What Is A PMO - Portfolio / Project / Program Management Office?
September 27, 2008 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Project Management Definitions, Project Management Office
What Is A PMO - Portfolio / Project / Program Management Office?
By Michael Wood
A PMO can be short for any of the following:
- Project Management Office
- Program Management Office
- Portfolio Management Office
A PMO is:
- An organization that monitors the basket of pending and approved projects.
- An organization that enforces compliance to established standards.
- An organization that provides resources such as:
- Standard Forms
- Templates
- Project Plans
- Project Progress Expediting Support
Michael Wood is the Subject Matter Expert on IT Strategy and Business Process Improvement for www.gantthead.com. His “Helix Factor” book series presents a comprehensive Business Process Improvement methodology that has been used successfully since the early 1980s to help organizations achieve breakthrough results. Michael is a CPA and has served as an adjunct professor for Pepperdine and Cal Lutheran universities in Southern California. In addition he has led workshops on Business Process Improvement, Strategic Planning and System Design on a national and international basis.
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Actually, now i’m working in PMO department (programme management)..but the problem is..my discipline of studies is about the project management that related with the construction and deal with the authorities to do some project..about development etc..but now i don’t know what is thye programme managemnet since i’m new here with this such PMO things…can u make it clear the different of this 2 things to me..?