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At&T Project Management Center of Excellence Communications Leader Promotes Project Management Leadership
OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY
ANTIPOLO CAMPUS

A BUSINESS
CASE STUDY

AT&T PROJECT
MANAGEMENT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Communications Leader Promotes Project Management Leadership

Submitted to:
Dr, Marmelo V. Abante - CCS Dept. Head / Project Management Professor -

Submitted by:
Brioso, John Oliver P.
- Student -

AT&T PROJECT
MANAGEMENT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Communications Leader Promotes Project Management Leadership

INTRODUCTION
As a world leader in communication technology, AT&T connects people from all around the globe. Just as consumers and businesses rely on AT&T services to stay connected, AT&T relies on internal resources, in particular project and program managers, to remain a best in-class service provider.

BACKGROUND
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - News) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services? In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment.
As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list.
In an effort to institute common standards, foster a project management culture and improve individual and organizational competencies, AT&T established a Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCOE). The PMCOE targeted over 10,000 project managers, program managers and their supervisors, as well as holders of the

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