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The Project Management Office As An Organisational Innovation
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University of Quebec at Montreal, Department of Management and Technology, PO Box 8888, Downtown Station, Montreal, Que, Canada H3C 3P8
Received 15 May 2008; accepted 20 May 2008
Abstract
The paper presents an investigation of the creation and the reconguration of project management oces (PMOs) as an organisa
tional innovation. The analysis of 11 organisational transformations centred on the implementation or reconguration of PMOs is pre
sented. The objective of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of PMOs and of the dynamic relationship between project
management and the organisational context. The aim is also to integrate the examination of PMOs as an organisational innovation into
the mainstream of research on the place of project management in organisations and more widely to the rethinking of project
management.
2008 Elsevier Ltd and IPMA. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Project management oce (PMO); Organisation; Innovation
1. Introduction
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Fig. 1. The PMO structuring process based on strauss & corbin [43].
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