Organizational project management
The term Organizational Project Management (OPM) was coined by John Schlichter in May 1998 in a meeting of the Standards Committee of the Project Management Institute, where OPM was defined as the execution of an organization's strategies through projects by combining the systems of portfolio management, program management, and project management. This definition was approved by a team of hundreds of professionals from 35 countries and was published as part of PMI's Organizational Project Management Maturity Model standard in 2003 and updated later to a second edition in 2008 when it also became an ANSI standard [1]. The standard was updated to a third edition in 2013. As such, Organizational Project Management is a proper noun, should be capitalized, and should not be confused with project management generically.
Definition
According to PMI (2003, 2008, 2013)
Organizational Project Management is the systematic management of projects, programs, and portfolios in alignment with the achievement of strategic goals. The concept of organizational project management is based on the idea that there is a correlation between an organization's capabilities in project management, program management, and portfolio management, and the organization's effectiveness in implementing strategy.[2]
Importance of organizational project management
As businesses change at a faster rate, it is becoming increasingly important to execute on projects. Additionally, due to the broad nature of much of the change, projects are affecting larger parts of the organization. Therefore, just as the need to perform projects is increasing, the complexity in executing them is also increasing. Organizational project management draws from the broad base of project management and organizational design applications to understand the organizational processes that affect the ability to manage the delivery of projects.
PMI Inc. has established OPM3 to help organizations assess and improve the capability of their organizational project management.
See also
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model OPM3
Program management
Project Management Institute
Project management
Portfolio management
Systems thinking
References
PMI (2003, 2008, 2013). Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (ISBN 9781935589709)
PMI (2003). "The History of OPM3" presented by John Schlichter and Ralf Friedrich at PMI’s Global Congress Europe 2003 in Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Aubrey, M., Hobbs, B., & Thuillier, D., Organisational project management: An historical approach to the study of PMOs, International Journal of Project Management, 26(1), 38-43, 2008