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Essay 7.1
Role of Project Management Office
October 31, 2015

Role of Project Management Office

The importance of the project management office is to help businesses improve the probability of success. PMO is like an umbrella entity within an organization that overlooks project management activities, offering secure executions of projects. The project management office is the source of documentation, guidance and metrics on the preparation of project management. It is important to streamline PMO functions first by standardizing Project Management tools and techniques. This will help in avoiding overall project risks and failures. Eventually, how a project management office (PMO) is designed and staffed for maximum effectiveness depends on a variety of organizational factors, including targeted goals, traditional strengths and cultural imperatives. It is also found that by using established project management approaches increased success as measured by a project's key performance indicators of quality, scope, schedule, budgets and benefits. The Project manager’s job is to focus on the specific project objectives, while the PMO manages major program scope changes which may be seen as potential opportunities to better achieve business objectives. The survey indicates that operating an established PMO is one of the top three reasons that drives successful project delivery.

The problems facing an organization, performing informal project management practices would hinder the handling of methodologies, standards, risk/opportunities and interdependencies among projects at the enterprise level. Coaching, mentoring, training and monitoring compliance with project management standards, policies and procedures most likely would be non-existent. The project manager depends on the PMO to manage major program scope changes which maybe potential