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Baselining the organization and staff is critical to success. The data from PI's assessments make it easy to
create a bridge plan to get from where you are to where you want to be.
The critical question then is what to measure, rather than whether to measure.
The Project Management Institute's® Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBoK) identifies
nine specific areas of competence.
While comprehensive in its mission to specifically evaluate project management competence, PMI's model does
not effectively address other significant factors affecting success such as team dynamics,
personality styles, and company culture influences.
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The Process
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Project Incentives offers an easy to follow, five-step process for
the implementation of an Enterprise Project Management System (EPM). Based on the Microsoft's
Enterprise Implementation Framework, and specifically designed for Microsoft Project
2002/ 2003 Server, Project 2002 / 2003 Desktop, as well as other integration tools,
PI's process incorporates the necessary steps to achieve Enterprise Integration
of the Project Management system.
The five basic steps are:
The first step is assessing the organization, establishing a baseline for
the planning process.
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Project Incentives has developed a comprehensive assessment process to
help identify key characteristics of an organization, department or division, such as:
- Project Management Methodology maturity level
- Individual, team and organizational Competency levels
- Individual Project Risk Scores based on "top ten" failure points
- Project Portfolio Risk Scores
- Team Dynamics and Project Success Predictability
Once the existing characteristics are determined, a roap map is designed to achieve the organization's
business objectives set by management. The appropriate level of maturity will vary for each organization based on specific
goals, strategies, resource capabilities, scope, and needs. In essence, an
organizational assessment is the basis for a "delta" report between the desired
outcome and the current status.
PI's assessment process differs from many in that it considers more than the
competency and capabilities of just the project management staff. It hits the
issues in all "Areas of Impact", not just the surface-level, and considers the project
resources, management infrastructure, and company culture.
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Assessments