- Title
- Establishing the benefits of implementing an I.T. project management office in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area
- Creator
- Martin, Michael Ronald Charles
- Subject
- Project management -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Computer network resources
- Subject
- Information technology -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Management
- Date Issued
- 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MTech
- Identifier
- vital:9266
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/558
- Identifier
- Project management -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Computer network resources
- Identifier
- Information technology -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Management
- Description
- The well-known concept of a Project Manager managing an I.T. project in relative isolation is no longer a viable option for organisations that are running numerous projects simultaneously. Due to the enormous costs and risks involved in many of these projects, there needs to be a means to ensure success. This has led to the establishment of the concept of a Project Management Office (PMO). An autonomous business unit that is responsible for managing all projects within an organisation. The need for a Project Management Office (PMO) to effectively manage multiple projects is becoming more and more accepted worldwide. The benefits of a PMO are well documented, but whether these benefits will apply to organisations within the NMM area needed to be investigated. A detailed analysis of the benefits of Project Management and in particular a PMO, have been investigated by means of a literature study. An investigation into the effectiveness of PMO’s in South Africa in general, was conducted by means of a survey targeted at a group of I.T. Project Managers located in all the major centres. A further survey was conducted among local I.T. managers to determine their current level of success and their expectations for the future. When reviewing the expectations of local I.T. management against the performance of Project Managers that are currently operating within PMOs, it is clear that organisations within the NMM area are in need of PMO’s and would certainly benefit from their establishment.
- Format
- 97 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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