CHAPTER 8Building the SAP Project Management Office

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Project Management Office Considerations

• Project Management Office Fundamentals

• Role of the PMO Within the Organization

• Staffing the PMO

• SAP PMO Systems and Tools

• Summary

• Case Study: Structuring the PMO

This chapter discusses the project management office (PMO), a centralized business entity that coordinates the overall management of projects contained within its span of control. Sometimes referred to as a project office, program office, or program management office, the PMO is typically responsible for project and program oversight of large-scale or high-profile megaprojects. Like most commonsense ideas, establishing a PMO makes a lot of sense in theory but ...

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