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Laura Lane Senior Project Manager, IT| Rapid7 Needham, Ma, United States
Anyone have any ideas for other names of a PMO? We are trying to communicate the value of project OUTCOMES rather than projects themselves. Our leadership also feels the term 'office' is stiff and not really reflecting what our group is doing. This 'PMO' will have a variety of different roles including project managers, scrum masters, operational/process efficiency roles, and research/end user enablement roles. So far, 'Outcomes Management Office' has been suggested but I want to come up with some alternatives.
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Maya Kalach Head of PMO, IT| Middle East Airlines Beirut, Lebanon
Project Center of Excellence (PCOE)...
or Transformation Management Office (TMO), provided that the office is in effect engaged in impactful and complete transformation of vision, process, tools, roles and interactions (fully directive PMOs)
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George Freeman Thought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
Strategy Realization Office (SRO)

- This name was given as part of a presentation made by Phil Weinzimer during a PMI Chicagoland dinner last week.
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SHADAV MOHAMMAD ANSARI PMO| ITC INFOTECH INDIA PVT. Ltd. New Delhi, Delhi, India
Hi,
The primary goal of a PMO is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management processes, policies and methods. For the office to be most effective, it should embody the organization's culture and strategy.

Project Management Consultancy Department or Project Management Community of Practice can be good option..
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Sep 18, 2019 1:38 AM
Maya Kalach
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2 interesting names
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Maya Kalach Head of PMO, IT| Middle East Airlines Beirut, Lebanon
Sep 18, 2019 12:59 AM
Replying to SHADAV MOHAMMAD ANSARI
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Hi,
The primary goal of a PMO is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management processes, policies and methods. For the office to be most effective, it should embody the organization's culture and strategy.

Project Management Consultancy Department or Project Management Community of Practice can be good option..
2 interesting names
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Tim PM Project Manager| NHS Yes, United Kingdom
As you have a variety of roles, how about branding it as a Service instead of an Office?
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Marcelo Silva Niterói, Rj, Brazil
Here in Brazil we call it EGP. I suggest APMO (All-Related Project Management Office).
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Daire Guiney Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Some Project Management Offices in the public sector were created in order to share resources and cut down on duplication within the workplace. One name instead of a Project Management Office could be Resource Sharing Department or Central Resource Allocation Department.
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Marcelo Silva Niterói, Rj, Brazil
I am sorry dear colleagues,

I can simpathyze with Laura but I am a supporter of "PMO Forever". Changing names will only cause confusion.

Marcelo
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Rami Orhun Cizmeli Senior Manager - Manufacturing PMO| Apollo Tyres Ltd. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Some organizations use the name "VCO (Value Creation Office)".
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