What is a EPMO?

Many models and definitions exist to define a EPMO. The following general characteristics are but a few that will help to define what a EPMO is and what it ultimately should achieve.

• A EPMO is a centralized organization dedicated to improving the practice and results of project management.
• Some EPMO initiatives are minimal, involving part-time staff.
• Other initiatives involve huge infrastructure, with rigid centralized planning, control and methodology.
• An organizational entity created to assist project managers in achieving project goals.
• A EPMO is a group of people with a mission to support project managers in the successful launch, implementation, and completion of projects.
• Provides an opportunity for project managers to develop professionally more quickly than most could ever hope, if they were working isolated from one another.