Do you have a project management team or department? What is it called? E.g. Project Management Office, Strategy Execution Office, Project Support Team...
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Director, Information Services in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago
Thanks, Ben!
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Senior Executive Advisor in Software2 years ago
We have a project management office (PMO). As Ben mentioned, there are more exotic names floating around, but PMO is the essential name.2
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So too with project management, there’s only one name for it: Project Management.
Some organizations do try to create fancy names for their project management office. But at its core, it’s still: project management.