The Power of Enterprise-Wide Project Management

5.2. The EPMO as a Business Objective

Before the enterprise’s management team can effectively prioritize, select, balance, initiate, and authorize portfolios, programs, or projects, business objectives must be defined. The job of the EPMO is to support the definition and successful accomplishment of these business objectives enterprise wide. This task is accomplished by applying project business management practices to the integration of tactical business planning and project management planning activities.

The purpose of incorporating management practices into the enterprise’s tactical planning processes is to focus those tactical processes on achieving project-based objectives. This tactical addition of the EPMO organization to the enterprise ...