Does my organization need a Project Management Office (PMO)?

A PMO defines project processes and standards for your organization and can provide oversight, training, resources, and assessment across your portfolio of projects.

PMOs are especially useful if your organization regularly manages several projects at a time, wants to create efficiencies across projects, or needs to ensure that projects follow similar processes or meet specific requirements.

Many mission-driven organizations are finding some form of a PMO, from developing and implementing project workflows to coaching and training project managers to providing strategic oversight of projects, which can help their organization lead more impactful projects.

Key benefits of a PMO include:

• Consistency: PMOs establish consistent processes and templates, ensuring all projects follow a similar approach.

• Efficiency: PMOs save the time of project managers by streamlining project management practices, allowing teams to spend more time working IN the project instead of ON the project.

• Training and Support: PMOs provide project managers and teams with training on project management skills and best practices and coaching through challenges.

• Strategic Alignment: PMOs help ensure that projects align with the organization's overall strategic goals.

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