{"id":2224,"date":"2018-02-27T13:34:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/?page_id=2224"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:58:17","slug":"project-management-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/project-management-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Management Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mission Statement<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/program-management-office\" target=\"_blank\">Program Management Office<\/a><\/strong> (PMO) is charged with applying repeatable, consistent and proven project and portfolio management frameworks to ensure due diligence in project planning, selection and execution in order to help Montclair State University achieve its mission and strategic objectives. In other words, <strong>doing the right things<\/strong> (efforts and investments that promote the University\u2019s objectives) <strong>in the<\/strong> <strong>right way<\/strong> (thorough planning and excellence in execution).<\/p>\n<p>The focus is threefold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Managing the portfolio such that the investments we make in time, effort and money are aligned and prioritized with organizational goals.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Effectively planning projects such that the outcomes, resource requirements technology changes, risks and budgetary requirements are clear and improve project success rates.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Delivering projects with the desired outcomes, within the planned budget and on time as planned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information please visit the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/program-management-office\" target=\"_blank\">Program Management Office<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<h2>Staff<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<p>Sharif Akkara<br \/>\nSenior Director, PMO Operations<br \/>\nphone: <a href=\"tel:973-655-3203\">973-655-3203<\/a><br \/>\nemail: <a href=\"mailto:akkaras@montclair.edu\">akkaras@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<p>Delavar Basha<br \/>\nDirector, PMO Operations<br \/>\nphone: <a href=\"tel:973-655-7763\">973-655-7763<\/a><br \/>\nemail: <a href=\"mailto:bashad@montclair.edu\">bashad@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement The Program Management Office (PMO) is charged with applying repeatable, consistent and proven project and portfolio management frameworks to ensure due diligence in project planning, selection and execution in order to help Montclair State University achieve its mission and strategic objectives. In other words, doing the right things (efforts and investments that promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3935,"parent":0,"menu_order":173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2224","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26206,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224\/revisions\/26206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/information-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}