Based on a survey, we developed a new framework of PPM adoption and identified groups
of organisations at different stages of the adoption of PPM. We also correlated the PPM
adoption level to the benefits the organisations perceived and to the level of problems they
face in managing their projects. We used an approach similar to the one adopted by Ibbs
and Regato [22], who showed that there is a positive relation between the level of adoption
of project management techniques and improvements in cost and schedule performance in
projects. We extended this methodology to PPM. The aim of the research is to investigate
the extent to which organisations view their internal projects as discrete projects or as a
coherent portfolio of investments, and the value they get from taking this perspective. We
examined two hypotheses: