How a project management office can help the Icelandic gaming industry achieve its goals
type: CreativeWork
description: The gaming industry is a young promising industry in Iceland. In 2009, the gaming companies joined forces to support development of the industry in an organization, called Icelandic Gaming Industry (IGI). Since 2011, IGI has had a strategic plan in place that laid out direction for the organization. Despite the enthusiastic environment that characterizes the industry, implementing that strategic plan has been slow because of lack of dedicated project leadership. This spurred the interest of this research, where we asked the question “How can a Project Management Office (PMO) help IGI achieve it strategic goals?” Our position is that the PMO is a functional entity that does not only provide large corporations with the means to monitor large project portfolios and develop standards for them, but also takes on the role of project management to resolve some of the problems facing IGI.
abstract: The gaming industry is a young promising industry in Iceland. In 2009, the gaming companies joined forces to support development of the industry in an organization, called Icelandic Gaming Industry (IGI). Since 2011, IGI has had a strategic plan in place that laid out direction for the organization. Despite the enthusiastic environment that characterizes the industry, implementing that strategic plan has been slow because of lack of dedicated project leadership. This spurred the interest of this research, where we asked the question “How can a Project Management Office (PMO) help IGI achieve it strategic goals?” Our position is that the PMO is a functional entity that does not only provide large corporations with the means to monitor large project portfolios and develop standards for them, but also takes on the role of project management to resolve some of the problems facing IGI.
author: Aðalsteinn Haukur Sverrisson 1973-
author: Elmar Bergþórsson 1979-
language: en
keywords: Verkefnastjórnun, Stefnumótun, Eigindlegar rannsóknir, Tækni- og verkfræðideild, Meistaraprófsritgerðir, MPM, Project management, Strategic planning, Qualitative research methods, School of Science and Engineering, Master of project management
date published: 2013-08-29
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:40:29Z
provider: Reykjavík University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Reykjavík University

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/16320