Project Management Overview

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Projects are Mission Critical

PM Project management is a mission critical successPM methodology is a means to improve performanceEffective projects create new products and

servicesImplement process and quality improvementLead to complex business development

initiatives and sales fulfillmentCompanies equipped with PM accelerates

mergers and acquisitions projects

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Are People Methodology Averse????

• How many of you have had negative methodology experiences?

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Are People Methodology Averse???

•What are the negative aspects of using a methodology?

•How can Program Management methodology get in the way?

•What is the relationship between methodology and business results?

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The Need for PM Methodology

•Reduces risk of failure•Increases efficiency and productivity•Enriches program quality•Improves communications and knowledge•Drives organizational change management•Equips organization with tool for competitive advantage

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Essential to PM Improvement and Competitive Change

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What Is a Methodology?

Source: Blais, The Beginning and End of Software Engineering, 2007

•A system of:•Principles•Practices•Procedures

•Applies to a specific branch of knowledge (Model/Workflow) to achieve an expected result Guidelines/Framework

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PM focuses on project end datesProduct lifecycle is concerned with longevity of a

productPM focuses on technical details and processesProduct management is based on competition

and profitability

Differences Between Project Management and Product Lifecycle

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Relationship Between PM and Product Lifecycle

Product development is headed by a line managerHeavy involvement of PM in product development phaseProduct development processes are mapped to PM processProduct management takes product to market after development

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Issues Addressed by PM Methodology

Late and over budget projectsScope creepReporting and control shortfallsMulti-project coordinationUnclear communicationRunaway projectsCompetency issues

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Maturity and Methodology

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What Is a Singular Methodology?

Does one size fit all?Can a methodology be singular and flexible?What’s better….

Fit the project to the methodologyFit the methodology to the project

A good methodology is….ScalableConfigurableCustomizableCost-effective

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Small Projects

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Source: Leffingwell & Widrig, Managing Software Requirements, Addison Wesley, 2003

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Obtaining Buy-In

Show results – pilot projects Motivate Get, acknowledge, and use feedback Involve the users in the development and the continuous improvement of the methodology

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PM Improvement Strategies/ROI Strategies

Manage organizational changes•Integrates education, sales, coaching, tools, monitoring

Grass roots vs top down•Autonomy and non-authoritarian implementation

VS•Mandated compliance

Goals•Just enough standardization VS•Total standardization

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Sample PM Deployment Strategy

IIBA BOK, R 1.4, p. 85-86

Ready the environment for formal PM….

•Deploy as framework/guideline – make it available and they will use it•Integration with global training initiative•Coaching

•On-line tools like UPMM have online experts•Initially no centralized PMO•Initially no compliance monitoring

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Overview

•Reduces risk of failure•Increases efficiency and productivity•Enriches program quality•Improves communications and knowledge•Drives organizational change management•Equips organizations with tools for competitive advantage

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Evaluations

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