Organizational project management o the consistent application of knowledge skill tools and techniques to organizational and project activities to achieve the aims of an organization through projects o the degree to which a organization practices this type of project management is referred to as organization project management maturity o in opm3tm maturity is reflected by the combination of bp best practices achieved within the project program and portfolio domains copyright . Organizational project management maturity model opm3r knowledge foundation 3rd edition details since its release in 2003 the organizational project management maturity model opm3r has been used by organizations around the world to minimize risk drive the right projects and align investments to accelerate organizational success. Opm3 was developed over a period of nearly six years and twenty seven contemporary maturity models were reviewed over 800 volunteer project management practitioners from virtually all industries and disciplines in 35 countries were actively involved in researching and constructing opm3. The organizational project management maturity model opm3 falls nat urally within the sequence of standards published by the project manage ment institute pmi a guide to the project management body of knowledge pmbokrguide has become the de facto standard for managing individual. Project management maturity models and organizational project management maturity model opm3r a critical morphological evaluation knowledge foundation 2003 project management institute