Project Management Office — Governance
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Does your company struggle to consistently meet customer expectations or to deliver products? Project Managers may be stressed to meet time lines and keep projects within scope. Resources may be pulled in many directions. Defining clear and effective Project Management processes reduces the frustration and provides clear direction for staff to perform more effectively.
Project Management Practices provide your organization with the ability to plan, assess, and monitor progress of the portfolio, projects, products and processes towards the business goals. Processes provided include roles, responsibilities, templates, tools, measures, and reporting.
Successful support of Project Management Practices includes:
- A strategy and plan to assess, integrate, and maintain a Project Management Life Cycle.
- A subject matter expert to lead and train on Project Management practices and functions.
- Involvement from management at key milestones for approving and supporting the products.
- Participation from internal staff to build and maintain the processes.
- Training to ensure that resources have the knowledge and ability to perform the processes.
Project Management Practices benefits include:
- Improved visibility into project performance.
- Increased ability to plan, execute, and control projects using industry best practices.
- Increased productivity in software delivery while producing higher quality products.
- Improved interactions with customers to ensure and better know that you are meeting expectations.
- Improved team morale due to better skills and clear direction.