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Project Management Office

For Wikipedia article on A Project Management Office

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a group or department within a business, agency or enterprise that defines and maintains standards for project management within the organization.

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What are the first steps to take as a new PMO?

When starting a new PMO role in a small organization, what would be the 5 most important steps to take so that people understand the merit of having a PMO, in addition to bringing real and short term value to the organization, as well as in addition…
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Managing projects without a PMO

In a matrixed organization without a PMO, where projects tend to be coordinated by different resources (perhaps a Team Manager, perhaps a technical lead, perhaps the person who proposed a given project), where none of the project coordinators have…
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PMO is a department/area or a role?

Usually I read it about as a area or department, the Project Management Office. But, in my company, the newly created project management department is using the word to describe: The schedule of activities ("hey, send me the PMO so I can follow the…
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