| J. Kent Crawford
©2007, hardback, 235pp., Auerbach Publications/Center for Business Practices
Project Management Maturity Model, Second Edition is a roadmap showing an organization how to systematically move to higher levels of performance by improving project success. It's a comprehensive tool for enhancing your project management practices and processes, covering areas critical to organizational improvement such as the project office, management oversight and professional development. The book also includes the Project Portfolio Management Maturity Model, which covers best practices for determining portfolio maturity, setting short-term priorities, improving portfolio management processes, and tracking progress.
The author, J. Kent Crawford, CEO of PM Solutions, describes the basics of project management maturity, including the benefits of assessing your maturity, and presents a comprehensive framework for improving your organization's processes. Chapters are based on the nine project management knowledge areas specified in the Project Management Institute's standard, the PMBOK® Guide. This edition also provides new and revised materials based on the PMBOK® Guide Third Edition.
The Second Edition provides best practices to help you:
- Determine the maturity of your organization's project management processes
- Map out a logical path to improve your organization's processes
- Set priorities for short-term process improvement action
- Track and visualize improvements in project management over time
- Build a culture of project management
After an objective assessment, an organization can set its goals for increasing the capability of its processes and develop a plan for reaching those goals. This book is ideal for anyone involved with improving an organization's project and portfolio management processes. |
