In today’ rapidly changing business environment, Project Management Offices (PMO’s) struggle to provide adequate support for the shifting priorities and faster delivery cycles. The basic reason for a PMO’s failure in an organisation has been that they have remained stuck to solely reporting and prioritization function focused on tactical project management. However, the need of …
Almost all projects would have a scope defined base. Those projects that don’t have a proper scope management in place would definitely be at a peril. Though most of the managers realize the importance of scope management in the first place, they almost fail to execute it properly. Either the processes are in place, but …
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Meetings are normally conducted to help discuss certain problems or options and come up with a viable solution. There can be different kinds of meetings such as: 1) Meetings with clients to sell, to discuss on strategies to provide the best service, to trouble shoot problems related to product/ service etc…. 2) Meetings with internal stakeholders within …
Talking about successful projects, one aspect that comes to everyone’s mind is leadership skill needed to drive the project. When we talk of leadership skills, we normally attribute it to senior management at the programme or organisational level. What we do not realise is that leadership is actually required or rather necessary at all levels …
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We all talk about successful projects and discuss mostly on pointers to make our project successful. However, what if a project is already in a difficult situation? For such projects, there are some common but yet critical steps that can be taken to help revive the project back. Projects commonly suffer from delays in …
Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us now look at the reasons why Scrum projects fail and then we shall look at the approach to solve these problems to help achieve successful Agile Scrum projects. Re-iterating some key points on Agile Scrum… We now …
Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us look at 5 key Agile myths due to which scrum projects fail. As discussed earlier, for many who are implementing Agile, they feel as if they have found a panacea to all project related problems. It seems …
One of the major concerns across many organisations is whether to go for Agile or Waterfall methodology. Most of the project managers higher up in the corporate ladder have to take this decision. And this becomes more difficult when one has the pressure to deliver a successful project at the end. Thankfully, there are certain …
It is easy to list the processes involved in managing the scope of a project. 1) Collecting Requirements 2) Defining the scope 3) Creating and base lining the WBS – re-base lining whenever there is relevant/ agreed scope changes with clear impact on time and cost. 4) Controlling the scope through integrated change control. 5) …
The next time when you make cookies, just observe the processes involved in it. And you will realize that it is nothing different from the processes we follow in project management. 1) Initiating process: It all starts from Needs. This is where you decide what you need. You research on what and how you want to …
Program and Project managers are always at the edge of their seat when it comes to planning. In a common release cycle, while one release cycle is coming to a close, the next one is already in execution phase, while one needs to look into the planning aspects of the forthcoming release. So, a program …
How a project is managed depends a lot on how much control a project manager has on the project and that relates with the type of Organisation in which the project manager is working. There are different types of Organisations, namely: 1) Functional Organisation: In this kind of Organisation, the project team members report to …
You as a project manager have successfully completed a project and are already into the next project where the project charter has been signed and you have been appointed as the project manager. The project is authorised to kick off. Meetings with stakeholders have begun. The existing team has been released and already assigned to …
Measuring Risks & Customer Satisfaction In my previous blogs, we discussed on creating an e-PMO dashboard to view the overall status of the project through meaningful metrics across various Knowledge Areas in a project. For this, I discussed each of the areas through a series of articles. 1) How to put project metrics into effective …
Measuring the Human Factor In my previous blogs, we discussed specifically on measuring Processes & Financials(see, How to track projects using e-PMO dashboard – I and How to track projects using e-PMO dashboard – 2 ) using a consolidated e-PMO dashboard. Now, let us look at measuring the most important element of the project – …
Measuring Financials In my previous blog we discussed specifically on measuring Processes using a consolidated e-PMO dashboard. Next, let us get to know more on how we can measure and use financial measures to effectively track Projects. Re-iterating the key points for measuring project progress…. 1) Ensure that the metrics are aligned with the organisational or …
Tracking Progress Having discussed on how to track projects effectively using metrics from a PMO perspective, (see How to use Project Metrics into effective use) , let us now look into each of the measurement aspect using e-PMO dashboard. Revisiting some of the key points again…. First and foremost: 1) Ensure that the metrics are aligned …
You can watch the summarized video presentation here. What gets measured gets controlled and finally delivered!! In fact, every project manager uses some sort of statistical measurement to help track the progress and delivery of projects and programs. For this, the project manager relies on Metrics. Metrics can be used …
RACI stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed. Sometimes it is also referred to as RASCI – where the additional S stands for Supportive. Where:Responsible – implies the person who “owns” the project. Accountable – Person to whom R is accountable. He is normally the person who would sign off or approve …
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1) Ensure early visibility of the project and that sponsors, stakeholders and team members are all aligned. 2) Ensure that project plans have clear ownership. Adhere to relevant and tailored processes for the given project. 3) Ensure that communication plan is set-up much ahead during the initiation stage. Focus on effective communication …
Image courtesy: Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay Project Management core processes and Knowledge Areas remain fundamentally same; however, the way it is applied in different industries or scenarios varies. Truly, the PMBOK mentions about tailoring the project management processes based on the project requirement. Here, I have put across some points to help manage mobile application development-based projects. One …
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