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Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO (edX)

Offered by University of Washington, UWashingtonX,
Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO (edX)

Learn how a Project Management Office (PMO) works, discover techniques to monitor and control projects and find out how to keep your project portfolio healthy. What is a PMO, and how does it work? This course focuses on the Project Management Office (PMO) and the governance techniques used to monitor and control the delivery of projects and programs.

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You’ll learn all about Portfolio management and the different kinds of PMOs in use today. You’ll also explore various approaches for building, maintaining and closing a PMO, as well as monitoring techniques to ensure that projects are completed successfully.
This course is part of the IT Project Management Professional Certificate.

What you'll learn
By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Explain what a PMO is and why it exists
  • Describe how a PMO works within the broader organization
  • Identify and describe high-level strategies to set up, maintain, and wind down a PMO Understand the techniques to intake, prioritize, and select projects and programs so that they align with the organization's overall business strategy
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