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Your Presenter Founder and Managing Partner at Sensei Project Solutions Virtual Technology Solutions Professional with Microsoft Author of the book: Proactive PPM with Microsoft Project 2013 Scheduling Geek Scheduler for the Queen of Denmark - 1995 Also scheduled security for Al Gore and Fidel Castro
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Gartner findings.executives find it hard to know exactly what actions they should be taking..guide the audience to any areas of concern. draw attention to changes, and where decisions or actions are needed...avoid lists of projects. Consolidate project information around the categories or sub-portfolios..
The Building Blocks of PPM PMO Governance Monitor data quality and compliance to scheduling standards across all projects and resources in the portfolio Project Status and Portfolio Reporting Track actual progress to date; reforecast based on Estimates To Completion; and roll-up portfolio reporting Project Planning and Collaboration Plan the detailed scope of work with deliverables, milestones and resource assignments. Collaborate on project artifacts Budgeting and Cost tracking Load budgets & cost estimates in project schedules; then track progress and report variance during execution Resource Capacity/Demand Management Establish resource capacity baseline and capture work demand to identify staffing bottlenecks Project Intake & Prioritization Capture proposals with supporting business cases & prioritize against business drivers and existing workload
Proactive Scheduling/Reporting Printed Directions Static; out-of-sync after detour or wrong turns; no update to arrival time or distance GPS System Tracks actual progress; re-routes on detours; provides accurate forecast of arrival time
Proactive Scheduling/Reporting Static Schedule Hard-coded with artificial dates; no forecasting ability; unreliable; inaccurate actuals; snapshot of a point in time; not actionable Proactive Schedule Shows actual progress-to-date; reflects estimates to completion; predicts completion dates and total cost estimates; enables corrective action and decision-making
Common Reporting Questions How many projects in each area? What's causing variances?
What do Executives want?
DEMONSTRATION
Feeding the Reports & Dashboards Portfolio Reporting Reports & Dashboards Project Status Project A Status Project B Status Project C Status Project D Status Project A Project B Project C Project D Actual Work + ETC Issues/Risks/Actions Actual Work + ETC Issues/Risks/Actions Actual Work + ETC Issues/Risks/Actions Actual Work + ETC Issues/Risks/Actions
Successful Statusing & Reporting Track Actual Work (historical) Validate Remaining Work (forecast) Update status on Issues and Risks Approve status updates ( Actual Work & Remaining Work ) Update Milestone status Reschedule incomplete work from the past Resolve resource over-allocations Take corrective action
Building Successful Reports Tag projects and resource with the appropriate meta data to allow for roll-up reporting Align the reports with natural sub-portfolios in the organization, such as Department and Sponsor Surface projects with the greatest variance or impact by sorting from high to low Cost Variance, Finish Variance, Project Health, Work, Cost Exclude projects not yet approved, cancelled or complete Enable interactive filters for executives to help answer specific questions
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