PRESENTATION OUTLINES

The philosophy of Project

Management
Reasons For project Failure
OPM3 Definition
Implementation Process
Benefits
Source

OPM3
Purpose :

It is designed to help users

understand organizational project management
and its value in the execution of organizational
strategy and organizational project maturity,
though strategic planning is beyond the purpose
outlined for OPM3 .

Scope : The scope of

OPM3 is global .

Traditional Organizational Maturity

Model
Traditional Organizational Maturity consists of:
Level
Level
Level
Level
Level

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

Initial
Repeatable
Defined
Managed
Optimized

Various models use different terms to identify levels

but all of them essentially mirror CMM and PMBOK
methodologies.
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Maturity Level 1: Initial Generic

Features:
Fire Fighting is the way
of Life
Success depends upon
individual heroics
Few stable processes
exist or used
The introduction of new
technology is risky
Data collection and
analysis are ad-hoc

Steps to go to next level:

An organization must focus
on the fundamentals
Establish basic project
management concepts,
training and simple processes

Maturity Level 2: Repeatable Generic

Features:
Success depends on
management system
support
Documented processes at
project level
Technology supports
established stable
practices
Planning and management
data is used by individual
projects
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Steps to go to next level:

Formalize and document the
PM processes
Customize training according
to the roles
Work toward integrated
management processes

Maturity Level 3: Defined Generic

Features:
Project groups work
together
Training is planned and
provided according to the
roles
Integrated management
and engineering processes
are used across the
organization
New technologies are
evaluated on a qualitative
basis

Data is systematically
shared across projects

Steps to go to next level:

Establish standardized data
definition and collection
processes across the
organization
Encourage team work within
and across the projects
Collect project planning and
management data across the
organization

Maturity Level 4: Managed - Generic

Features:
A strong sense of
teamwork exists within
each project
Processes are
quantitatively understood
and stabilized
New technologies are
evaluated on the
quantitative basis
Data definition and
collection are standardized
across the organization
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Steps to go to next level:

Establish process
improvement teams
Perform trend analysis on
data gathered

Maturity Level 5: Optimized Generic

Features:
A strong sense of
teamwork exists across
the organization

Processes are
continuously and
systematically improved
New technologies are
proactively pursued and
deployed
Data is used to evaluate
and select process
improvements
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Benefits of Maturity Models

Provide a roadmap for strategic improvement
Allow to look into the organizations strength and
weakness
Assess organizations project management against
agreed criteria
Set realistic targets for improvement
Measure progress towards enhanced capability
Identify the links between needs and real education
requirements

Think of the maturity model as a corporate stethoscope

that can assess and diagnose organizations health
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Conclusion
Organizations can benefit from the
Organizational Project Management
Maturity
Maturity Models offer proven
roadmaps to project management
success
Organizations with higher levels of
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maturity deliver portfolios with more