The Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized management structure for a group of projects in an organization, aimed at ensuring standardization,

reducing duplication and leveraging resources such as people, technology, and communication. The major role of the PMO is to define and maintain process standards by providing a framework to establish standard performance measures based on organizational goals and objectives, and providing tools and procedures to achieve this. This translates into three key areas:
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Establishing Project Methodologies Project Tracking, and Project Support

The Project Office

It is common to put in place a small project office team to deal with the administrative tasks of the project, freeing up the project leadership and project resources to get on with their jobs. A project office team might comprise roles such as:

        

Project manager Project planner Progress tracker Financial controller Process administrator (change control, risks, issues, configuration, documentation management), Quality controller Communications manager Organizational change manager Administrative support.