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Understanding the project management office (PMO), part one

Understanding the project management office (PMO), part one

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Understanding the project management office (PMO), part one

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- The key structure in the program is called the Project Management Office, universally called the PMO. Let's discuss the PMO. So the definition of the Project Management Office, PMO, is a structure that standardizes project related governance, processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques. As I said, the job of the Project Management Office is to make projects better. Now, let me talk a little bit of terminology here and a bit of a warning. The Project Management Institute refers to the PMO as the Project Management Office. The rest of the world almost universally calls it the Program Management office because they manage programs, right? So forget what your organization does and learn the PMI way, I've said that a few times, and here it is. This is the Project Management Office, okay? Now, the job, however, is the same. They didn't change the job, they just, well, they…

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