The document outlines a research study with the objectives to: assess the maturity of project management practices across UK universities; explore how maturity relates to organizational performance; and provide practical advice to help universities. It will involve reviewing literature on project management maturity models, surveying UK universities, and analyzing the relationship between maturity and performance to conclude with recommendations. The study aims to fill gaps in research on project management in UK higher education.

1. TITLE
DRIVING FORWARD ORGANISATIONAL
PERFORMANCE IN UK HIGHER
EDUCATION THROUGH EFFECTIVE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

2. Objective #1
RESEARCH EXISTING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MATURITY MODELS

3. Objective #2
ASSESS THE MATURITY OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ACROSS UK HIGHER EDUCATION

4. Objective #3
EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE MATURITY OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
ACROSS UK HIGHER EDUCATION

5. Objective #4
PROVIDE UNIVERSITIES WITH
PRACTICAL ADVICE AND
RECOMMEND RELEVANT
SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS

6. Why?
NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE
PM LITERATURE FOCUSED ON UK
HIGHER EDUCATION IS SCANT
GENERAL LITERATURE SEEMS BIASED
RECOMMENDED BY BRYDE
AND LEIGHTON – LJMU (2009)

7. Methodology
LITERATURE REVIEW
& ?INTERVIEWS?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MATURITY MODELS
ORGANISATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
SURVEY UK UNIVERSITIES
CONCLUSION &
RECOMMENDATION