April 2026
Intermediate
400 pages
9h 26m
English
Content preview from The Strategic Project Manager's Guide to Complex Projects
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11Organizational Capability and Maturity
11.1 Explanation and Implications
11.1.1 Understanding This Dimension
Organizational capability and maturity play essential roles in successfully managing complex projects. This dimension addresses an organization's structural and technical capacity to manage projects and deliver required products, and the relative maturity achieved in project management practices. Understanding these concepts is necessary for strategic project managers dealing with complex endeavors.
11.1.2 Defining Organizational Capability and Maturity
Organizational capability refers to an organization's structural and technical readiness to manage projects and deliver products effectively. It encompasses the organization's experience with similar projects, the adequacy of its organizational structure, and the technical knowledge available to support project management and product development (Remington, Zolin, and Turner 2009).
Project management maturity, on the other hand, relates to the degree of successful use and implementation in an organization's project management practices. It is often measured using models that assess the organization's progression through various levels of project management competency (Levin and Ward 2011).
The relationship between these two concepts is symbiotic. As an organization's project management maturity increases, its capability to handle complex projects improves. On the other hand, organizations with strong capabilities ...
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