Project management maturity and its impact on perceived project success : a case study

Abstract

A notion exists that organisations with higher levels of project management maturity execute projects more effectively and efficiently and so have a higher probability of achieving project success. This paper reports on a single case study that measured the project management maturity of four project management knowledge areas, and also investigated the impact of project management maturity on perceived project success in a mining operation. The study found that project management maturity plays a pivotal role in achieving project management deliverables. However, project management maturity alone is not sufficient to guarantee project success.Dit word gereken dat organisasies met hoër vlakke van projekbestuurvolwassenheid projekte meer effektief en doeltreffend uitvoer. Gevolglik het hulle ‘n groter waarskynlikheid om projeksukses te behaal. Hierdie artikel handel oor ‘n gevallestudie wat die projekbestuursvolwassenheid van vier projekbestuur kennisareas gemeet het, asook die impak van projekbestuurvolwassenheid op waargenome projeksukses in ‘n mynbou-operasie ondersoek het. Die studie het bevind dat, alhoewel projekbestuurvolwassenheid ‘n deurslaggewende rol speel om projekbestuur-aflewerbares te bereik, projekbestuurvolwassenheid alleen egter nie voldoende is om projeksukses te waarborg nie.