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 Project Management
From managing the entire project lifecycle to assisting in individual phases we provide expert resources, staffing and next generation tools, techniques and processes for - Project Selection; Planning, Execution and Monitoring, Risk Management; Change Management; Forecasting and Estimation; Methodology and Standards; and Transition Management.
 
 
 Project/Program Office (PMO)

While the PMO has been a growing trend in recent years, the reality of the turbulent business environment is posing new challenges for implementing PMO's. They are often implemented with mixed results and encounter limited buy-in. While the PMO can offer tremendous benefits and make strategic impact, the challenge is in the focus of the PMO and the way it is implemented.

We utilize our "Next Generation PMO Framework" to address the implementation challenges of traditional PMO's and design and implement a results-oriented project office.

See our paper "Building the Next Generation PMO," presented at PMI Symposium.
 
 Business Process Management (BPM)  


Enterprise success depends on the effective performance of well-designed processes. Standardizing business processes and creating easy access to company data can provide a tremendous boost to efficiency and increase margins. BPM may be the next killer-app - using the real power of the Internet and e-business to provide seamless processes with customers and suppliers.

We provide the deliberate and holistic assessment and redesign of work processes. Our approach focuses on standard processes and methods that bring about operational discipline and efficiencies without curtailing creativity and innovation.

 
 Portfolio Management  
We help in adapting a consolidated approach to managing the Enterprise Portfolio of Projects. We establish governance with a combination of processes, tools and practices for project selection and prioritization, risk assessment, control and measurement dashboards.
 
 Metrics & Measurement Scorecard
We specialize in Building Customized Scorecards that measure what matters. Our approach focuses on specific measurement approaches and benefits realization for IT organizations synthesizing the Balanced Scorecard and other specific frameworks to measure IT. While traditional metrics focus on what has happened, our measurement approach focuses on what is to come and how it will impact the outcome. Our approach provides a roadmap to measurement maturity and helps in dealing with typical challenges of measurement and calculating the business value of IT projects.
 Global Sourcing

We provide Methods, Processes Tools, Training and strategies for global sourcing - vendor evaluation, selection, management methods, processes and metrics to deal with the unique challenges and opportunities of Global Sourcing Program Management.


While the path to global sourcing relationships is full of promises such as reduced costs, the ability to conduct work virtually around the clock and shorten implementation windows, there are also a lot of land mines to watch for and pitfalls to avoid. While there are many success stories, global sourced projects are often complex and rife with friction and frustration. What project management approaches can you use to manage your globally sourced projects? How do you evaluate and select a global partner? How do you manage global sub-contracting relationships? How can you proactively manage global risks? How do you deal with cultural, language, political, personnel and communications issues? Should you consider an overseas development center (ODC)? How do you realistically measure global sourcing value? What are the gotcha's to watch for?

We have developed a unique Global Sourcing Program Management Framework by marrying sourcing best practices with the discipline of program management.
 
 Strategic Risk Assessment  

Strategic Risk Assessments focus on anticipating what can wrong, deciding what is important, devising a plan to take actions, tracking actions and integrating activities. Our experts in risk management assess your risk tolerance and help in shaping risks and exploiting your ability to bear risks both in individual projects and large programs.

 
 Project Healthcheck  

Our project healthcheck report card allows us to assess the vital signs of your project and prescribe necessary care and recommendations.
We help in establishing and identifying the metrics that raise flags before the project tipping point is crossed.
 
 Methodology - Projectize FrameWork (PFW)  
 

Customized methodology assessment, design, implementation and training. Our approach is based on methodologies that provide rigor without rigidity. We rely on standard PMI PM processes and marry them with specific product or systems development lifecycle methodologies appropriate to your environment and culture. We utilize a collaborative approach to probe your project environment and focus on co-development to seek buy-in and acceptance of standards. Find out more about Projectize Framework - our methodology solution.
 
 Knowledge Management

Do your projects repeatedly fall into the same pitfalls? Why is it that most lessons learned from projects are rarely applied on new projects? According to Tom Stewart, information does not necessarily translate to knowledge, for much knowledge is too tacit and too obviously ingrained in people's heads to be codified - let alone transferred electronically.

We provide a framework for capturing collective lessons learned and leveraging best practices reuse.

 
 Community of Practice - Methodology, Design & Implementation

More and more companies are promoting Communities of Practice, bringing together a diverse group of people engaged in real work over a significant period of time during which they build things, solve problems, learn and invent, in short they evolve practices and solutions that are highly skilled and highly creative.

We have developed a methodology for initiating and implementing physical and virtual communities that can be adapted and customized for your environment.

"The problem facing almost all leaders in the future will be how to develop their organizations' social architecture so that it actually generates intellectual capital." - Warren Bennis
 
 Facilitation
Experienced facilitators to provide third party, neutral facilitation using proven facilitation techniques for project launch, kickoff, JAD sessions, project visioning and scoping, requirements gathering, project post-mortems and more.