The Value Of Project Management Joe Findlater Michael Coyne
Dec 26, 2015
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Agenda
• The Changing Role of IT • Critical Components of World Class Organizations • What Is a Project Control Office?• Project Control Office Structure & Governance Model • Examples of Project Control Office Tools/Templates• State of Michigan Examples of Project Control Offices • Project Control Office Return On Investment• Next Steps: Creating A Project Control Office
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Think you know IT? Think again!
Today’s focus: • The changing role of IT in a changing world• What it means for you (as an IT professional) • What it means for DTMB (think business transformation)• And some advice to enable success
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Re-thinking IT
IT traditionally plays asupport role…• Provide technical backbone• Keep the shop running
You know us as the geek squad.
But that is so yesterday!
Do you know this guy?
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Today, IT is infused in everything we do, transforming how we live and work.
The role of IT is changing from support to:• Innovation / Business Transformation • Strategic Enabler• Agility / Speed to Market
A new era in Information Technology is unfolding
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Technology
People
Processes
IT Projects Don’t Exist…They’re Business Transformation Projects
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Critical Components of World Class Organizations
Innovate More• Tightly integrate business units with IT• Innovate and Transform leveraging Technology• Business and IT Portfolio, Program and Project
Management
Reduce Speed To Market• Are extremely agile (Business and IT)• Business and IT Portfolio, Program and Project
Management
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Why do big IT projects fail? Part one: The professionals
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Why Do Projects Fail? Posted by Brad Egeland. This topic always
interests me. Mainly because so many projects fail. ... please contact
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Why do large projects fail to deliver? Project Leadership Associates'
survey of more than 200 CEOs, COOs and CIOs suggests there is a
high correlation between lack of …
• Unrealistic budget for approval• Unrealistic timeframes• Poor business sponsorship & participation• Flawed governance structure
• Poor requirements• Poor communication• Lack of business involvement
• No methodology• Poorly skilled staff• No testing phase• Changing requirements• Customizing commercial off the shelf
• Ambiguity of roles and responsibilities• Lack of buy in• Poor change management
Why Do Large Projects Fail?
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What Is A Project Control Office?
The purpose of the Project Control Office is to provide comprehensive and consistent project management practices and reliable, metrics based statuses. PCO’s provide value to all types and sizes of IT projects and can be delivered by teams of 1 up to 20+ depending on the size and complexity of the project.
PCO value is delivered by:• Managing the big picture• Managing the budget• Establishes a Project Governance structure• Providing coordination and communication across projects and agencies• Identifying issues, risks, benefits, and scope changes • Resolving escalated issues and mitigating risks• Managing to a high-level milestone schedule• Managing scope change• Maintaining project sponsor support and alignment with the Agency objectives
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Project Control Office Responsibilities
The PCO is responsible for:• Managing a detailed project plan • Managing budgets• Managing blocks of work for specific product delivery • Tracking a schedule that addresses day-to-day detailed tasks
and activities • Escalating issues that cannot be resolved at the project level • Escalating risks that have a high probability of occurring and
affect multiple, related projects • Escalating scope changes that cannot be resolved at the
project level or that effect multiple, related projects
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Project Control Office Goals
Schedule Control• Tracking, monitoring processes
definedStatus, issues, change management
• Tools & environments set up• Communication & training
Communication• Status meetings, schedules, agendas• Tools & environments set up (web site)
Technical Control• Configuration management processes
defined• Tools & environments set up• Communication & training
Driving Ownership,
Accountability & Focus
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PCO Governance
Strategy: To provide an organization with governance and processes that recognizes all stakeholders (Business and Technology) to create:
• Involvement• Commitment• Buy-in
• Accountability• Ownership
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Management Teams
Project LeadershipTeam
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
Executive Steering Committee
SubProject
Strategic
Tactical
Provides strategic direction. Ultimately accountable for strategic decisions and successful outcome of the project.
Accountable for overall tactical coordination, implementation and focus.
