Project Management Maturity One of the key findings from the 2004 are mainly due to the fact that the used the PwC maturity model used in survey was the correlation between organisational structure neither is suited our 2004 survey to maintain consistency strong PM performance and maturity to, nor supports the capacity of projects with our previous survey. We chose 2004 of PM practices in an organisation. required by the company’s business. as the base year to reflect on our first Generally, a higher maturity level was And, therefore, the organisation is not comprehensive study linking PM maturity linked to sustainable project delivery. aligned and does not fulfil its project and performance. It consists of the The 2004 survey also found that: “Those requirements, and hence is unable to following five levels: few cases where a higher maturity level maximise its performance.” To determine does not represent high performance the current level of PM practices, we Figure 4: PwC’s Project Management Maturity Model Key Finding: Project gain a comprehensive perspective on organisations were operating projects Management Maturity Levels the assessment, we also considered our within Level 1, 2, or 3. In 2012, the are on the Rise. previous research on PM theories and majority (62%) of organisations are economic studies, complemented by our operating projects within the Level 4 or The PM Maturity Level has been Firm’s extensive experience in project and 5 of maturity. This indicates a significant calculated by analysing the answers programme management activities. rise in PM maturity over the last eight to survey questions within the areas We continued the research in our 2012 years. Figure 5 shows a comparative of governance, scope, risk, benefits survey and found that 19.5 % of the study of the PM maturity between 2004 realisation, human resources, cost, respondent organisations are at the and 2012 respondents. As previously quality, and change control management. Level 5-Optimize, and 42.5% are at stated, the current survey showed a We compared this information against Level 4-Monitor, compared to 12.7% greater percentage of organisations at a organisations that report varying levels and 9.2% respectively in 2004. In 2004, higher level of PM maturity from previous of project success within our five key the majority (approximately 78%) of surveys. performance indicators. In order to 12 I n si g hts and trends: Current Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Practices