Implementing Value-Add, Scalable Project Management Processes - (em Inglês)

Project management processes must provide value to a project, and the way to make sure that they provide value is to make sure they are scalable. Large projects need more rigorous processes. Small projects need lighter, agile processes.  This webinar will explore the concept of implementing value-added, scalable project management processes. It is a must-view webinar for PMOs and organizations trying to implement good project management without getting too bureaucratic.

Measuring the Value of a PMO - The PMO Scorecard - (em Inglês)

We often state that a PMO must provide value to the organization or else it is likely to be cut or eliminated. Many PMOs struggle trying to show this value. This is generally for two reasons.

• First, many PMOs simply don’t provide much value. Therefore it is hard to justify the work that the PMO performs.

• The second reason, and probably more common, is that the PMO is providing value, but it has a hard time articulating and measuring the value provided.

If you fit this second category (providing value but don’t know how to measure) this webinar will help.

Now is the Time to Assess for Success - (em Inglês)

Organizations all over the world are trying to get better at project management. For the vast majority of companies this means using their own employee backgrounds and experiences to map a course for improvement. This approach is fine but it also limiting. Different people have different views for what an optimized project management organization looks like.

In this webinar we will discuss assessments in general, and three models in particular - OPM3 from PMI, aPRO from asapm and CMMI. You will learn the value associated with an organization assessment, plus an overview of these three project management standards.

Portfolio Management Demystified - (em Inglês)

No company has the resources to meet all of its business needs. This is true in the best of times. It certainly is even truer when times are tough. Even if your company is a rare one that has all the money it needs, you definitely do not have the people to complete everything you would like. Portfolio management is a process to ensure that your company spends its scarce resources on the work that is of the most value to your company, and work that is most closely aligned to your business goals and strategies.

This webinar shows attendees the many aspects of portfolio management that must be understood before the concepts can be deployed.

Management's Role in a Project Driven Culture - (em Inglês)

Most organizations implement project management in an ad-hoc manner. These organizations focus on the project managers and provide them with training and templates. This is a good start, but it is not going to result in a strong project-driven culture. In fact, the majority of problems encountered in culture change initiatives of this type originate in the management ranks. These managers typically think it is up to the project managers to deploy project management successfully, but in reality the success or failure of the initiative is within their control. All of the management hierarchy has a key role to play in ensuring their organizations successfully implement the project management discipline. This webinar describes the role of management in creating this project-driven culture.

Projects are the way that your company moves toward its desired future state. Project management is an enabler to help you execute these projects successfully. This session looks at the value of project management as a general discipline. We then discuss how each project management process contributes to and enables project success. It seems project managers get kicked around a lot by clients, sponsors and team members that do not understand project management. This session also serves as a pep talk to project managers and reminds us all of the value project management provides to projects and to the organization. Let’s hear it for project managers! You will feel much better about yourself at the end of this session.

Some people think that a program is just a large project. That is not the case. The program is an umbrella organization designed to coordinate the work of many, many projects to ensure that the projects end up delivering a common, integrated solution. There are unique work processes that are used to manage a program. There are also changes to the project management processes for projects that run within a program. In this webinar you will see the differences between projects and programs. You will also learn an overall model for establishing, planning and executing programs. The webinar is presented by Tom Mochal, one of only 400 certified PgMPs (Program Management Professionals) in the world.

The world is going green. We are collectively realizing that we do not have an unlimited amount of resources to utilize resources as we have done in the past. How can we apply these “green” concepts to our project management discipline? One obvious way is that we can manage green projects more efficiently. The sooner that project ends, the sooner the green benefits will be achieved. Most project managers however, do not manage these kinds of projects. Most of us manage projects such as installing a new software package or upgrading network infrastructure. How can these projects become more environmentally friendly? The answer is Green Project Management (GreenPM). Green Project Management is a model where we think green throughout our project and make decisions that take into account the impact on the environment – if any. It is a way to ingrain “GreenThink” into every project management process.

