Project Management

What is a Project?

A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end.

What is a PMO (Project Management Office)?

At its heart, a Project Management Office (PMO) is about creating repeatable processes, action steps, and templates to ensure strong project initiation through successful project completion.

What style of PMO is AU IT building?

A center of excellence (COE) can be a team, shared resources or an entity that provides leadership, best practices, research, support and/or training for a focus area.

What are the Steps in the AU Project Life Cycle?

There are seven steps in the Project Life Cycle:

• Project Request

• Create Charter

• Approval

• Create Project Plan

• Initiation

• Execution

• Close

Why does the PMO Matter?

Projects that get attention and planning in the early stages are found to be 80% more successful with results that directly improve the work and impact of work for the organization.  The process is designed to build focused and successful projects that are tied to the University Mission and work with planning to support the entire system.

The heart of the PMO is to create repeatable, standardized processes and tools to help us get our work done effectively.