A public project management office's contribution to result managing system

Project Management (PM) and Managing for Results (MFR) are issues that have been gaining ground among government institutions. Management of programs and projects is one of the recommendations from the open model results for Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Latin American Centre for Development Administration (Clad). The interaction between these issues incited the research work, which had the purpose of understanding the synergy between the PM methodology from the Project Management Institute and the open model previously mentioned. In which manner do the techniques, processes and tools of project management contribute to the Managing for Results? Relations were surveyed from three Project Management Offices (PMO) of state governments. Based on the hypothetical-deductive method, questionnaires, interviews and materials collected on the spot were applied. The PMO's, despite sharing the same functions, have different specificities. Research results suggest that the PM impacts the process of planning and implementation of public policies, working mainly on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government management practices.