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CAPM · Question #107

An organization structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques is referred to as:

The correct answer is C. Project Management Office. This question tests knowledge of the definition and purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO) as described in the PMBOK Guide.

Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts

Question

An organization structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques is referred to as:

Options

  • AProject Management Information System
  • BProject Management System
  • CProject Management Office
  • DProject Management Knowledge Area

How the community answered

(57 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    88% (50)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

This question tests knowledge of the definition and purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO) as described in the PMBOK Guide.

AProject Management Information System

A Project Management Information System (PMIS) is a tool or set of tools used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes, not an organizational governance structure.

BProject Management System

A Project Management System refers to the aggregation of processes, tools, techniques, methodologies, resources, and procedures used to manage a project, not a formal organizational unit.

CProject Management OfficeCorrect

A Project Management Office (PMO) is an organizational structure that standardizes project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques across projects. PMOs vary in the degree of control and influence they have, ranging from supportive to controlling to directive roles within an organization.

DProject Management Knowledge Area

A Project Management Knowledge Area is a defined area of concentration within the PMBOK framework (such as Integration, Scope, or Schedule), not an organizational entity.

Concept tested: Project Management Office definition and purpose

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

Topics

#Project Management Office (PMO)#Organizational Structures#Project Governance#Resource Management

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