Implementing Organizational Project Management: A Practice Guide

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HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE CORE-ENABLING PROCESSES

The OPM implementation core-enabling processes facilitate an organization's ability to realize its strategic objectives through portfolio, program, and project management. This practice guide focuses on four OPM implementation core-enabling processes: competency management, governance, OPM methodology, and strategic alignment. These key components of OPM are depicted in Figure 4-1. Competency management ensures that skills are developed and available when needed to implement a portfolio, program, or project. Governance describes the decision-making framework and oversees the work done for each process. Organizational project management methodology provides the structure (people and processes) necessary ...