Much of the work that you do can be organized as a project. When the projects are large, they need to be managed with formal project management discipline. But many projects are not large. They are small work efforts that need to be organized and managed efficiently, but not with the full rigor and structure of formal project management discipline. These are the projects of accountants, teachers, administrators and many others. These projects represent the vast majority of all work executed in businesses all over the world. This webinar describes fundamental work management techniques and skills for these non-project management professionals. Attendees will see how to understand the work that is requested, how to organize the work, how to manage the work and how to execute the work

For many years, there were two major approaches for structuring Information Technology (IT) development projects - traditional waterfall or iterative development. New approaches are now available that fall under the general category of “light” or Agile methodologies. Calling them methodologies is probably too broad a word. It might be better to refer to them as development approaches, or even philosophies. The purpose of this webinar is to provide a quick overview of Agile terminology, concepts and roles. The webinar will also highlight an Agile lifecycle model so that attendees can see how an Agile project could be structured from start to finish. By the end of the session students will see why these Agile processes are exciting and unique.

Recently over 20 global TenStep managers came to Atlanta for a two-day class on organization assessments using the aPRO model from the asapm - the member affiliate of the IPMA organization. This is a simple yet holistic assessment of your ability to implement projects successfully. It takes into account strategic alignment of projects, executive leadership, allocation of resources, use of methodology, skills and development actions, and more. We think this is a great organization assessment model for projects and project management. Armed with assessment results you can rapidly make more effective decisions that increase overall organizational performance.

PMOs generally focus on building environments where projects can be successful. The nature of PMOs, however, is that they can quickly be viewed as an overheard organization that create processes and templates and is a barrier to the swift completion of projects. Of course, that is the opposite of what they should be doing. In fact, the focus of the PMO should be to help projects execute better, faster and cheaper. The way to avoid this is by adopting the philosophy of a "value-add PMO". Of course, your PMO may have one idea of value and others may have a different idea. The purpose of this webinar is to explain the context for understanding what "value" is so that the PMO is truly aligned toward value-add work.

One of the primary reasons that projects struggle is that the project team does not fully understand the customer requirements. This leads to rework, missed expectations, extensive changes and ultimately missed deadlines and budgets. The project team must meet the needs and expectations of the client to be successful. These client needs and expectations are set through the gathering and agreement on the requirements of the final solution. Gathering requirements involves more than just asking a few questions and then building the solution. Projects with any degree of complexity need a formal process to ensure that all of the requirements are accurately gathered, reviewed, documented and approved. In this webinar, we will discuss the TenStep model for gathering requirements - elicitation, validation, specification and verification. You will see it is a logical model that you can implement on your projects.

Let’s face it. Most of us don’t work in best-in-class project organizations. Most of us don’t work in worst-in-class organizations either – although many of you might say you are closer to this designation. The fact is that too many organizations have basic problems executing projects. Let’s just call them “challenged”. In other words, projects seem to get done in spite of you. The projects rely on heroics from project managers and team members. They have to since your organization does not have good processes that you can repeat over and over again for project success. In this webinar we will discuss some characteristics of challenged organizations. That is the easy part. The webinar will also provide insight into some ways to elevate your organization to a higher level. That is the hard part. We won’t set expectations that there is one technique or approach that will magically make everything perfect. But there are logical techniques and approaches that can help you improve. This webinar will help you decide which ones make sense for your organization .

The Project Charter and Scope Statement describe "what" your project will achieve. The schedule tells you "how" you are going to achieve it. This webinar will focus on the project schedule and how to make it more valuable to your project. We will start with some fundamentals that you know but have probably forgotten. Then we will proceed into approaches and techniques to provide new insight into scheduling. We think you will find some new ideas and new motivations for the traditional project schedule. This is a joint webinar presented by Tom Mochal, President of TenStep and Jason Westland, President of Method123.

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