Organizational Project Management

Maturity Model (OPM3)

OPM3 - Modello e applicazioni

Caratteristiche distintive
Incontro PMI-NIC 8 Ottobre 2004

Mario Damiani,PMP
PMI-NIC VP Formazione e Certificazione
OPM3 Contributor and Reviewer
Agenda

OPM3 Concepts
OPM3 Standard
OPM3 Structure
OPM3 Cycle
Questions and Discussion

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OPM3 Concepts

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OPM3 Concepts Introduction

OPM3 can enable you to do the right projects the

right way in a dynamic and global economy

OPM3 may be applied to organizations of diverse

4industries
4sizes
4geographical locations

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OPM3 Concepts Bridging the Gap

Most organizations have strategic planning processes

OPM3 will enable organizations to align their projects to business strategy
The PMBOK Guide enables you to successfully accomplish projects
OPM3 Concepts Bridging the Gap

Organizations

Projects
People
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OPM3 Concepts Bridging the Gap

OPM3 bridges the gap between strategy and individual projects

OPM3 Concept A Strong Foundation

OPM3:
has a strong foundation based on research, including
27 contemporary models
was developed with the widespread participation of the
larger PM community
was developed with contribution of over 800
professionals from over 35 countries
is aligned to the PMBOK Guide

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OPM3 Concepts Another MM?

H. Kerzner
OPM3 Concepts Another MM?

Immaturity Maturity Excellence

Possible overlaps

PO/PMCoE

Years - Informal PM - Guidelines & checklists

6 to 24 months - Rigid methodology (policies & procedures)

Low Low High Medium Medium

H. Kerzner
OPM3 Concepts Another MM?

PM Solutions
OPM3 Concepts Another MM?

Project Management Maturity Benchmark (2002)

Level %
The organization is as mature as
1 88.9 the lowest component maturity
2 6.3
3 3.2
4 0.8 Question: are levels really meaningful?

5 0.8

PM Solutions
OPM3 Standard

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OPM3 Standard Elements
OPM3 Standard Components
OPM3 Standard Components

Best Practice is an optimal way currently recognized by industry to

achieved a stated goal or objective

A Capability is a specific competency that must exist in an

organization in order to execute project management processes and
deliver project management services and products

The existence of a capability is demonstrated by the existence of one

or more corresponding Outcomes

A KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is criterion by which an

organization can determine whether the outcome associated with a
capability exists or the degree to which it exists

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OPM3 Standard Components

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OPM3 Structure

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Structure - Overview

PMI organized the OPM3 into four sections:

 Section One summarizes the concepts and explains the

format
 Section Two defines best practices, capabilities and KPIs
 Section Three describes using the OPM3 productively
within an organization
 Section Four contains the appendices and the tables that
make it all work, plus a CD-ROM containing all the OPM3
detailed elements
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Structure - Domains

OPM3 distributes the best practices among the three

domains of project management in an organization

 The project level (P)

 The program of projects level (PP)
 The level of portfolio of programs and projects (PPP)

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Structure - Stages

The best practices are also classified by the different stages

on SMCI continuum:

 Standardize
 Measure (implies standardize)
 Control (implies measure)
 Improve (implies control)

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Structure - Domain/Stage

Best Practice
are grouped
by Domain
and Stage

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Categorization - Maturity

OPM3 was
intentionally
designed without
an overall system
of levels of
maturity - Levels
are quite easy to
adopt if the
progression of
maturity is one-
dimensional.
OPM3 however is
multi-dimensional
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OPM3 Steps

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5 2

4 3

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Self-Assessment

Based on 151 yes-or-not CD-ROM based questions - at the

end the system provides summary and detailed results in
terms of:

 Overall OPM maturity

 The Best Practices organization seems to have already
implemented
 The Best Practices not jet in place

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Self-Assessment Results

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Self-Assessment Results

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Self-Assessment Results

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Improvement

Based on self-assessment results, organization should

prioritize which further best practices to implement

The system support the improvement implementation

process suggesting the improvement path

The improvement path indicates for each best practice to

implement all the prerequisites organization needs to reach
the given best practice

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Improvement

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Improvement

BP 1030

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Improvement

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OPM3 Questions & Discussion

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Questions?

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