Maturity assessment and ranking of project management knowledge areas based on OPM3: case study: Isfahan,s Mobarakeh Steel Company

Todays, the use of maturity models is one of the most important ways to assess the maturity status of project management in an organization. These models help organizations to compare their capabilities at the level of projects and organizational strategies with a specific and scientific standard. The purpose of this paper is assessment the maturity of organizational project management based on OPM3 model in the project execution department of Mobarakeh Steel Company.

In order to assess the maturity of project management, first the interview questions in each of Knowledge Areas were identified using library studies, then information was collected in the form of interviews with experts and managers of Mobarakeh Steel Company. After that, Additive Ratio ASsessment method was used for ranking the Project Management Knowledge Areas according to the obtained results.

The results show that the project execution department has a better performance in the knowledge Area of project schedule management than other areas.

In this research, the performance of the project execution department of the Company is evaluated and analyzed based on OPM3 model. According to the results, applied suggestions for improving project management performance are presented.