The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right
by Tom Kendrick
Justify
A competent and well-staffed project office (also called a program management office, a project management center of excellence, a project support team, and many similar names) brings many benefits, such as:
Use of high-end software tools for project management while avoiding excess investment in training and tool deployment through centralization
Improved cross-project resource planning and management
Better support for distributed and global projects
Avoidance of the “too many projects” problem through coherent portfolio management
Functions performed by staff members of a project office include:
Facilitating project start-up workshops
Support for project plan development and communications planning
Consistent and efficient creation of ...
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