ABSTRACT
Project management maturity is a progressive process during which organizations experience notable improvements at different stages of development. Ample evidence demonstrates that an organization that invests in improving project management capability in a disciplined and realistic way will reap significant returns on its investment. Each organization must determine what level of maturity it needs to achieve and how long the journey will take. Staff members begin to realize that they need to think differently from the ways they thought in the past. In many cases, individuals already know that change is necessary. Performing maturity assessments also communicates that people's organization is serious about improving processes and fostering efficiency and effectiveness. An initially high score can be good news to share; but so can a score that improves over time. An initial assessment can serve as the baseline that allows an organization to show the value of future investments in process improvement objectively.
