Figure 1 - Benchmark Maturity Scores

The Project Maturity Score comprises a matrix of seven attributes:

•  Schedule;

•  Cost;

•  Requirement;

•  Technical Understanding;

•  Technical Difficulty;

•  Commercial; and

•  Operations and Support.

The Project Manager assesses the level of maturity that a project reaches at a particular milestone for each of these attributes on a scale of 1 to 10. Score assessment is made by selecting the most appropriate description that fits the question under the attributes columns. Project Maturity Scores provide a means of communicating in a simple fashion an indicative 'as is' versus a 'should be' condition to inform decision making for each project. As the scores are subjective, they are not precise and are not intended to enable exact comparisons across projects. Following is a description of the Project Maturity Score Attributes.