Abstract:
Project Management Offices (PMO) Features by design, are vigorous framework in
true spirit, most often in switching from one context and edifice to another. The project
management office features are adopted more by recent technologies such as information
technology rather than older matured established industries. There is, a need to understand
reasons for the same for its wider application. The objective of this study is to examine the
relationship between PMO features and project outcome, while understanding the
moderating influence of project environment on the relationship between PMO features and
project outcome. A quantitative research implying cross-sectional study of Pakistani public
universities through correlation & regression analysis to test research hypotheses based
upon 177 responses received from the respondents. The findings reveal the dynamic
nature of project management office features which require periodic review and update in
the prevailing environment for the project management office outcome in higher education
institutes.
