introduction to operation of the office: This department centralizes the management of projects.
1. provides the policies, methodologies and templates for managing projects within the organization
2. provides support and guidance to others in the organization on how to manage projects, trains others in project management or project management software (iProject), and assists with specific project management tools
3. provides project managers for different projects and is responsible for the results of those projects
[all projects, or projects of a certain size, type, or influence, are managed by this officeat the qualified standard]
i.e. Quality Assurance running by ITIL & ISO, etc...
            Plan -> "plan what to do"
                                         Do -> "executing according to the plan"
                                                                                                Check -> "QC if there is any variation between actions VS the plan"
                                                                                                           Act -> "corrective actions to get the result back to the right track"

parts of periodic PMO
- project selection
- project charter
- manage the interdependencies between projects
- provide resources
- monitor compliance with organizational processes
- help gather lessons learned and make them available to other projects
- provide templates (i.e. for work breakdown structures, etc)
- providestandardguidance
- provide centralized communication about the projects
- be part of the change control board