Project management maturity models: Proposal of a framework for models comparison

Abstract

With the evolutions of projects, it is necessary that companies understand the importance of project management, since this idea allows them to plan and monitor a project properly, through a set of knowledge, techniques, and tools. However, the implementation of project management alone is not enough. It is necessary that there is a continuous improvement in project management and an increase in maturity that accompanies the changes and needs of companies. These improvements and increases in maturity level are possible with the application of maturity models in project management. When well used, they allow companies to understand where they fail and where they need to improve. And if the measures taken from the models are applied, companies benefit positively in the delivery of the intended results, on time and on budget. As well as, in standing out compared to other companies in the market. Therefore, this study proposed a framework to compare project management maturity models. It allows the consideration of a set of variables when choosing a model. The results show that the Prado PMMM is typically the most suitable model for evaluation.