{"id":684,"date":"2020-03-12T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/project-management-community-of-practice\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:28:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/project-management-community\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About the community"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-basic  hero-basic color-light-gray\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--hero-basic\">\n        \n<div class=\"outer-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--page-title \"><h1>About the community<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--page-title -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--text \"><\/div><!-- f--field f--text -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--hero-basic -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text  rich-text\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\">\n        \n    <div class=\"f--field f--rich-text \"><p>In 2018, the Information Technology Leadership Council (ITLC), led by Senior Vice President and CIO Michele Norin, established a Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) sub-committee to advance the understanding, and promotion of, project and portfolio management best practices. The committee surveyed IT professionals throughout the university to gain a better understanding of the Rutgers IT project management landscape, and to begin to build a community of practice.<\/p>\n<p>The primary goal of the community is to provide an inclusive and collaborative environment for project management practitioners to share best practices, methodologies and expertise. 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