More than 2500 executives and top managers of Europe’s largest national economies are about to evaluate the topic of PMO (Project Management Offices) in an international online survey. In collaboration with the Erlangen-Nuremberg University , GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement, member of the IPMA and the software solution provider Planview, the IT consulting provider maxence is about to finish the second phase of the exclusive PMO Maturity Study 2010 about the as-is state of efficiency and added value of PMOs. In the first phase of the “PMO Maturity Study 2010 – Business Value of PMO“ having taken place in November 2009, expert interviews had been conducted in order to take stock of the institutionalization of project management and its added value in the German speaking countries from a practice point of view. Based on these well-founded findings, the current online survey’s questions were rendered more precise and extended according to specific topics.