Project Studio Consulting

Some tools may be nominally in place, but are often ineffective as a process. For example, most projects will maintain a Risk Register. However are these risks owned? Are they monitored? Are risk mitigation actions integrated within the project management plan, with resources assigned and their time budgeted?

There may be other gaps in your organisation's project management practice, due to lack of training or experience. Or, your project teams may be involved in a level of process inappropriate for a given project’s size. Other gaps can result from conflicting agendas and priorities, or unclear governance.

If the benefits of project management haven’t been realised at your organisation — despite attempts to ‘do’ project management — then I strongly encourage you consider my services.

Targeted workshops can be brought into a project as an aspect of Project Assurance, or into a program of work as an aspect of Quality Assurance. Coaching sessions and mentoring, for individuals or groups as appropriate, is available to follow up these workshops.

At the executive or program level, key success factors for successful delivery can be brought into play such as establishing effective Project Governance and Change Management strategies that help to protect mission critical programs from political strife and tame unspoken ‘elephants in the room.’

• Earned Value Management for Accurate Tracking
• Accurate Level-of-Effort Estimation
• Product Breakdown and Activity Sequencing
• Establishing Quality Communications
• Managing Agile Work Package Delivery within a Traditional Project Framework
• Governance and Accountability (for Sponsors and Senior Stakeholders)

Of course, I am also available to initiate new projects, or complete delivery of projects already in flight.

• Pre-project Strategic Alignment and Project Selection
• Business Case development, Project Start-up and Feasibility
• Project Initiation and Foundation
• Procurement, Tenders, and Contract Management
• Monitoring, Control, and Work Package Delivery
• Integrated Risk, Issues, and Scope Change Management

I also bring the following experience and skills to your projects:

• Integrated Quality, Communications, and Change Management
• Business and Systems Analysis (Functional, Process, Information/Content)
• Technical Writing, Copy Writing, Proofing, Editing and related services