Case study on project management at a mineral sand organization

A study on project management maturity has been conducted in the mining sector, specifically a mineral sand organization, in order to compare this company´s project management maturity with other industries in South Africa. The study further identifies gaps in the company´s project maturity and makes recommendations to address these. The 5-level project management maturity model has been applied and an average measurement of 2.92 out of 5.0 was obtained. On the project management maturity scale this is close to level 3 or the Defined stage. The results obtained for this company compared very well with previous project management maturity results for South African industries, although not in the same sector. Due to the nature of the mining industry, the Risk knowledge area scored remarkably higher for this company than what was found for other South African industries. Various suggestions are provided to overcome the identified gaps and enhance the project management maturity of the company in this case study.