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Organizational Project Management (OPM) Basics

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Project Management Office (PMO) A project management office (PMO) is a group within an organization or outsourced by the organization to help projects by providing support and making sure the projects comply with best practices and standards. This service can also be contracted out to a PMO as a service company.

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What Is a PMO Director? Role, Responsibilities & Salary

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PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. There are different types of PMOs, all headed by a PMO director. What Is a PMO Director? The responsibilities of a PMO director are varied.

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PMO as a Service (PMaaS): Benefits, Disadvantages & Best Practices

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A project management office (PMO) as a service (PMOaaS) is a way for companies to execute their enterprise strategy. PMO as a service or project management as a service seeks to do many things from increasing project managers’ capacity to streamlining processes through automation. What Is PMO as a Service (PMOaaS)?

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Managing Multiple Projects: Statistics

Rebel’s Guide to PM

View the raw data Scroll down to interrogate the data set which is embedded at the end of this article. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Only 35% have access to a PMO library of standard templates. We did have a PMO, but it's been dissolved and I've been largely left on my own.

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How AI Enables Success for PMO and Strategic Portfolio Management Leaders Like You

In today’s rapidly evolving digital business landscape, Portfolio Management Offices (PMOs) and project & portfolio leaders face a multitude of complex challenges, including orchestrating enterprise change; prioritizing and executing on cross-functional investments; and the need for faster, data-driven decision-making.

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15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

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A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios. We’ve collected 15 free templates that are suitable for a PMO.

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Professional Services Industry Fundamentals

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PMO Professional Services: A project management office (PMO) can be embedded or independent, such as a PMO as a service (PMOaaS). They can do a lot, but they’re unable to capture the real-time data needed to manage multiple projects at the same time, track costs and collaborate. Who has time for that?