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An Indonesian waste treatment plant manufacturer company experienced several issues related to delivery project of the product Incinerator. The issues occurred mainly resulted in the project delay and cost overruns, which potentially impacted negatively to the project success. A company performance of running project can be measured in the form of Project Management Maturity analysis, it is can be interpreted as an organization’s capability to manage projects successfully utilizing a standardized practice that has been improved and enhanced through time. The objectives of this research are to identify the root causes of the business issue, assessing the project management maturity of the company, formulate the proposed solutions, and developing the implementation plan.

The assessment of the maturity level is done based on the PMBOK project management knowledge area that relevant to the business issue, namely Project Risk Management, Project Schedule Management, Project Resource Management, and Project Communications Management. The data analysis of this research involves gap analysis and root cause analysis. An analysis that related to the gaps between the existing condition and the next maturity level is conducted to identify the areas of improvement the company need to address. Furthermore, the root cause analysis is conducted to determine the root causes of the business issues.

The result of the data analysis is then utilized to formulate the proposed solution for improvement and the implementation plan. The proposed solutions in this research are to develop a proper risk management practices and documentation, implement scope management, development of project scheduling, and improvement of project team management regarding the development of resource management and communications management.