CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICES STRUCTURES

Project management is becoming an asset to a considerable amount of organizations in their everyday routine. When the importance of PM grows, the challenges that an organization has to face also raise, and the need of an effective answer becomes essential. The Project Management Office (PMO) is an entity which aims to facilitate project management, to solve its main challenges and to optimize its best practices within the organization. However, to decide which specific functions and in what context should an organization implement a PMO remains a major challenge for most organizations. Therefore, this paper suggests different PMOs typologies, designed to perceive PMOs like an evolutional structure. The PMOs are conceptualized as models through the roles they play, taking into account the level of integration within the organization.