Altus Alliance 2016 - Project Success Begins with Management

ALTUS ALLIANCE 2016Project Success Begins with Management

Your Presenters • Laura Petrisor

Project Manager

• Mohammed MashalProject Manager

Agenda • Introduction• PM Facts• PM Methodologies• PM Myths • Tools and Techniques

Project: A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

Project Management: The application of knowledge skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.

Operations: Constitute an organization's on-going, repetitive activities, such as accounting or production.

Terminology

PM’s responsibilities by complexity

Low

Coordinate

Medium High

Manage Direct

Balancing a Project-Constraints Model• We ask clients to prioritize scope, cost & timeline• All three cannot be priority• Change management keeps clients in control of the project

Why do companies use PM?• To handle projects effectively in an organization.

• To define the project and agree with the customer

• To plan and assess resource needs for the project

• To estimate project cost and make proposals

• To plan & schedule activities in a project

• To allocate the right resource at the right time

• To assess risk and failure points and make backup plans

• To lead a project team effectively and communicate well

Top 10 Factors contributing to Project Success: • Clear goals/objectives

• Support from senior management• Adequate funds/resources• Realistic schedule• End user commitment• Effective leadership/conflict resolution• Flexible approach to change• Clear communication channels• Taking account of past experience• Effective management of risk

Project Management Facts:• Nearly 70% of organizations implementing project managers report that

project success rates have improved significantly as a result.

• 90% of global senior executives and project management experts say good project management is key to delivering successful results and gaining a competitive edge.

• More than 16 million people regard project management as their profession.

Project Management Facts:• An astounding 97% of organizations believe project

management is critical to business performance and organizational success.

• There are projected to be 15 million new project management jobs within the decade.

• 66% of project managers identified level of support as the key decider in investing in a new software.

• The world as a whole spends (2010) nearly $10 trillion of its $40.7 trillion gross product on projects of all kinds.

Project Management MethodologiesAgile:• Iterative and incremental method • Extreme project management (XPM): managing complex and

uncertain projects• Allows for changes to be made after the initial planning

Waterfall• A sequential design process• Client knows what to expect• Relies heavily on initial requirements

Agile

Agile Scrum

Microsoft Sure Step (Agile)

Water Fall

PMI-Water Fall

Microsoft Sure Step (Water Fall)

Altus Project Types• New Implementation • Implement new dynamics solutions to replace the legacy system and

improve business processes

• Upgrade • Upgrade the current dynamics solution to the latest version

Altus Project Phases • New Implementation

• Diagnostic SOW• Analysis FRD and identify GAPs• Design Estimate and design specs on the GAPs• Development configuration ,System Customizations and GAPs QA • Deployment KUT and UAT• Operation Go Live, Post Go Live support , Project closure and transition

to support

• Upgrade • Diagnostic report • UAT data transformation • Training on new features • System UAT and issue resolution • Go Live, Post Go Live support , Project closure and transition to support

Project Management Myths

Project Management Myths

Project Management Myths

Project Management Myths

Project Management Tools and Techniques • WBS

• Risk Register

• Flow Chart

• Project Plan

• And more…

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