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What we Wonder?
1. What are we offering in PM? (our key products/services?) 2. How should we define "excellence in PM"? 3. Is it better to set expectations low or high? 4. How does PM most need to change? 5.Are you a PM? 6. How do we gain PM organizational self-awareness? 7. How can we better identify and fix frustrations? 8. What should be on our organizational dashboard? 9.Is PM different today 10. What can we gain from these notes to answer the above?
Will this wonder help you somewhat?
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Executive summary of World PM Survey Project management competencies are considered crucial to the business, yet few companies do project management well or have consistent processes in place
90% of respondents say project management is either critical(47%) or somewhat important(43%) to their ability to deliver successful projects and remain competitive Nearly one-half (49%) only follow formal project management practices on large or complex projects and few (20%) use a standardised set of project management tools including enterprise-level systems
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit survey, September 2009
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4.The Event Chain Methodology (ECM) 5.Green Project Management 6.Xtreme Project Management 7.TenStep Methodology 8.PMI Methodology 9.Methodology 10. PRINCE2 Methodology 11.Professional Project Management Methodology(PPMM) , and 12. Many others
Ref: Wikipedia
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A2 TenStep Writing Style A3 How to Use the TenStep Process A4 TenStep Process Guiding Principles A5 Overall TenStep Process Model
A5.1 Capability Maturity Model A5.2 Project Management vs. Project Life Cycle A5.3 Project Management vs. Product Management
.A Current State Assessment of your capabilities .A Future State Analysis of where you want to be. .A Deployment Strategy for getting you to the future state .A more detailed Deployment Plan that describes the details required to get you to the future state .In addition, we can also manage and help you staff the
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PRINCE2 7 Themes
Business Case Organization Plans Progress Risk Quality Change
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mean reduction in lead-times of 69%, mean reduction of cycle-times of 66%, mean improvement in due date performance of 60% mean reduction in inventory levels of 50% and mean increases in revenue / throughput of 68%
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7.Develop a preliminary plan 8.Create a baseline plan 9.Request project adjustments 10.Work your plan, but dont die for it 11.Monitor your teams progress 12.Document everything 13.Keep everyone informed
5 Habits of an Effective PM
Know what you want Open up your ears, and your mouth Know your shit(mess) Dont get personal Work as hard (or harder) than your team
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1.Incomplete requirements 2.Didnt involve users 3.Insufficient resources/schedule 4.Unrealistic expectations 5.Lack of executive support 6.Changing Requirements 7.Poor Planning 8.Didnt need it any longer 9.Lack of IT Management 10.Technology Illiteracy
* Source: Chaos Reports, Standish Group International Inc., 1995, www.standishgroup.com
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Before you start the project-Spend sufficient time with the Sales team Solution Acceptance Issues Management Progress Reporting People Management Time Management/Meeting Guidelines Relationship Management
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10 Project Challenges
1.Lack of User Input 2.Incomplete Requirements & Specifications 3.Changing Requirements & Specifications 4.Lack of Executive Support 5.Technology Incompetence 6.Lack of Resources 7.Unrealistic Expectations 8.Unclear Objectives 9.Unrealistic Time Frames 10.New Technology
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1. A strong business case has been developed and approved 2. The project is in line with organisational strategy 3. I have the full support of senior management for the project 4. The benefits of the project are well understood and documented 5. A clear set of deliverables have been identified 6. The customer understands and has agreed the scope of the project 7. Critical success factors have been identified and agreed with the customer 8. Management will support a request for additional resources, if required 9. A detailed project plan exists
10. Frequent milestones have been built into the project plan 11. There are sufficient resources available until the end of the project 12. Everyone in the team understands their roll and is committed to the cause 13. All materials required for the project are available 14. A risk log has been completed and a plan formulated to minimise identified risks 15. A communications plan has been developed 16. The project time-scale is accurate and achievable 17. I am confident that the project has every chance of success 18. I have scored the above questions honestly and to the best of my knowledge
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2. Keep the project on track with stages and gates: use a life cycle,
every gate is a real evaluation
3. Use feedback with your team and focus on scope and quality in the doing stage: use feed back at all levels, focus on scope and quality 4. Follow through to success: Deliver customer delight, Remember ROI
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money at a problem. 2.Focus on time and cost, not quality. Get it done yesterday. Never let anyone spend money. Dont waste time checking anythingjust get it done. 3.Know the right thing to do. Dont analyze problems. Dont listen to experts. Andabsolutely, above all, whatever you dobe sure to ignore the customer. You wouldnt launch a project if you didnt know everything, and what does anyone else know? 4.Dont thank the team, push them harder. Dont waste time with planning, People ought to know what to do. Just tell the team to get it done nowor else. 5.Avoid big problems. All of our projects fail. And weve got no time for them, eitherwere too busy putting out fires
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Remember !
Projects never get done on time, on scope and on costan unresolved challenge to project people.
Compiled by misilamani@yahoo.com
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