8/9/2019 Comparison OPM3 with CMMI
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Origination of OPM3: The Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3) created and
maintained by Project management Institute and is the benchmark
for organizations
looking to boost their capability to carry their trategy through
project! "y treating
all of the organization#s projects as in$estments in an o$erall
portfolio and applyingbest practices to manage those initiati$es at
multiple le$els! OPM3 is capable of
managing most organizations most of the time through the process
of becoming
more mature in organizational project management
Origination of CMMI The %apability Maturity Model
Integration (%MMI) is from the oft&are 'ngineering
Institute ('I) se as a reference model &ith a assembly of
best practices from the
disciplines of soft&are and ystem engineering! sers of %MMI
ha$e seen
signicant cost reductions and *uality impro$ements in the area
of product
de$elopment after applying this model! "y focusing on processes
necessary to
achie$e desired results+ organizations can integrate engineering
and related support
functions that typically operate independently!
Dierences
Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model
Capability Maturity Model Integration
Structure
OPM3 is structured around
"est Practices! 'ach "est Practice is broken
do&n into %apabilities that aggregate to
that "est
Practice! 'ach capability has one or more
outcomes &hile each outcome has at least
one key
Performance indicator (,PI)!
Structure
%MMI is structured around -.
Process /reas+ or a cluster of related
practices that &hen implemented
collecti$ely satisfy a set
Of goals that are important for
impro$ement! 0hen pursuing higher le$els
of maturity or
capability using %MMI+ organizations stri$e
to meet the goals that are dened for each
Process
/rea!
Focus
OPM3 emphasis is linking project 1program 1 portfolio to
organization strategic
objecti$es+ It focuses on Project
management in 2eneral
Focus
%MMI focus is operational implementationof processes! It focuses
more on oft&are
Industry Projects!
Accessib il ity
/s it is funded by PMI + resources are tightly
controlled and paid!
Accessibi li ty
Many resources of %MMI are freely
accessible!
