ABSTRACT

An organization that regularly defi nes projects and programs to perform relatively unique and comprehensive business processes can be perceived as a “project-oriented organization”. A project-oriented organization defi nes “managing by projects” as an organizational strategy. It has specifi c structures and cultures for managing projects, programs and project portfolios. Th ere are specifi c permanent organizational units of a project-oriented organization-namely, a project portfolio group, a PMO (Project Management Offi ce), and expert pools.