OPM3

The main purpose of OPM3:

• provide a standard for corporate project management that defines the main elements of the unitary enterprise in the organization at all levels - from individual projects and programs to the strategy and portfolio of projects;
• serve as a tool for determining maturity in the field of PM, as well as developing concrete steps for the development of the organizational system of project management.

OPM3 consists of three elements:

• Knowledge of what project management in an organization is, how to determine the level of maturity of project management, and what are the best practices in UP;
• Assessment of the current level of project management maturity;
• Ways to improve project management processes to achieve a higher level of maturity.

The OPM3 standard includes:

• Body of knowledge - a book describing the basic concepts and structure of the standard, the content of the model itself and the procedure for its use
• The base of best practices is a database and tools presented in electronic form (online access via the Internet or on CD). The base is structured into three domains (project portfolio, program, project) and four levels of project formalization (processes are standardized, measured, managed, and optimized). In addition, the base of best practices includes the so-called OE (Organizational Enablers), which are necessary for the organization to support the processes and organizational structure of project management.

In practice, the use of OPM3 can significantly narrow the scope of development of project management of the organization and quickly achieve the effect of the development of project management.

Successful use of the OPM3 model depends on the size, complexity of the structure, and the initial level of maturity of the organization. The time required to complete an effective assessment will also be different for organizations, as it is affected by the number of people involved in the assessment process. In addition, the speed of changes will vary depending on the number of best practices that are simultaneously introduced in a particular company. ^[one]

The quality of the assessment of the maturity of the project management of the organization depends on the selected assessment method.

• OPM3 ProductSuite is a well-structured database of best practice for each discipline of project management that is well-structured to interconnections between elements - managing a single project, project program, portfolio of projects and programs. The base also contains OE (organizational entities) that support one or another best practice.
  • Advantages of OPM3 ProductSuite - the database establishes the relationship between OE and practitioners in each discipline of management. These connections give a whole new level of understanding of assessment and its results. For example, this allows you to unambiguously determine exactly what functions should be assigned to the organizational units of the company and which particular policies / procedures in the field of management should exist in order to qualitatively support management processes related to the achievement of a specific business goal. Assessment results, at the request of the organization - the Assessment Customer, can be verified by the PMI.
  • Disadvantages of OPM3 ProductSuite - To use OPM3 ProductSuite, you need to pass a fairly expensive certification. Certified OPM3 specialists can be found in the PMI database .
• OPM3 Online Tool is a database that can be accessed through PMI. The disadvantages of the OPM3 Online Tool are the lack of indicators in the database by which it is necessary to identify the existence in the organization of the controls that make up this or that best practice. Advantages of OPM3 Online Tool - the presence in the database of a list of components for each best practices.
• SAM (Self Assessment Method) - self-assessment. Can be carried out using the OPM3 standard (paper or electronic version), which lists best practices.
  • The drawback of SAM is its superficial result due to the lack of information on the components of each individual best practice. Self-assessment in most cases gives an overestimated level of maturity and a very wide spread in the possibilities of developing organizational project management.
  • SAM Benefits - Easy Access to Best Practices

• Project management
• P3m3
• Management Maturity Levels

• List of certified OPM3 specialists in Europe (including in Russia)
• PMI.org/OPM3