Accountable for operational execution to provide delivery of goals and objectives. Operational
Governance Model Overview
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SeniorTechnicalManager
Project Managers
SeniorPCO
ManagerSenior ProgramManager
ExecutiveBusinessOwner
Business Lead Business LeadTechnical Solutions
Owner
Technical Infrastructure
Owner
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
Executive Technology
Owner
Project Leadership Team
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
SubProject
Business Analyst
SubProject
Executive SteeringCommittee
Project Control Office Team Structure
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Weekly Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Collect Metrics
Resolve ScheduleAnd Status Issues
with Teams
Executive Status
Tracking Metrics Provided to
PCO
MetricsValidated /SchedulesUpdated
Issue and Risk Identification and Resolution
Scorecards
Change ControlMtg
Manager’sMtg
Status ReportsSubmitted
Collect Timesheets
Project Status:
Project Phase: UAT (71%)
Weeks to Pilot:07
Timeline
Accomplishments/Major Milestones
H1 – Disaster Recovery Plan – Submitted I2 – I5 – Training Preparation - Submitted
Key Activities This Week Application Development - Continue fixes UAT Work
Requests, CR Development Conversion – Work Requests, Benefit Match Rate, Interim
Conversion, Pilot Dry Run Technology Management – WR fixes, Pilot CR’s, Vblock
patches, Database Vault Implementation - Training Materials, Data Clean up, Office
Readiness, Pilot Readiness, Training Room Testing – Recorded QTP Scripts, UAT Testing
Key Activities Next Week Technology Management – Apply Exadata patches,
Performance Testing, VBLOCK patches Application Development - Work request fixes, UAT,
Change Request Development Conversion - Resolve work requests, Benefit match rate,
conversion defects Implementation/Training –Data Conversion, Training
Materials, Ideal Office, Train the Trainer
Project Time1. Requirements2. Design3. Development4. Conversion5. QAT6. UAT7. MCI8. Pilot9. Wave 110. Wave 211. Wave 312. Training & Imp
3Q12 2Q12 4Q12 2Q13 1Q13 3Q13 1Q12
On Track
At Risk
Off Track
Not Started
On Hold
Completed
DurationGAR
NHC
G
Progress
XXX Project Status Week Ending XX/XX/XXXX
C
N
N
N
Sept 2011 – Dec 2011Jan 2012 – Apr 2012May 2012 – Oct 2012Oct 2011 – Dec 2013Nov 2012 – March 2013Mar 2013 – June 2013June 2013July 2013Sept 2013Nov 2013Jan 2014Oct 2012 – March 2014
N
N
Risks/Issues External System interfaces changes may not
be completed on schedule Impact of HIX on the ASPEN Project
4Q13
C
G
C
ASPEN Project Financials
C
G
$105,060,01
2
$40,694,19
9
$64,365,813
XXX Project Financials
BudgetSpendingBalance
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Projects Agency • BRIDGES DHS• Treasury Modernization Program Treasury • CHAMPS DCH• MiTALENT MEDC• Michigan Health Data Exchange DCH• Medicaid Compliance Program DCH• MiACTS DLARA• Identity Management Initiative DTMB• Unemployment Modernization DLARA• BAM Modernization MDOS• MiLAMP DTMB
Examples of SOM PCOs
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PCO Return On Investment
• It was discovered that projects which had PCO related processes saw their projects completed (on an average) +/- 5% of the target schedule and budget for the current stage.
• Projects that did not properly utilize effective PM/PCO processes completed their project anywhere from +10 to +50% over their project budgets and target schedules.
• Also noted, the projects totaled a savings of +$250M (with PM/PCO) compared to a total loss of $655M (without or limited use of PM/PCO).
• This savings was largely due to effective project management and controls, which gave the project teams the ability to identify issues early enough to minimize impacts.
Source: “Measuring ROI on Project Management - Project Controls “ - JAMK International Business School
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Assumptions:
• Projects with a PCO come in +/- 5% (budget/schedule)
• Projects without a PCO come in +10%-50% (budget/schedule)
What Does This Mean To Your Project?
Let’s look at a $10M (2) year project:Project X
Cost 10,000,000.00$ Best Case Worst Case
Time in days 730 Low end High end
Without a PCO 10 percent over 50 percent over
Cost 11,000,000.00$ 15,000,000.00$
Time 803 1095
With a PCO 5 percent under 5 percent over
Cost 9,500,000.00$ 10,500,000.00$
Time 693.5 766.5
So what does this mean:• Worst Case without a PCO
Your $10M, 2 year project costs you $15M and takes (36) months to deliver
• Worst Case with a PCO Your $10M, 2 year project costs you $10.5M and takes (25) months to deliver
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Next Steps: Creating An Effective PCO
Buy-In & Commitment To Governance Structure and Model• Organizationally• Key Processes
Dedicated Business & Technical Resources• Executive Owners• Key Leads
Dedicated Team Tools & Facilities