Abstract
Various maturity models have been proposed to determine how well organizations are doing in order to improve their performance. Most of them are at the project management level and miss the other macro levels like portfolio management. Assessing maturity in organizations that have implemented portfolio management is a rather recent topic and has not been academically discussed in depth; therefore, there aren’t ample maturity models in this level. The purpose of this study is to present a portfolio management maturity model called ELENA. Through literature review we tried to build up a model which keeps the advantages of previous models in addition to fixing their problems and improve them. This model assesses the maturity of portfolio management through three dimensions and offers four ways for assessment.
1. Introduction
The term maturity can be interpreted as a complete – or in perfect conditions – development; also, provides visibility of how success occurs and what approaches should be taken to correct or to prevent occurring problems (Berssanete, Carvalho, Lopes & Muscat, 2008). A maturity model is a framework describing the ideal progression toward desired improvement using several successive stages or levels (TJ Man, 2007). There is a need to look at an organization’s “complete” picture of effectiveness; therefore, maturity models have become increasingly prevalent (Backlund, Chronéer & Sundqvist, 2014). A maturity model allows organizations to assess and compare its own practices against best practices with the intention to map out a structured path to improvement (Penny packer and Grant, 2003). Maturity models are seen as models that reflect certain aspects of reality, often called capabilities, and define qualitative attributes which are used to classify a competence object into one of several clearly defined areas. These classes are typically brought into a sequential order (Kohlegger, Maier & Thalmann, 2009).
5. Conclusion
As organizations continue to grow and develop and as the knowledge of Portfolio Management continues to develop, more and more organizations are going to want to know where they are on their own learning curve and what they should take to improve their performance on portfolios. The portfolio management maturity assesses organization’s probability of successfully achieving strategic objectives and gives them competitive advantage in the marketplace. Despite the significant role of portfolio management, there is not an integrated model evaluating different dimensions of portfolio maturity, and few present models have many drawbacks. This paper has established a five-level portfolio management maturity model called ELENA which is based on the structural portfolio management of ELENA guidance approach. This model includes all the necessary concepts, processes and documentations for the portfolio management. It can be applied to various portfolios in any environment.
