Proj Mgmt Capability
- 1. Project Management Capability – Executive Overview Sam Casas, PMP Senior Project Manager
- 2. Project Management provides a foundation for managing and sharing expectations. Manage expectations to: • Define what is required. • Plan for achieving the desired outcomes. • Conform with what is acceptable. • Drive efficiency; avoid re-work. • Communicate status. • Manage impediments to success; escalate as needed. Project Management Capability page 2
- 3. Applying Project Management through “adaptive rigor” enables successful outcomes. • Avoid costly delays and overruns. • Improve productivity. • Efficient use of critical resources. • Proactive, fact-based decision making. • Clear and concise project communications. • Change issues addressed throughout the project life cycle. • Creation of a continuous improvement environment. • Focus on people, performance and process. • Emphasis on quality. Project Management Capability page 3
- 4. Computer Solutions drives positive results by planning and executing to plan. – Project Phases (and selected activities) – Initiation Planning Implementation & Control Closure • Confirm business • Finalize project • Perform project work • Secure completion sign-off goals & objectives strategy & approach • Track project effort and expenses • Conduct lessons learned • Establish project • Develop detailed • Progress decision points and action items • Complete customer requirements schedule: satisfaction survey • Secure deliverable customer approvals • Validate project • Tasks • Perform project • Publish status reports scope and budget • Deliverables recognitions • Identify and manage project risks • Recruit team/SMEs • Owners • Redeploy team resources • Escalate risks, issues or decision • Develop initial • Timelines requirements as needed project strategy • Establish project • Manage changes to budget, scope or • Establish roles & guidelines: timelines responsibilities • Meetings • Status reporting • Issue Mgmt • Risk Mgmt • Escalation path • Change Control • Communications Project Management Capability page 4
- 5. High-level project timelines are developed using experience-based assumptions. Month 0 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Steady Initiation Planning Implementation & Control Closure State Submit CR Data Network Augmentation Infrastructure Readiness Proposal Site & Staff Preparation Refine Training CR Resource Selection / Ramp Up Signed Assign Deliver Training PM Ramp-Up Agree to Proceed Services Phased Migration Steady State Project Management Capability page 5
- 6. Tactical project tasks, assignments, deliverables, dependencies, checkpoints, interim sign- offs, etc. are developed to perform the work as planned as well as to track progress. Project Management Capability page 6
- 7. Project reporting communicates progress, issues, risks and financials on a routine basis. Project Management Capability page 7
- 8. Project management practices are aligned with the Project Management Institute (PMI®) Project Management Capability page 8
- 9. Questions? Sam Casas, PMP Senior Project Manager Project Management Capability page 9