A "how-to" guide to establishing the Project Office as a methodology for managing multiple development initiatives within your organization. It presents the PO (Project Office) as a model for use in a wide variety of organizations, especially in research and development environments. As more and more forward-looking firms adopt the project form as their preferred way to organize development work, the need for you to co-ordinate the use of scarce resources and align initiatives becomes quite evident. This volume discusses the essential techniques, templates and tools used by successful managers and consultants to achieve maximum project control and performance of dedicated persons and groups.