By Mark E. Mullaly, PMP Companies live or die by their projects. All too often, however, this success is elusive. The means of success lies in process. Effective processes, however, are not enough. Consistent application produces consistent results.
Variation produces chaos.
The 1999 Project Management Baseline Study is the second 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 across North America. 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. In its second year, the Project Management Baseline Study saw an important shift from in its role from a Canadian study to one that served the North American project management community.