Project Maturity Index · before you commit

Should you commit your money today?

PMI scores how ready your project is — and the risk you still carry — before you spend.

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The four pillars

Four things decide whether it's worth building.

Strategy

Right to Win

Do you have a defensible reason to win in this market?

Technology

Competitive Edge

Does the chosen technology give you a real advantage?

Project Estimate

Definition

Is the scope defined and the estimate built up — not guessed?

Finance

Funding Capacity

Can it be funded through completion, and will it pay back?

What the score means

A low score is a warning. A high score is a green light.

RESIDUAL RISK PMI SCORE → Low PMI · high risk High PMI · low risk
Low PMI

Too much uncertainty

Overruns likely · outcome uncertain · not ready to commit.

High PMI

Uncertainty reduced

Ready to commit · fewer surprises · risk understood.

What PMI does

A maturity score — and what to fix before you spend.

01Score it at every stage gate on the way to commit.
02A single maturity score, 1–100.
03Shows the residual risk you still carry.
04Shows exactly what to fix before you commit.
How it's implemented

From 70 questions to one number.

You answer. The engine reads the depth. You close the gaps. The score lands.

01

You answer ~70 questions

About 70 questions across the four pillars — Strategy, Technology, Project Estimate, Finance. You don't reveal anything confidential. You explain the basis — how each number was arrived at, and what it rests on.

02

The engine reads the depth

The engine ingests every answer, rates it, measures the depth of thinking behind it, and flags where the project could slip.

03

The missing-information list

Built on the PDRI framework, a scoring mechanism, and the fine-tuning Harshit Kapoor has done from 25 years of subject-matter knowledge, the engine generates a missing-information list — the specific gaps it found — and shares it back with you.

04

You fill the gaps

You get a chance to supply the missing pieces — surface implicit assumptions, check back with your team, close the open questions.

05

The Project Maturity Index

With the gaps closed, the engine produces the final score — a benchmark of how mature the project really is. That is your Project Maturity Index.

What it's based on

Built on research that has guided billions in capital.

UT Austin Project Definition Rating Index · PDRI Decades of front-end planning research — the foundation PMI is built on.
CII Construction Industry Institute Implemented across multiple projects — 6–27% reduction in project cost, 6–39% reduction in project schedule.
Real experience Harshit Kapoor · capital projects Implemented on real projects with stark differences in outcome. Works on capex from $10M to $1B+, schedules of 12 to 60 months, teams of 6 to 500.
$10M–$1B+Project size
12–60 moSchedule
6–500Team size

Proven across project sizes, durations, and team sizes

Who uses it

One score. Five seats.

Owners & Boards

Know how your teams have worked. Decide to commit, wait, or fix — based on your risk-taking appetite.

Investors & Lenders

Know the residual uncertainty from an expert lens. Ask the right questions before funding the project.

Strategy Heads

Know how your Technology and Project teams have detailed their own areas. You may not have the full technical depth — the score does.

Technology Heads

Know the strategy fragility and the project estimate detailing. You are the connecting link — the score gives you the overall picture.

Project Heads

Know what the project is contingent on, and what you are inheriting. Set the right expectations with management and team.

Know your number before you spend.

Run your project through PMI in a working session — and see the risk you carry before you commit.