IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jitpm0/v17y2026i1p1-20.html

Project Management Office as an Enabler of Innovation: A Narrative Literature Review

Author

Listed:
  • Alanawd Alshehri

    (University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

This study illuminates innovation and its importance in determining economic and social growth. However, obstacles and challenges hinder the successful implementation of innovation. This study aims to revolutionize the role of the project management office (PMO) as a critical enabler for promoting and managing the innovation process and deepen our knowledge of a specific concept, focusing on depth rather than breadth. By adopting the narrative literature review, the initial search identified 655 articles; however, the final dataset included 59 articles analyzed to investigate the association between PMO and innovation. The findings reveal the capabilities required for successful innovation projects, which can be classified as dynamic innovation and project capabilities. The study findings have practical implications for organizations choosing and aligning the right PMO design with their organizational, strategic, and innovation objectives.

Suggested Citation

  • Alanawd Alshehri, 2026. "Project Management Office as an Enabler of Innovation: A Narrative Literature Review," International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), IGI Global Scientific Publishing, vol. 17(1), pages 1-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jitpm0:v:17:y:2026:i:1:p:1-20
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJITPM.401502
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jitpm0:v:17:y:2026:i:1:p:1-20. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.