Translating Corporate Strategy into Project Strategy: Realizing Corporate Strategy Through Project Management

Project Management Competencies

Almost two-thirds of the organizations in the survey—and all of the case study companies—indicated that they formally defined the project management competencies required to manage programs or projects and to develop program and project strategy. Many of those in the survey linked the competencies to personal appraisal and development systems. But a little over half of the organizations surveyed linked the project objectives to personal objectives. In contrast, all of the case study companies linked them.

A significant number of the organizations in the survey, and three of the case study companies, used organization-wide competency frameworks. The financial services company used a family of job descriptions. ...