International Business Corporation (IBC) has just announced that they are going to split the firm into...

  

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International Business Corporation (IBC) has just announced that they are going to split the firm into two business units: IBC Retail and IBC Global Services. IBC Retail will focus on consumer products such as their PC and printer lines of products, while IBC Global Services will focus on delivering integrated solutions (through projects) to corporate customers (i.e. large firms). IBC Global Services would like to devise a plan to improve their project management capabilities over the long term, and they were advised by the consultancy firm you are working for about the possibility of adopting one of two main methods: continuous and staged project management maturity model. a) You are required to explain the method related to the continuous project management maturity model. [6 marks] IBC Global Services already knows that the staged project management maturity model is composed by 'discrete' levels/stages of maturity which the organisation is supposed to achieve in order to eventually achieve excellence in project management. b) You are required to identify and explain each level/stage of maturity of the staged project management maturity model. [10 marks] c) You are required to explain the difference between maturity and excellence in project management. [4 marks] International Business Corporation (IBC) has just announced that they are going to split the firm into two business units: IBC Retail and IBC Global Services. IBC Retail will focus on consumer products such as their PC and printer lines of products, while IBC Global Services will focus on delivering integrated solutions (through projects) to corporate customers (i.e. large firms). IBC Global Services would like to devise a plan to improve their project management capabilities over the long term, and they were advised by the consultancy firm you are working for about the possibility of adopting one of two main methods: continuous and staged project management maturity model. a) You are required to explain the method related to the continuous project management maturity model. [6 marks] IBC Global Services already knows that the staged project management maturity model is composed by 'discrete' levels/stages of maturity which the organisation is supposed to achieve in order to eventually achieve excellence in project management. b) You are required to identify and explain each level/stage of maturity of the staged project management maturity model. [10 marks] c) You are required to explain the difference between maturity and excellence in project management. [4 marks]