Webinar:
What You Will Learn:
Increasingly, projects are recognized as major components of almost every organization’s work, primarily because projects ensure that organizations remain leaders in their fields by virtue of being directly responsible for creating valuable organizational assets. As a result, there is a trend in many organizations toward using sophisticated tools and techniques in managing projects. Effective project management is considered an essential value proposition for organizations that are committed to improving their competitive edge. Achieving maturity through the implementation of standard methodologies, processes, and procedures to promote repeatable success is viewed as an approach to ensure overall organizational excellence.
Numerous maturity models have been developed in various areas. In project management, notably, the Project Management Institute released its organizational project management maturity model (OPM3) in December 2003. However, a broader perspective is required that also includes business development and knowledge management maturity.

This presentation describes initiatives under way in the full life cycle beginning with business development and then project management with a focus throughout on knowledge management. It further describes what happens in a typical assessment process and the link between maturity models and organizational success.

About the Presenter:
Dr. Ginger Levin is a Senior Consultant and educator in project management. She is a certified OPM3 Assessor and Consultant. Her specialty areas include project management, business development, maturity assessments, metrics, organizational change, knowledge management, and the Project Management Office. She is also an Adjunct Professor for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in its M.S. in Project Management program and for ESC Lille, a Visiting Professor for RMIT, and a Registered Examiner for UTS-Sydney.

She is the co-author of: PgMP Study Guide, Project Portfolio Management, Metrics for Project Management, Essential People Skills for Project Managers, Achieving Project Management Success With Virtual Teams; Advanced Project Management Office A Comprehensive Look at Function and Implementation, People Skills for Project Managers, Business Development Capability Maturity Model, and ESI International’s PMP Challenge! PMP Study Guide, and CAPM™ Prep Guide and is a frequent contributor to ESI’s newsletter, Project Horizons and to allpm.com.

Dr. Levin is a member of the Project Management Institute and is a frequent speaker at PMI Congresses and Chapters and the International Project Management Association. She received her PMP in December 2005 and the PgMP in June 2007 and was certified in the OPM3 Product Suite as an Assessor and Consultant in 2006.