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15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

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A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios. We’ve collected 15 free templates that are suitable for a PMO.

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

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Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). PMOs can use project management software to review and decide on whether to accept, reject or defer the request. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts help you estimate costs and create budgets. That’s normal.

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Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It sounds simple – we all know we should do it, but it’s hard to know where to start for a new PMO. Estimating for success Maybe best of all, Moore talks about range-based estimates – a topic I’m very interested in. 13) This makes the case for range-based estimates, but the book is far more wide ranging than this.

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Strategic Project Management: Planning Strategic Projects

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Usually, companies have a project management office (PMO) that will oversee the portfolio or program to ensure it meets strategic goals. These are high-level positions for people who already are tasked with managing projects, programs and portfolios as well as the aforementioned PMO. Let’s take a moment to define these positions.

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How to Manage Your Project Pipeline With Software

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When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. By following these project pipeline management stages a PMO, program or portfolio manager can better deal with the complexities of juggling multiple tasks.

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. Estimate Resources Resources are the people, equipment and materials you need to complete the project. The following professionals will handle the actual creation of the project strategy.

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What Is an IT Budget? IT Budgeting Basics (Template Included)

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This will include an accurate estimate of decentralized IT spending and shadow IT spending, the former being the distribution of functions, control and information, while the latter is IT-related hardware and software use without the knowledge of the IT department. That spending can come from a range of sources.

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