The program management office

Executives are under pressure to deliver better products and services at lower prices. At the same time, upper management is asking them to enhance operations using new technology to improve visibility into the sales pipeline, integrate systems and provide real-time reports. In response to these mounting pressures, performance improvement projects might be launched entailing new technologies, processes and organizational structures as well as acquisitions and liquidations of business units -- in other words, multiple complex projects that need to be managed simultaneously. As this white paper from Clarkston Consulting explains, it has become essential that these businesses have a control center for project activities and management through a program management office (PMO).

A program management office includes functions such as project management, portfolio management, developing and promoting projects and managing business objectives.

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