Patent ID: 8280897

Claim:
A method, implemented using a computer, of assessing a project management office, comprising: inputting, using a user interface running on the computer, information relating to maturities of project management capabilities of the project management office in a plurality of project management areas; retrieving, using the computer, industry best practices information relating to maturities of project management capabilities of other project management offices in the plurality of project management areas; retrieving, using the computer, maturity information relating to maturities of project management capabilities of other project management offices in the plurality of project management areas; accessing selectable pre-defined levels of maturity and selectable pre-defined sub-levels of maturity to represent the capabilities of the project management office; associating the selectable pre-defined levels of maturity and the selectable pre-defined sub-levels of maturity with weighted quantitative scores; comparing the capabilities of the project management office with the industry best practices and the maturity information in the plurality of project management areas; evaluating, using the weighted quantitative scores, the project management office based on the comparison to produce an evaluation, wherein the evaluation comprises actual scores and target scores for each of the plurality of project management areas; and displaying in the user interface a graphical representation of the evaluation, wherein the graphical representation comprises graphical representations of the actual scores and target scores for each of the plurality of project management areas.