mitigate risk
- Share project results across the organization
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Projects, lifecycle, management, manager, methodologies, the triangle, stakeholders, deliverable, team, charter, scope, budget, schedule, planning, baselining, milestones, dependencies, resources, risk, procurement, communication, ceremonies, integration, backlog, whiteboard, closure, software tools, office(r), code of ethics, body of knowledge
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