This is a brief presentation about applying OPM3 to enhance business value in organizations . It includes the following topics . What is OPM3 ? Business Value OPM3 - the tool Applications What Next ? Presenter : Raju Rao, PMP,SCPM,PMI Certified OPM3 Professional Date of Presentation : Nov 2009

1. ENHANCING BUSINESS VALUE IN
ORGANIZATIONS
Using OPM3

2. AGENDA
 What is OPM3® ?
 Business Value
 OPM3® - the tool
 Applications
 What Next ?
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3. WHAT IS OPM3 ?
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Organization
Project
Management
Maturity
Model

5. OPM3 ELEMENTS
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Knowledge
Assessment
Improvement
Understanding Org PM
Content of OPM3 Model &
How to Use it ?
What is our maturity in Org
PM ?
Where are we ?
Where do we want to go
?
Implement plans to
reach the goal

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ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Projects
Strategy
Programs
Portfolio
Gap

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ORGPM PROCESSES
I P
C E
Cl
….. These process groups are
applicable in each domain
Project
Program
Portfolio
Initiating .. Planning.. Executing..
Controlling .. Closing

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SMCI
Standardize
Measure
Control
Improve
S
M
C
IFollows PDCA cycle and
SEI representation
Plan
Do
Check
Act
Initial
Repeatable
Defined
Managed
Optimized

9.  Three Management Domains:
• Project
• Program
• Portfolio
 Five Process Groups
(I, P, E, C, C)
 Organizational Enablers
The Areas of OPM are -
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10. TERMINOLOGY
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Best Practice Optimal way currently recognized by industry to
achieve a stated goal or objective
Capability Specific competency that must exist
Outcome
KPI
Demonstration of existence of a capability
…. Key Performance Indicator -
Criterion or degree of existence of an
outcome

11. WHAT IS A BEST PRACTICE ?
 Optimal way currently recognized by industry to
achieve a stated goal or objective
 Best practices exist in all fields
 For Organizational Project Management BPs
includes the ability to deliver projects
successfully, consistently, and predictably
to implement organizational strategies
 Best Practices can change over time and are
dynamic
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12. BEST PRACTICES - EXAMPLES
 Use Team work - Cross functional teams carry
out project activities
 Prioritize Projects - A project prioritization
process is used to directly link projects to the
organization’s goals
 Establish Risk Management - The organization
utilizes risk management techniques to take
measurements and assess the impact of risk
during execution
 Capture and share Lessons learned – The
organization collects and share lessons learned
from projects, programs and portfolios 12

13. CAPABILITIES AND BPS
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…….Stepping stones
to reach a goal
BP 1410Manage Project Resource Pool
Cap 1410. 50
Capability – Competency that exists to
implement PM processes
Cap 1410.20Cap 1410. 40
Cap 1410. 30
Cap 1410. 20Cap 1410.10

14. EXAMPLE
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Capability
1410.030.10
Outcome
Key Performance Indicators
Develop a Skills database
Skills of individuals
Skills Gap Analysis results

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OPM3 CYCLE
Perform Assessment
SAM
Comprehensive
Prepare for Assessment
Plan for Improvement
Implement Improvements
Repeat the
process
… knowledge
foundation
Compare

16. OPM3 … LIKE A MAP
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Example
Travelling to SFO
Route 1 Chennai –
Singapore – HK – SFO
Route 2 Chennai –
Frankfurt – New York –
SFO
Which route you will take depends on
cost , time , availability , convenience
OPM3 … info on possible routes but not on cost / benefits
What ‘route’ to take will be decided by user

17. BUSINESS VALUE
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18. MEASURES
 Financial or economic
 ROI , NPV ,payback etc
 Cash flow
 Strategic
 Market growth ie sales
 Technical excellence
 Competency
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19. ISSUES - CHALLENGES - PROBLEMS - PAIN
POINTS
 Quality improvement
 Talent shortage
 On time delivery
 Cost - over run
 Expediting approvals
 Stakeholder management
 Scope creep
 Constant changes
 Unclear requirements 19

20. OPM3® - TOOLS
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21. Knowledge Foundation - Book
 Organizational Project Management
 How to use the model
 List of Best Practices
 Self Assessment Questions
Online Data Base
 http://opm3online.pmi.org
 Best Practices and Capabilities
 Dependencies
 Benchmarking facility
OPM3 - KNOW FDN & ONLINE DATABASE
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SELF - ASSESSMENT
Use Self Assessment Model and Tool … involves answering
questions . The Tool provides answers in graphical form
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Organization’s relative Maturity
Program
Portfolio
Project
Spider graph as PPP
also in terms of
SMCI and IPECC
Project 60
Program 10
Portfolio 5

23. Assessment Tool
 Manage OPM3 assessment process
 Evaluate organizational status
 Report organizational maturity
 Establishes database for improvement
Improvement Tool
 Manage OPM3 improvement process
 Analyze organizational maturity
 Guide improvement planning
 Link maturity plan to business objectives
OPM3 PRODUCT SUITE
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24. APPLICATIONS
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25. 1) Does your org follow project mgt processes -
based on PMBOK or equivalent standard ……
as a documented process ?
2) Is the process communicated to all necessary
stakeholders ?
3) Is it consistently implemented and across the
organization in terms of its outputs ?
 If all 3 questions are answered completely ‘yes’
… you have a Standardized process ….
 You still have to Measure , Control and Improve
…
EXAMPLE 1 USING PMBOK / EQUIVALENT
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26.  Applies to large enterprises organizations with
many divisions ,departments which are multi-
locational in different geographies
 Using OPM3 Product suite we can assess and
devise improvement plans to compare best
practices and capabilities of each division
/department
 Domains - PPP
 Knowledge area - Scope ,Time Cost
 Business results …project predictability , resource
optimization and Balanced Score card factors
EXAMPLE 2 - BEST PRACTICE ACROSS ORG
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27.  What are driving factors for sales ?
 Lower product or operation cost
 New market sales
 Better product or process quality
…… and many others ….
 What solutions are recommended to make the
above happen ? These become initiatives or
projects
 These projects can be assessed in terms of PPP
, gap analysis done and an implementation plan
can be suggested
EXAMPLE 3- MARKET GROWTH OR SALES
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28. WHAT NEXT ?
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29.  Use OPM principles e.g are you following
portfolio management ?
 Connect ….expected business results
to …improvement projects
 Use OPM3 Tools for obtaining business value
 Do a PILOT business process improvement
project using OPM3.
HOW CAN YOU DO NEXT ?
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Thank You
GETTING IN TOUCH
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