Métier, Ltd., an innovator in predictive project portfolio management software and services, today announced that real-time scoring against Project Management Institute's (PMI) Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3™) is now available in WorkLenz.

PMI's OPM3 standard provides a framework to advance an organization's strategic goals through the application of effective project, program and portfolio management. OPM3 is similar in nature to maturity models for product and service development, such as the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI). With the three interlocking elements of knowledge, assessment and improvement:

• OMP3 provides a comprehensive body of knowledge regarding what constitutes best practices in organizational project management;
• Using OPM3 and its compilation of recognized best practices, an organization can determine areas of low maturity in its project management processes; and
• OPM3 provides guidance on prioritizing and planning to increase maturity.

By combining this OPM3 assessment with the predictive portfolio management capabilities in WorkLenz, organizations have real-time visibility into their process maturity. The WorkLenz assessment is able to automatically measure maturity across the portfolio using existing project management data. The ability to score, align and continuously refine initiatives through this automated system is invaluable to Métier's clients in their efforts to evolve process.

"Initially seen as a valuable benchmarking exercise, maturity assessments are even more useful as change management tools," said Richard Buchanan, META Group Senior Vice President and Group Director, Technology Research Services. "When organizational maturity improves, maximum leverage is obtained and quality, adaptability and a virtuous cycle of improvement is common. A consistent, disciplined approach to gathering maturity data is required if change is to be managed and value improvements measured."

About Métier, Ltd.
An award-winning software company headquartered in Washington, DC, Métier delivers project portfolio management solutions that empower the modern project enterprise to work forward™. Since 1998, Métier's suite of software and services analyzes and predicts work for government agencies and Global 2000 corporations. It transforms existing data into valuable information, delivering trusted intelligence for better decisions. For more information about how your organization can work forward, please visit www.metier.com or call 1-877-965-9501.

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