Kerzner Project Management Maturity Model

Kerzner Project Management Maturity Model Online Assessment
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How’s the health of project management in your organization?
Just like a physical from a doctor you trust, the Kerzner Project Management Maturity Assessment Tool diagnoses the health of project management in your organization. It identifies strategic strengths and weaknesses and then creates a prescriptive action plan for improving the health of your PM efforts. It allows you to objectively assess your project management capabilities against key knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide. And it's all done online, which means it’s easy for employees to access and execute. Scoring is automatic and instantaneous.

Developed by Dr. Harold Kerzner
The assessment framework is based on Dr. Harold Kerzner’s five-level project management maturity model. Several years in development, the Kerzner maturity model is the result of real-life application within a number of world-class organizations. The tool has been industry validated and is fully aligned with the PMBOK® Guide. Dr. Kerzner is widely regarded as one of the world’s most knowledgeable authorities on project management strategies and methodologies. This online version of the Kerzner maturity model was developed under the overall direction of Howland Blackiston, Executive Vice President of International Institute for Learning. Some additional content was provided by Tom Block.

Here’s how it works
Employees who are invited to take the assessment answer a series of multiple-choice questions. There are a total of 183 questions, broken down by five levels of maturity. The resulting scores provide a candid look at project management within your organization. The tool also gives you a professional analysis of the scores and offers specific suggestions for what your company needs to do differently than they are doing now. Discover where additional training is needed. See whether or not your implementation of project management is successful.

Get answers to strategically important questions
How effective are PM efforts in our organization?
How well has PM been integrated into our business?
Is PM a competitive strategy for higher quality & greater customer satisfaction?
Are we using the right methods and tools?
Is there a homogeneous approach to PM in our organization?
What should we do to advance to higher levels of PM maturity?
Have we reached levels of PM maturity that are competitive in the marketplace?
Close the gap between you and the competition.
Use the Kerzner PM Maturity Online Assessment Tool to become more competitive.
Get an instant and objective analysis of your organization’s strengths and weaknesses as they relate to each level of the PM maturity model. The tool also provides a comparison of results to other organizations.
Scoring provides accurate comparison with objective industry standards
The tool is fully aligned with the PMBOK® Guide
Password protected and secure, results are kept strictly confidential
Allows blind comparisons with companies your size, with others in your industry, or with everyone who has taken the assessment
Helps you recognize your competitive strengths & weaknesses
Identifies goals to feed into your organization’s strategic planning for project management

Use this assessment to “sell” project management
If you are having difficulty selling project management in your organization, let the objective assessment results do the talking for you. Management will see how your organization’s project management efforts actually compare to other companies within and outside of your industry. Put an end to debates and speculation regarding your strengths and weaknesses. Instead, spend time and resources on agreeing how you can achieve superior levels of project management maturity.

The online format is fast, automatic and easy to use
The assessment tool is available online, which means it’s easy to access and use throughout your organization. Scoring and analysis is automatic and instantaneous. We will create a private and secure URL so that your employees can access this tool from any computer. You can filter assessment results by business unit, division, job function or even geographic location -- whatever filtering criteria are the most strategically important to your organization. This filtering allows you to compare scores between groups to see which areas of your business are doing well, and which need improvement. At each level of the assessment, the tool provides individual users with a detailed breakdown of their scores and a blind-comparison of the organization’s results to all other companies that have taken the assessment. You can even see how your company’s overall scores compare to other companies in similar industries.

Executive interface monitors results
We will set up an “Executive Interface” page for your organization. This handy feature allows designated managers to continually monitor your organization’s assessment results. Managers can sort scores by the filtering criteria, and compare results within the company as well as outside of the company. They can even view the scores of individual participants within the company. To find out how to license this product for your organization, click here to contact the IIL office nearest you.

Who should take this assessment?
This Assessment Tool is applicable to all industries. It’s valuable to a wide array of users, including: project managers, members of the project office, project team members; individuals preparing for the PMP certification exam, project sponsors, corporate trainers, stakeholders, customers (internal and external), university students, consultants, functional or line managers, and focus group leaders. The broader the participation within a company, the more objective the assessment results.

Ready to give it a test run?
Click here to view a demo of the Kerzner Project Management Maturity Online Assessment Tool. For additional information on this tool, or to discuss how we can activate this tool for use in your organization, click here to contact the IIL office nearest you, or email our PM Maturity Assessment Team at assessment@iil.com.

Kerzner's Five Levels of Project Management Maturity

LEVEL 1: Common Language (80 questions)
At this level of maturity the organization first recognizes the importance of project management. Level 1 is based upon knowledge of the fundamental principles of project management and the associated terminology. Level 1 can be fulfilled through a good understanding of the guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) prepared by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Level 1 of the assessment will evaluate your own knowledge of project management and the degree to which your organization understands the fundamental concepts of project management.

LEVEL 2: Common Processes (20 questions)
At this level of maturity the organization makes a concerted effort to use project management and to develop processes and methodologies to support its effective use. The organization realizes that common methodologies and processes are needed such that managerial success on one project can be replicated to other projects. Also apparent in this Level is the fact that certain behavioral expectations of organizational personnel are necessary for the repetitive execution of the methodology. Level 2 of the assessment will evaluate how effectively your organization has achieved common processes for project management.

LEVEL 3: Singular Methodology (42 questions)
At this level of maturity the organization recognizes that synergism and process control can best be achieved through the development of a singular methodology rather than by using multiple methodologies. Companies that have reached Level 3 are totally committed to the concept of project management. Level 3 of the assessment will evaluate how committed your organization is and whether you have adopted a singular project management methodology.

LEVEL 4: Benchmarking (25 questions)
At this level of maturity the organization uses benchmarking to continuously compare project management practices to recognized leaders to gain information to help them improve their performance. Benchmarking is a continuous effort of analysis and evaluation. For project management benchmarking, the critical success factors are usually the key business processes and how they are integrated. If these key success factors do not exist, then the organization’s efforts are hindered. Level 4 of the assessment will determine to what degree your organization is using a structured approach to benchmarking.

LEVEL 5: Continuous Improvement (16 questions)
At this level of maturity, the organization evaluates the information learned during benchmarking and implements the changes necessary to improve the project management process. The organization realizes that excellence in project management is a never-ending journey. Level 5 of the assessment will determine if your organization has embraced continuous improvement and has reached an advanced state of project management maturity.

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