Beat the Market

You can use the marketplace as a test of your IT organization's efficiency and effectiveness. While you may not be world-class on every metric, it is useful to understand your benchmarks and decide where you want to excel, especially if that area of excellence is aligned with your business success. ...

... "If you hold yourself to the standards of the marketplace and can show and demonstrate time and again that you’re a better provider than the marketplace, that translates into shareholder value. " ...

Via CIO Insight: The IT Value Debate

PMO: Center of Project Excellence ?

Is a project management office a center of excellence?

Subject matter experts = project managers; Central repository for materials = project portfolio, schedules, business case forms, scope documents, etc.; Clearinghouse of standards = project methodology; Source of educational opportunities = project training, mentoring; Development and monitoring of metrics = project dashboard, roi and hurdle rates;

The answer is yes (I was hoping this was the case), using criteria discussed in reference post. ...

... "The fact is, Centers of Excellence are most often unique to the organization or business unit that creates them. However, here are some common elements ... " ...

Via Think For A Change: Centers of Innovation Excellence...