Organizational Project Management
Maturity Models

Table 1 is a current list of existing organizational project management maturity models. Why are these so called maturity models important? John Schlichter writes to the PMFORUM..

"The purpose of the Organizational Project Management Model is to enhance an organization's ability to implement organization strategy through successful, consistent, and predicable delivery of project. -no matter what the industry..."

Table 1

Model

URL

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge http://www.pmi.org/standards/pmbok.htm
AACE International’s Certification Program http://www.aacei.org/newdesign/certification/certificationprogram/welcome.shtml
ICB - IPMA Competency Baseline
APM BoK Review http://www.apmgroup.co.uk
Project Management Assessment and Certification Program Europe
Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). 1996. National Competency Standards for Project Management: Various Volumes, Competency Standards, Level 6. http://www.dab.uts.edu.au
Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Models in general http://www.sei.cmu.edu
SEI SW-CMM Capability Maturity Model SM for Software http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/cmm.html
SEI SE-CMM Capability Maturity Model for Systems Engineering http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/se-cmm.html
SEI P-CMM People Capability Maturity Model http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm-p/
Microframe http://www.pm2.com
SPICE http://www.sqi.gu.edu.au/spice/
Trillium http://www.sqi.gu.edu.au/trillium/
US Federal Aviation Administration integrated Capability Maturity Model http://www.faa.gov/
PMA 2000 http://www.leshem.co.il/products/main1.html
Balanced Scorecard http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu
Integrated Project Systems’ model
ESI International's ProjectFRAMEWORK.
EFQM Excellence http://www.efqm.org/
Malcom Balridge Award
Hartman's SMART model
IBM Progress Maturity Model
Project Management Maturity Model, by Knapp & Moore Pty Ltd.
V-Model http://www.scope.gmd.de/ vmodel/en/
Innovation Maturity Model http://managementroundtable.com/
PRINCE http://www.prince2.com/
Programme Management Maturity Model http://www.e-programme.com/pmmm.htm
PM Solutions' Project Management Maturity Model (SM) http://www.pmsolutions.com/maturitymodel/whatismodel.htm

Definition: An Organizational Project Management Maturity Model

What do we mean by "organizational project management maturity model"? First, "organizational" increases the domain of project management beyond delivery of the single project. The use of the word "maturity" implies that capabilities must be grown over time in order to produce repeatable success in project management. The Random House College Dictionary defines "maturity" as full development or perfected condition. "Maturity" also connotes understanding or visibility into why success occurs and ways to correct or prevent common problems. "Model" implies change, a progression, or steps in a process

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