Project, Programme & Portfolio Management Maturity REVIEWS

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P3M3 assessments are conducted by Leva’s certified assessors, who use a specifically tailored approach to evaluate an organisation's processes, that best suits the organisation objectives. 

P3M3 can assess an organisation's maturity by applying any combination of the three model areas: portfolio, programme, and project management. Each model is assessed against five levels of maturity, ranging from level 1 (aware) to level 5 (optimised). The higher the level, the more mature the organisation's processes are.

Each model assesses the organisation’s maturity through the seven P3M3 perspectives, aiming to understand how the organisation incepts, directions and manages their delivery processes.

The assessor works with the organisation to define the scope and objectives of the assessment, identify the stakeholders, identify which of the three models will be applied (can be one to all three models), identifies the target projects/programmes, and develops a schedule of activities. 

The assessor reviews the data provided by the organisation, typically starting with any existing frameworks and/or documented processes that make up the organisational approach to portfolio/programme/project management.

The assessor analyses the data collected to identify strengths and weaknesses in the organisation's processes and then explores these in more depth via one-on-one interviews to validate the findings. Once the analysis has been completed an assessment of the maturity of the organisation against the P3M3 framework can be undertaken, applying a highly analytical tool that probes more deeply into each perspective.

The assessor writes a report that summarises the findings by perspective indicating the assessed maturity levels, as well as recommendations for improvement. Organisations will be able to visually identify areas of strength and where gaps remain in their delivery maturity – all great insights into where to focus their attention, via the visual reference guide provided in the form of a heatmap. 

The assessor will present the report to the assessment sponsor initially for feedback on the findings. The report is then presented to the organisation’s senior management and circulated more widely.