On Project Management Template Benchmarking

March 18, 2008 @ On Projects* from duardo

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There is a tremendous collection of Project Management Templates and Methodologies available on the web - some good, some bad, some ugly - but instead of encouraging you to copy large slabs of someone else’s project management methodology or template resource, which is not only a breach of copyright but will lead to you trying to implement a disjointed method, it would be worth noting that this easily accessible resource presents an excellent opportunity to do some benchmarking of your own methodology and templates/tools against some others.

The depth of the analysis is really up to you and how much time you and your team have, however even a quick scan will prompt some ideas and possible improvements.  As you review their sites, ask yourself some questions - How can I make my execution faster, better, cheaper? What have my competitors done better? Are they more usable? Do I have the right templates to support my own processes?

I’ve started with the public sector and have selected some organisations from different countries for you to compare. I’ll be adding more sectors as I come across them, however it’s important to note that if you are not a public sector organisation, benchmarking yourself against a completely different industry/sector does have its dangers and drawbacks.  For example a state government project management office will be very different to a mission critical finance sector project delivery organisation and light years apart from a design project team.

The key is to view what has been produced in the context of your project, organisational culture and staff personalities and go from there. Enjoy.

Public Organisations

  Method Process Templates Tools
Tasmanian Gov’t (Aust.)
 Project Management Template Half Tick Project Management Template Half Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick
Queensland Transport Ministry (Aust.)
 Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick
Texas Dept of Info Resources (USA)
 Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick  
Cornell University (USA)
 Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick  
Washington State DIS (USA)
 Project Management Template Half Tick Project Management Template Half Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick
Dept. of BERR (UK)
 Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick Project Management Template Tick  

Table Legend

  • Method - has the method been fully defined?
  • Process - are the processes of the method defined?
  • Templates - have the PM templates been created?
  • Tools - have additional tools and templates been created?

Project Management Template Tick - Full Tick indicates sufficient information is present

Project Management Template Half Tick - Half Tick indicates some information is present however not fully defined.

NOTE: The tick does not provide a qualitative assessment of the Project Management Templates and Methodologies, instead it simply indicated the level of information provided.


This article is syndicated from On Projects* . The original article is available here. Read more in On Projects, Project Management News .

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