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| | PMOs: Projects in Harmony |
 | | At the other end of the spectrum are mature PMOs where traditional project issues (resource management, project prioritization, planning and tracking, project risk management, and the like) are coordinated to generate better economies of scale along with vendor, training, procurement, outsourcing, and risk management at the corporate level. |
 | | The PMO is more a label applied to the group of PMs that are available to the myriad of initiatives tasked to the IT organization. |
 | | Since the PMO is all about management, the transition to Level 2 is a strategic inflection point since it indicates stability. |
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