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Although each of the projects may arise short-term, or at most,
medium-term issues for the organization, the project
management in an organization can create a strategic competitive
advantage for the organization. The successful implementation
of project management in the organization will lead to selecting
the projects proportional to the organization's goals, properly
allocating resources of project organizations, successfully
completing the projects, and ultimately, the success of
organization. An organizational maturity model represents a
conceptual framework with relevant components to show the
degree of maturity of the organization in the respective field. For
some models, the process of transforming the organization from
lower levels to higher ones may be described. The model may
also be step by step (discrete) or continuous. Project
management, time management, cost management and quality
together can provide a complete view of the status of project
management in an organization that also identify the susceptible
areas of possible improvements. Accordingly, the following
steps are recommended to be followed in the studied
organization:
5.1 First step: Preparation for assessment
In the first step, the organization is prepared for the assessment
of project management maturity. This objective is met through
the perception of organizational project management and its
benefits and understanding the standard components and
performance.
5.2. Second step: Assessment
In the next step, the organization assesses its situation in
different aspects described in the model. The first step is to
define the superior strategies available in the organization and to
determine the overall maturity of the organization in
implementing the project management. Then, in second step, the
skills proportional to any of the superior strategies that are
available or not, are identified in the organization. Based on the
assessment, an organization may 1) repeat assessment, 2) plan to
establish and improve, and 3) get out of the standard cycle (for a
given period). In the latter (which would be selected if the
organization is satisfied with the current status of management),
it is recommended that a time is set for repeating the assessment
and reviewing the status of organization. The assessment check
lists and documents are widely adopted in this step
5.3 Third step: planning the improvement
In management standards, organizations deciding to improve the
project management use the results of previous steps as a basis
for planning. Identifying the capabilities an organization may
have or not, allows them to be prioritized based on the
organization requirements depending on the interaction between
them. According to this prioritization, organization can make a
plan to achieve the results representing the presence of any of the
required capability for implementing a superior strategy.
5.4 Fourth step: Implementing the improvement
In this step, the necessary organizational change occurs in the
organization. The successful implementation of such
organizational changes will lead to the acquisition of new skills
by the organization and eventually, the progress of organization
in implementing the project management.
5.5 Fifth step: Repeating the process
After implementing the planned improvements, organization can
return to one of the second (re-assessment of organization
maturity in project management) or third step (planning further
improvements based on the previous assessment). Hence, after
dynamic and continuous implementation and application of the
standard within the organization and achievement of relevant
results, one can carry out the tender management model in the
studied organization. It is evident in implementing the recovery
process that the weaknesses of organization should reach aright
level of compliance in the areas of greatest importance, ahead of
the rest and with the passage of time and introduction of the
aforementioned steps in other areas.
6 Conclusion
Although in recent years, the project management has been
received much attention from many organizations and a
considerable growth in this area has been made, improving the
performance of project staff and particularly, project managers
who are the foundation of project management, has received
little attention. For a successful project to achieve its time, cost,
and quality goals, a fundamental and important factor is having
competent project managers. Therefore, it is essential to study
the various competency standards of project management and
their features as well as to identify similarities and differences
between them. Hence, comparing competency standards and
choosing the best option enables organizations to achieve their
goals by using it given to the characteristics of the project. In this
study, four applicable standards in the construction projects of
the country were studied and compared. By comparing the
competency standards of project management using TOPSIS
technique and the obtained results, it was observed that the
PMBOK standard is the best option followed by the PRINCE2
and OPM standards in the next priorities.
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