This presentation is about how an organization can identify and overcome its project management challenges. It takes Approx. 5 minutes

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2. pmwares
Your partner in managing your projects

3. Managing a project is complex
Scope
Risk
Time
Communication
Cost
Procurement Resources
Quality
A project managers has to manage more than 8 different dimensions of
the project at all the time from initiation to closure

4. Most of the projects are challenged
Source: 2011 ERP survey: New IT failure research and statistics - By Michael Krigsman | March 1, 2011
As per a recent survey on IT projects,
 61% projects are delayed
 74% Projects observe overrun
 52% projects could NOT realized the project benefits

5. Another survey from IBM
Source: Making Change Work – IBM Study, 2008
44% projects could not meet at least one of
three (Time, Budget and Quality) objectives
15% could not meet all three.

6. Let’s look at one more study
Source material – KPMG Project Management Survey 2010
KPMG survey states out various reason for
project failure.

7. This story can go on and on…
Not meeting project objectives
is not uncommon.

8. Top challenges
So what are the top challenges?

9. No.1 - Ambiguous scope definition
Just one more thing!
This is not what we expected!!
Oh! We just realized!!!
We need this too!!!!

10. No.2 – Failing to plan
…and jumping into the execution push the project into
a downward spiral of Risk/Issues/Defect/Rework

11. No. 3 – Failing to identify stakeholders
…and not managing stakeholders expectations can
lead to disastrous results

12. No. 4 – Poor Communication
A project manager spend more than 90% of the time on communications, Is
there any doubt, it is one of the primary reasons for project failure?

13. No. 5 – Losing sight of the goal
Sucked into daily transactions,
lose the sight of the goal to be achieved

14. No. 6 – Failed to collect data
As a result unable to measure real progress
and end up accepting unrealistic dead lines
and cost

15. No. 7 – Inefficient resource management
…may lead to Over allocation
Under allocation
Cost overrun
Delay in deliverables
Attrition

16. Do you want to get rid of them???
If you see some or all patterns in your office…
…And you are looking to win over them
Next few slides are for you…

17. How these challenges can be addressed
Challenges Categories
Ambiguous scope Competency (Skills)
definition
Failed to plan
Failed to identify
stakeholder Project Management
System
Poor Communication
Losing sight of the goal
Failed to collect data Guidance

18. How these challenges can be addressed
These challenges fall into three broad
categories
1. Competency of the Project Manager
2. Project Management System
in the organization
3. Expert’s guidance to the team

19. How pmwares addresses these categories
Your needs pmwares offerings
Competency Trainings
Project Management Consulting
System
Guidance Supporting

20. Why is a competent PM important?
Because only competent manager knows
 What to be done
 When to be done
 How to be done
Remember! Only competent manager can
deliver
Groom internal candidates as it costs 10
times more to hire a manager from outside

21. Build Competencies
pmwares provides trainings
 Training on Project Management Fundamentals
For Project Leads & Beginner Project Managers
 Advance Project Management Workshop
For Practicing Project Manager and above
 Microsoft Project 2010 Workshop
For all project managers
 Soft skills for Project Managers
For all project managers

22. pmwares Trainings to Build Competencies
pmwares provides trainings
 Software Project Estimation
For software project managers
 Software Project Management
For software project managers
 PMP Workshop
For PMP Aspirants
 …And other trainings for effective delivery

23. Why Project Management System?
Because only a strong system can provide right
processes and platform for planning, collaboration and
reporting
PMO
A strong project management system must have
 A well defined set of processes that suit to the style of the
organization
 A Support Team EPM
– PMO
 Enterprise Project Management System to
Plan and track the project Process
Collaborate with stakeholders
Collect data and analyze it
Measure and report progress

24. Establish a Project Management System
pmwares provides services to
 Define a set of processes
pmwares analyzes organizations requirements and helps defining
a set of processes that suits to organization style of working
 Establish an Enterprise Project Management System (EPM)
pmwares helps in setting up an EPM system using Microsoft EPM
that facilitates project planning, tracking, reporting, resource
management, team collaboration, data collection & analysis
 Set up a Project Management Office (PMO)
pmwares helps setting up PMO that facilitates project by
providing policies, procedures, guidelines & templates, measure
and report progress, optimize resource utilization, share best
practices
We also manage outsourced PMO. Many times an outsourced
PMO is much more effective than internal PMO

25. Why Support?
It takes some time to imbibe the learnings and
implement them in practice.
Implementation of learnings in practice pose
different challenges
Changing current practices are not easy
Project managers need support to
 Overcome these challenges
 Verifying their deliverables
 Providing hands on help
 Dealing with unforeseen situations
 Initiate further improvements

26. Supporting project management team
pmwares supports project management team
 pmwares consultants coach and mentor project
managers.
 Consultants work with project management team to
provide guidance and support for ensuring
transformation at work place
 We stand by team in difficult situation, work with
them to find solutions and help sailing the boat
through rough water

27. Some people with whom we have worked with
Some of the companies, pmwares has worked with or have
trained their professionals

28. If you find this interesting
If you find it worth spending couple of minutes to discuss how
project management practices can help you manage
your project better and save precious money
Call us or send a SMS on +91-9405021929
Or
Write to us on contact@pmwares.com

29. Thank you very much for your time
pmwares
Pune – 411021, India
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