PMI Organizational Project Management (OPM)

About this course

The PMI Organizational Project Management (OPM) course offers a comprehensive framework to align project, program, and portfolio management practices with organizational strategy. This course is designed to help organizations achieve their strategic objectives by integrating these management practices into their unique contexts, situations, and structures. Students will learn to enhance their organization's project management capabilities and maturity, ensuring that their projects, programs, and portfolios are managed in a way that provides the most benefit to the organization.The course delves into the principles of OPM, emphasizing the "why" behind practicing project management in an organizational setting, moving beyond procedural-based guidance to focus on aligning practices with strategic goals. It provides a thorough understanding of how to customize and fit project management practices within the organization's environment, leveraging structural, cultural, technological, and human-resource enablers to support strategic objectives.This course is particularly useful for organizations seeking to develop a unified project management approach or those aiming to improve or sustain their current framework. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply the OPM framework effectively, ensuring that their project management practices are not only aligned with but also drive the organization's strategic objectives forward.Key takeaways include:Developing and linking portfolio, program, and project management principles with organizational processes.Enhancing organizational maturity and project management capabilities.Utilizing organizational enablers to achieve strategic objectives.Customizing project management practices to fit the organizational context.Understanding the principles-based "why" of OPM.Implementing effective project management practices at the organizational level.