These capabilities define the ability to manage projects not in isolation, where each project stands alone, but as an integrated framework that understands all of the projects within an organization and manages them in the context of its overall strategic direction. The traditional project management techniques are becoming more organizationally aware, and project managers are now being looked upon as strategic enablers of organizational success. The pressure to develop and enhance organizational capabilities in order to deliver project success is immense. The means of success lies in process. Effective processes, however, are not enough.
Consistent application produces consistent results.
Variation produces chaos. The 2001 Organizational Project Management Baseline Study is the fourth annual study of organizational project management practice conducted by Interthink Consulting Incorporated. Originally launched in Canada in the fall of 1997, the study has become an indispensable tool for benchmarking of project management practices world-wide. This standard has been made all the more valuable by Interthink's commitment to publish the summary results of the study in the public domain through our web-site. Each year's detailed results are also made available, to provide a basis for benchmarking by individual organizations as they work to improve their project management capabilities overall.