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The importance of a PMO (Project Management Office)

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p style&equals;"text-align&colon;left&semi;">&NewLine;<p> If your organization is into offering project management services then sooner or later you would need to setup a PMO &lpar;project management office&rpar; within your business&period; A PMO is a department&comma; division or a group within an organization that defines&comma; executes and maintains the standard process and procedures that are related to project management&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Project Management is getting popular among many small businesses&period; In simple terms it is the planning&comma; organizing and controlling of resources and manpower to achieve a desired outcome or a specific goal&period; Anything that involves a defined beginning and an end and is usually time and money constrained is called a project&comma; and to ensure the smooth delivery of this project you need to follow basic project management principles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">A PMO is more like an umbrella entity within any organization that overlooks such project management activities&period; This division strives to standardize and introduce economies of repetition in the execution of projects&period; The PMO is the source of documentation&comma; guidance and metrics on the practice of project management&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">With increased globalization&comma; industry certification programs&comma; such as ISO 9000 and the&nbsp&semi;Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award&comma; as well as government regulatory requirements&comma; have propelled organizations to standardize many processes&period; Businesses of all sizes and shapes are&nbsp&semi;defining&comma; borrowing and collecting best practices in process and project management and using it within their PMO office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">However&comma; there are many small and medium sized businesses that tend to overlook the importance of project management office due to resource constraints often common within organizations&period; Many businesses tend to find a qualified project manager and&sol;or software and then hope the pieces&nbsp&semi;all fall into place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">A well organized PMO office is very necessary within any form of Project Management&nbsp&semi;practice&period;&nbsp&semi; It is important to streamline PMO functions first by standardizing Project Management tools and techniques&period; This will help in avoiding overall project risks and failures&period; Eventually&comma; how a project management office &lpar;PMO&rpar; is designed and staffed for maximum effectiveness depends on a variety of organizational factors&comma; including targeted goals&comma; traditional strengths and cultural imperatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;business &num;projectmanagementoffice &num;ISO9000 &num;projectmanagementtool &num;Software &num;malcolmbaldrigenationalquality &num;project &num;projectmanagementprinciples &num;PMO &num;MalcolmBaldrigeNationalQualityAward &num;technology &num;cost &num;projectmanagement &num;manager &num;management &num;resources &num;smallbusiness &num;delivery<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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