The
OPM3® Online Self-Assessment provides user organizations with a basic, broad-brush picture of the state of their project management maturity and areas most in need of improvement. This may be a good starting point for many organizations, before committing more time and resources to assessing and increasing maturity. The
OPM3 ProductSuite
® Assessment represents a more substantial investment and involves certified assessment support. This process provides an advanced, rigorous methodology, using sophisticated software tools, and yielding data that is detailed, nuanced and actionable.
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OPM3 Online Self-Assessment |
OPM3 ProductSuite Assessment |
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• Generally conducted by the organization |
• Conducted under the direction of PMI Certified OPM3AssessorTM or PMI Certified OPM3 ConsultantTM |
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• Indication-based. No verification of the answers given is performed. Indication of maturity. |
• Evidence-based. Requires interviews of multiple stakeholders and documentation of existence of processes being claimed. Measures actual maturity. |
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• Best practice-level assessment, with possible manual capability-level. |
• Capability-level assessment and is fully-automated. |
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• Binary scoring (yes and No questions). |
• Two scoring methods: binary and OPM3® ProductSuite scoring, with point system allowing graduated or partial scores on many items. |
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• Fixed number of questions. |
• Number of questions is limited only be selected scope of assessment, based on targeted domains, improvement stages and business results. |
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• Allows multiple assessments, but with manual compilation of results. (PMI’s benchmarking capabilities are available to participants.) |
• Allows for multiple assessments, with automated compilation or merged assessments and future benchmarking potential. |
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• Manual Improvement Plan |
• Automated Improvement Planning Tool |
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• Manual application of assessment to strategic goals. |
• Relation to strategy is designed into the tools |
