Un nuevo método para la toma de decisiones estratégicas basado en la madurez en dirección de proyectos

Abstract

 This paper presents a novel method for strategic decision 
making based on project management maturity of the 
companies, that is, based on the competences and 
procedures an organization has to execute projects. It is 
assumed that the higher the project management maturity 
(PMM) level is, the higher the performance of projects is, 
but a high PMM level requires investment. So far, none of 
the models of the literature consider these three aspects: 
(1) the maturity level of the major stakeholders (client 
and contractor); (2) project complexity and (3) project 
success. In this paper we go a step forward and investigate 
the relationship between those aspects. As a result of this 
research, we present a novel method that considers the 
mentioned three aspects and we describe its application 
methodology. We have applied our model in qualitative 
research studies with satisfactory results regardless the 
maturity level of the companies. Moreover, when the trust 
among the client and the contractor is low, the method 
provides additional information for decision making when 
facing a new business opportunity. Hence, our method is 
useful, especially in those situations.