Project Management Office (PMO):

PMO is an organizational unit to centralize and coordinate the management of projects under its domain. The responsibilities of PMO can range from providing project management support functions to actually being responsible for the direct management of project.

PMO is an organizational structure not a person. PMO assign different projects for project manager and is responsible for result of those projects. PMO manages major program scope changes which may be seen as potential opportunities to better achieve business objectives.

Role of a Project Manager:

Project manager is the assigned person to achieve the project objectives. The role of a project manager is different from the functional manager or operation manager. Depending on the organization structure, a project manager may report to a functional manager.

Effective project manager characteristics are:

•      Knowledge - Project management knowledge.
•   Performance - Ability to accomplish while applying their project management     knowledge.
•     Personal – How the project manager behaves when performing the project or related activities. Ability to guide the project team while achieving project objectives.

Enterprise Environmental Factors:

Enterprise environmental factors refer to both internal and external environmental factors that surround or influence a project’s success.

Following are the few factors:

• Organizational culture, structure and processes.
• Government or industry standards.
• Infrastructure
• Existing human resources
• Personnel administration.
• Company work authorization systems
• Market place conditions
• Political climate
• Project management information systems etc.