Project Management Maturity Model, Second Edition updates the original bestseller, providing even more insight into the tools and practices that allow an organization to meet project goals on time and cost effectively. It includes best practices for determining portfolio maturity, setting short-term priorities, and tracking progress. This edition also provides new and revised materials; including our new Project Portfolio Management Maturity Model. The author describes project management maturity, offers a brief description of the Model, while also defining the levels of project management maturity. He devotes a chapter to each of the nine project management knowledge areas specified in the Project Management Institute's standard.