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The Project Office Mission Statement
The Project Office Mission Statement is designed to document the assigned objectives, responsibilities and authority of your "project office" structure.
Instructions
- Enter the date, version and prepared by "name". Note: The "version" field can be used to mission statement maintenance. The version can be updated as the document is modified at later dates.
- Assign a project office name (title).
- Describe "project office" primary objectives (intended goals, purpose, results).
- Describe "project office" organizational structure, covering staffing, reporting relationships, location.
- Select the assigned "project office" responsibilities.
- Describe "project office" scope, covering the authority and reach of the project office according to project type, size, cost, risk and complexity.
- Document any additional project office parameters in the "Notes" field.
- For additional "project office" information, see the "Related Reading" section below.
Learn More about the Project Office
What is a Project Office?: The "project office" is not defined by walls and furniture. A functioning project office can be no more than policies and procedures, and the people needed to apply them, and make things happen. In fact, if you currently apply and follow standardized policies and procedures for project management, you have already established a "project office" to some degree.
Depending upon organizational needs and capabilities, a project office can provide limited services and oversight, or it can provide full scale project management services, with full project authority. It's all up to you, and it's important to remember that project governance is not just for large corporations. Regardless of the eventual form and function, the "project office" is both a concept and an entity with a clear primary goal - to establish a governing resource designed to support, coordinate and facilitate internal projects.
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