Development of the Project Management Competence in the Project-Oriented Organization

Project management can be perceived as a core competence of the POO, as it creates a competitive advantage. To ensure this competitiveness, permanent further development of the project management competence is necessary. Project management competencies of organizations, teams, and individuals have to be developed.

The relationships between individual, team, and organizational learning in the POO are shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8: Relationships between Individual, Team, and Organizational Learning in the POO

Instruments to develop the project management competencies of individuals are (self-) assessment, training (classroom and on the job), and coaching combined with training. Instruments to develop the project management competencies of teams are (self-) assessment, training and coaching, reflection, and supervision. Instruments to develop the project management competence of the POO are project management benchmarking and organizational development projects.