The Role of Socio-Cultural and Technological Factors in Adopting the Project Management Office (PMO)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Alghadeer ◽  
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Sherif Mohamed ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Technological Factors

scholarly journals The integrative role of the project management office in the front end of innovation

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlos Artto ◽  
Iiro Kulvik ◽  
Jarno Poskela ◽  
Virpi Turkulainen
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Front End

scholarly journals The Role of the Project Management Office (PMO) in Stimulating Innovation in Projects Initiated by Owner and Operator Organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-451
Author(s):  
Natalya Sergeeva ◽  
Sultan Ali
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Innovative Capabilities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transport For London ◽  
And Control

This article explores the extent to which innovations are driven by the project management office (PMO), an internal unit within owner and operator organizations that is responsible for overall project assurance and control. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with organizational members of Transport for London (TfL), a public transport owner and operator organization and a key stakeholder in the UK infrastructure sector. This was combined with the analysis of four project assurance reviews initiated and delivered by TfL. The findings demonstrate that the PMO provides opportunities for building and enhancing innovative capabilities of the owner and operator organization.

scholarly journals Role of the Project Management Office in University Research Centres

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 12284
Author(s):  
Gabriela Fernandes ◽  
Hugo Sousa ◽  
Anabela Tereso ◽  
David O’Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
University Research ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Research Centres

University Research Centres (URCs) have become a primary organisational structure in universities for bringing together a critical mass of multidisciplinary research interests that can compete for large, funded research projects and create breakthrough research results. Some of the more successful URCs are now developing specialised project management offices (PMOs) that can coordinate key activities, from proposal development to project execution, and ensure that research results are disseminated. A key challenge for URCs is to define what roles, functions, and competencies such a PMO should have. This research identifies a number of key attributes of PMOs that meet the unique challenges of URCs. This paper presents an initial conceptualisation of roles and functions developed from a literature review and that are later tested via a detailed survey among 370 URC participants involved in collaborative R&D projects worldwide. The study suggests that there are three PMO maturity stages: ‘basic’, ‘intermediate’, and ‘advanced’. The resulting conceptualisation highlights six functions for a ‘basic’ PMO stage, an additional ten functions for an ‘intermediate’ PMO stage, and a further ten functions for ‘advanced’ PMO. The research presented provides guidance and decision support to URCs when selecting the role that a PMO should play for achieving tangible and intangible project benefits. Although the study suggests a lengthy list of functions, none of these should be considered in isolation. Most of the functions interact with each other and affect the PMOs’ impact within the URC in various ways. The paper contributes to the transformative and evolutionary nature of PMOs, and illustrates that universities are receptive and even demanding of the need to create an effective PMO to improve the operation of major R&D projects and programs and create greater societal impact by URCs.

scholarly journals Determining the Role of Project Management Office in the Success of Project-Based Organizations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarmad Kiani ◽  
Vahidreza Yousefi ◽  
Shahram Nouri ◽  
Amir Mohammad Khadivid ◽  
Ehsan Mehrabanfar
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Management Office

“DON VALLEY” WINE-MAKING CLUSTER AS AN ENOGASTROTOURISM DEVELOPMENT SITE: SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPONENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.V. Pokazannik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Wine Making ◽  
Rostov Region ◽  
Regional Cluster ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Development Site ◽  
Cultural Component

“Don Valley” is more than a historic or geographic location, - it is an official name of a wine-making area, proposed by Rostov Region administration for consolidation of local wine-makers under the single mega-brand. Specialized regional cluster “Don Valley” is “an association of leading scientific, educational, industrial, engineering and innovative organizations and enterprises of the Rostov region, operating in the following areas: wine-making, manufacturing of components for wineries, scientific-research and educational programmes, development of retail infrastructure, promotion of wine-tasting and gastronomic tourism, and viniculture”3. The creators of the cluster official web-site declare “Made on the Don” brand communication as their primary goal, along with promotion of wine in the region. The article reviews the specifics of Don region from a standpoint of its attractiveness as a tourist destination. The mandatory components are named that together with the enogastronomic sphere can contribute to the growth of demand for tourist routes of various content and duration. The key role of cultural and historic component in successful promotion of the Don winemaking in the tourism market is emphasized. It is noted that enogastrotourism can be developed successfully in Don region through socio-cultural project management based on the thorough analysis of specifics of the region as a whole and its individual components affecting the marketing and advertising solutions.

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