Abstract

Today’s project management offices (PMOs) in the construction sector need to be equipped with breakthrough capabilities necessary for making a difference in multi-project management. Although there is an upward trend in academic research on PMOs, a comprehensive framework of potential success variables is still lacking in the literature. This research aims to assess the extant literature from the perspective of the construction sector to provide a single consolidated overview of potential PMO success variables. A systematic search process was adopted to retrieve publications and narrow them down to eligible studies followed by a qualitative synthesis. A set of 32 success variables was synthesized and inductively categorized under four emerging themes of (1) establishing PM infrastructure, (2) promoting PM practices, (3) PMO structuring, and (4) organizational support. This set of variables refers to three kinds of functional, structural, and contextual variables characterizing potential features of successful construction PMOs. These variables were compared between the construction industry and other industries to reflect contextual contrasts and similarities. A research agenda was proposed to encourage empirical studies on examining success variables. This study contributes to an improved understanding of PMO success variables in the construction industry and directs future research towards the most important topics.

摘要

当今建筑行业的项目管理办公室 (PMO) 需要具备必要的突破性能力，以便在多项目管理中发挥作用。尽管关于 PMO 的学术研究有上升趋势，但文献中仍然缺乏潜在成功变量的综合框架。本研究旨在从建筑部门的角度评估现有文献，以提供潜在 PMO 成功变量的单一综合概述。采用系统搜索过程来检索出版物并将其缩小到符合条件的研究，然后进行定性综合。一组 32 个成功变量被综合并归纳归类在四个新兴主题下：(1) 建立 PM 基础设施，(2) 促进 PM 实践，(3) PMO 结构，(4) 组织支持。这组变量是指表征成功建设 PMO 的潜在特征的三种功能变量、结构变量和上下文变量。这些变量在建筑行业和其他行业之间进行了比较，以反映背景的对比和相似之处。提出了一项研究议程，以鼓励对成功变量进行实证研究。本研究有助于加深对建筑行业 PMO 成功变量的理解，并将未来的研究引向最重要的主题。这些变量在建筑行业和其他行业之间进行了比较，以反映背景的对比和相似之处。提出了一项研究议程，以鼓励对成功变量进行实证研究。本研究有助于加深对建筑行业 PMO 成功变量的理解，并将未来的研究引向最重要的主题。这些变量在建筑行业和其他行业之间进行了比较，以反映背景的对比和相似之处。提出了一项研究议程，以鼓励对成功变量进行实证研究。本研究有助于加深对建筑行业 PMO 成功变量的理解，并将未来的研究引向最重要的主题。