The document discusses increasing the maturity of project work through establishing performance baselines. It describes a process with five key steps: 1. Define the needed capabilities to achieve objectives for specific scenarios and connect capabilities to requirements. 2. Define the technical and operational requirements isolated from technology or implementation, ensuring each is connected to a needed capability. 3. Decompose the scope of work, assign accountability, and arrange the work plan. 4. Define measures of performance and effectiveness and establish a performance measurement baseline. 5. Execute the work, measure performance against the baseline, and take corrective actions.