maturity-model Archive
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Project management maturity assessment
Posted on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments -
Scalable Project Discipline
Posted on May 14, 2009 | 2 CommentsShould we classify projects by size and scale project discipline using size (cost / effort) as the meter for project discipline? I’ve seen that more often, since investment size (cost / effort) at risk warrants discipline to improve likelihood of success. But how about situations... -
Stewardship and Governance of Model
Posted on April 1, 2009 | No CommentsIBM and utility consortium choose the Software Engineering Institute at CMU to govern the advancement of the maturity model for smart grids. Think SEI’s CMMI for the electrical grid. … … “The software development industry is a prime example of how maturity models have moved... -
Process Maturity Made Easy
Posted on May 1, 2007 | No CommentsI was going to report on an interesting article by Michael Hammer in the April Harvard Business Review, but I see Dave Garrett at Gantthead has beaten me to the punch. I’ve included a link below to the Gantthead article. Basically, the Hammer article is... -
All About OPM3
Posted on January 19, 2007 | No CommentsPMI’s Organization Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) is not without controversy, and things are heating up more than ever. Some tout it’s ability to help organizations navigate a growth path and others claim it’s too focused on academia and doesn’t hit on real world issues... -
Time Management Maturity Model
Posted on November 8, 2006 | No CommentsJournyx offers interesting twist on its time management maturity model: evolving from chaos to order as part of the proprietary process that proposes to identify and deliver profit opportunities. … … “Chaos – Overcommitted, processes abandoned in crisis, can’t repeat past success. Transition – Track... -
IT Purchasing Standard: A New Tool for Project Managers
Posted on August 9, 2006 | 1 CommentAs reported in Computerworld, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) issued a preliminary report on IT best practices on acquiring hardware, software and services, covering the entire procurement process. This will extend SEI’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) as a new global standard for IT acquisition.... -
Project Management Competency; Using the Learning Ladder
Posted on December 28, 2005 | No CommentsI was recently reading Peter Fogel’s If Not Now, When, a humorous book about reinventing yourself, and he referenced the four stages of learning any new skill. It reminded me how valid this is in organizations trying to implement project management. I’ve seen these stages... -
Results vs. Process – Revisited
Posted on December 16, 2005 | No CommentsThe other day, I posted a blog on results vs process. The conclusion I came to was that for projects (which are by nature of limited duration), it was more important to do what it took to assure good results than to blindly follow process.... -
Phased Approach Critical to World Class IT Governance; Nice ‘n Easy
Posted on December 2, 2005 | No CommentsFred Gattelaro from Pacific Edge has an excellent article in Computerworld on the importance of introducing IT Governance in phases, not as a big-bang approach. I can say with certainty that this is sound advice. He suggests focusing on each of the following three phases,...
