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List of Figures

Figure ES-1: OPM3 bridges the gap between organizational strategy
and successful projects ...........................................................................xiv
Figure ES-2: Knowledge drives Assessment, which, in turn, drives Improvement ................xv
Figure 1-1: Projects and Programs are part of a Project Portfolio ...................................4
Figure 1-2: Organizational Project Management Maturity increases along a continuum......6
Figure 2-1: Elements of the OPM3 Standard: Knowledge, Assessment, Improvement .......8
Figure 2-2: The OPM3 Cycle.......................................................................................9
Figure 3-1: Best Practices are dependent upon Capabilities and their
associated Outcomes .............................................................................14
Figure 3-2: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) confirm the attainment of Outcomes........16
Figure 3-3: Dependency may involve a series of Capabilities ........................................17
Figure 3-4: Dependency can also exist between Best Practices ....................................18
Figure 3-5: Sometimes there is joint dependency among Best Practices' Capabilities......18
Figure 4-1: Projects and Programs are all part of an organization's Project Portfolio.........22
Figure 4-2: The 5 Project Management Process Groups...............................................23
Figure 4-3: Organizational Project Management Processes depend on Project Management,
Program Management, and Portfolio Management.....................................27
Figure 4-4: OPM3 Process Construct.........................................................................28
Figure 5-1: Sample page of Best Practices Directory ...................................................33
Figure 5-2: Sample page of Capabilities Directory.......................................................34
Figure 5-3: Sample page of Improvement Planning Directory........................................34
Figure 6-1: OPM3 Cycle...........................................................................................36
Figure 6-2: Identifier numbering................................................................................42
Figure 6-3: Graphical representation of an organization's overall position on a continuum of
organizational project management maturity..............................................43
Figure 6-4: Spider diagram showing the organization's maturity in terms of each domain.43
Figure 6-5: Spider diagram showing the organization's maturity in terms of each process
improvement stage.................................................................................44
Figure 6-6: Bar chart representation of the organization's maturity by domain and process
improvement stage.................................................................................44

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