Project Management Maturity Tied To Organizational, Technical Support Systems

PM Forum reported this week that PriceWaterhouseCoopers just released a survey on project management maturity. The entire study is available on the PriceWaterhouseCoopers web site

The PM Forum news brief lists the key findings. Most notably, it highlights, "Project failures are often a consequence of aspects that are organizational and over which the project managers have little influence." Another notable finding is, "The extent to which project management software is used is correlated to maturity levels."

So, before putting all the blame on project managers for your organization's project management maturity woes, take a look at how the surrounding organizational structure supports the goals at hand, and whether software and processes are set up to be enablers and not barriers.