Provision of maturity of project management: methodical approaches and practical implementation

Abstract

Introduction. In recent years, there has been a rethinking of the role of project management in the domestic business in ensuring effective implementation of strategic development plans for companies, ensuring their market success in the face of increasing competition, effective management of the current activities of firms that are project-oriented. This means that, regardless of the specifics of the activity, all companies implement various projects. However, they can be divided into process- and project-oriented. Regardless of which of these two groups the enterprise belongs, there is a need to use project management tools – either in the context of operational activities for the project-oriented business, or for the implementation of various projects in traditional manufacturing or service companies. Accordingly, there is a need to assess the maturity level of project management in order to identify ways for its further development and improvement.

Insufficient attention and awareness of the importance of professional project management are typical of Ukrainian small business enterprises. In the course of their business activities, these entities often work in project-oriented industries on the one hand, and remain quite ignorant about the implementation and development of project management on the other. Their weaknesses are the lack or low quality of application of its methods and tools, ignoring modern developments and innovations in the field of management.

Purpose. To substantiate the author's model of maturity of project management and to determine its effectiveness for domestic small business enterprises.

Method (methodology). The methods of scientific generalization were used in substantiation of theoretical approaches of maturity models; methods of general scientific abstraction, induction and deduction – when developing an authoritative model of project management maturity; analysis and synthesis – to implement the author's model in the practical activity of enterprises.

Results. The scientific results of the work include the author's model, which allows to establish the level of development of the enterprise in the implementation of the project activity. It has been empirically proven that the proposed model is based on the assessment of project management by 24 qualitative indicators and aims to determine one of three levels of maturity: the initial level, the level of formation and the level of sustainable development; contributes to improving the quality of project implementation for small businesses.