Project Management Services

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1 Join other leading firms in discovering the agility, efficiency, and expertise of MicroAgility! gility.com Completing projects on-time, on-budget and without surprises is critical for a business to meet its objectives. Yet many enterprises continue to struggle with low success rates on projects. MicroAgility provides services to diagnose project issues and to help your success rate climb. Services include any or all of: PM Standards creation or enhancement Project Assessments to evaluate project risks and success probability Training/Mentoring for Project Managers on best PM practices Custom Consulting to raise overall PM capabilities. Examples: Review of key project documents to maximize project performance and avoid pitfalls Assistance building or improving QA/QC processes Facilitation of meetings with the team or stakeholders Building/Improving Issue and Risk management processes Improving effectiveness of project estimating, planning, tracking, and project communications Helping You Succeed with Agility!

2 Advantages accrue to companies with advanced Project Management capabilities, including: Avoid overage on project costs Complete projects on-time by improving tracking, issue management and scope management. Result is faster gain of projects benefits. Better resource control if project teams stay on schedule. Better information for management about projects, dependencies, and status. Better support for team on issue and risk management (involve management in these processes). Project Managers become trained in standards - more professional value. Don t pay for un-needed scope typically found in scope creep. With improved QA/QC processes, fewer production issues. This diagram depicts a sample project involvement and how much time would typically be allocated for a moderate sized project (9-15 month duration, team size 7-20). Based on. the services selected and the project complexity, these estimated may be revised up or down. Project Startup One Month Four Months Seven Months Ten Months Project Completion Project In - Flight Assessment Report to PM and Manager Assist PM with actions needed / track agreed actions Mentoring/Training as needed Project Startup Assessment Report to PM Assist PM with actions needed Mentoring/Training as needed Establish project stds and processes Review startup documents Mentor PM and Customer Assist with project plan and schedule Establish QA/QC processes Attend initial meetings Project Completion Assessment Report to PM, Manager, Customer Record Lessons Learned Modify Standards Mentoring/Training as needed 2

3 Project Assessments A Project Assessment will quickly identify unseen issues and risks, and maximize the chances of the project continuing successfully. Assessments are quick (from 2 days to a week), affordable, and are done in a manner to minimize impacts on the team s work. Assessments may be done at any time in the project life, but for best results are done in the first month, and quarterly thereafter. A project assessment is done with interviews and review of documents, and will evaluate: Compliance with PM standards Adequacy of staffing and effectiveness of roles Customer relationship and agreement Management of scope and change Effectiveness of processes Progress against the project plan, and adequacy of the plan Budget actual vs plan and causes of variance Recommendations to maximize success Lessons Learned An assessment report is produced, with recommended actions. 3

4 Project Standards Success on a project may sometimes be dependent on the specific skills and execution of the Project Manager and team. Success across your project portfolio is dependent on a common set of standards of project execution, and compliance with those standards by all PMs and teams. MicroAgility can help you to build PM processes using best practices in the industry. PM process building starts with the evaluation of existing processes, and matches these to industry standards, such as PMI s PMBOK. Specific deficiencies are identified and prioritizes, based on their impact on past and current projects. A PM standards manual is built, using the industry best practices and templates, tailored to needs of your organization. If needed, training for the entire process, or targeted training for specific skills may be built and given to your PMs, to project teams, to management, and even to your customers. Building of these processes is enhanced by also doing selected project assessments, to ensure compliance, and to identify needs for additional training or development. 4

5 Training/Mentoring Most organizations have some PMs who are recent additions to the staff, some who were developed from the technical ranks into PMs, and some who are very experienced. A training program can be powerful in getting all PMs to a common set of knowledge about Project Management processes, best practices and the standards you have implemented. Training is then enhanced by experience, gained from developmental assignments. Training is always tailored to the specific processes and needs of your organization. While MicroAgility has standard training available for most topics, we will be sure to address the areas where more focus is needed by your PMs. Training can be comprehensive, covering all PM topics, and/or it can focus on particular topics, such as Risk Management, Schedule Tracking, or Customer Communication. We can also provide one-on-one mentoring. In this manner, you can start with general training, and then reinforce particular aspects over time, to manage your investment of time, and maximize value. 5

6 Custom Consulting MicroAgility provides a comprehensive set of services to help you improve the maturity level of your Project Management across all projects. Custom Consulting is a way of tailoring our services to your needs. We can help with specific critical projects, or across multiple teams as needed to add the most value. As its name implies, Custom Consulting can come in any form or size. We can package any services, and provide hands-on help when needed within projects. Examples: Improve processes and execution for Risk Management. Ensure that Issue Management is doing its job of raising and eliminating barriers to project success. Evaluate Estimating Processes and recommend improvements. Implement strong Quality Assurance/Quality Control processes, addressing process as well as product quality. Facilitate meetings that are expected to be difficult or complex. Review key project documents as an unbiased third party, to ensure they are clear, concise and complete. Address communication weaknesses, and ensure all communication methods are appropriately used. Dan Sandler DSandler@MicroAgility.com Contact MicroAgility for more information or a proposal Alexander Road Building 2, Suite 208 Princeton, NJ