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Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
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Project Management
Joycelyn M. Ray
HCC Insurance Holdings
SCCE- Chicago – 9/08
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Workshop Agenda
• Identify reasons that some projects fail.
• Key Definitions
• Analyze the Project Management Cycle
• Questions and Best Practices
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Why Some Projects Fail
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Top Reasons Why Some Projects Fail
• Project sponsors not committed to the objective.
• Some projects do not meet the strategic vision of the company.
• Projects are started for the wrong reasons.
• Staffing is a reason for failure
• Incomplete project scope.
• Project plan that is non-existent, out of date, incomplete
or poorly constructed and just not enough time and effort
spent on project planning.
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Top Reasons Why Some Projects Fail
• Project value management is not put into practice to
evaluate baseline cost agreed during baseline transfer against actual costs spent at any given time.
• Insufficient funding, and incorrect budgeting.
• No formal project management methodologies and best
practices aligned to the company's specific needs are used to assist project performance.
• Not all projects are going through a formal signed off
process using a proper post mortem process to
determine lessons learned and to build their own
reference model for future use.
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What Is Project Management?What Is Project Management?
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Project Management Defined
• Methodical approach to planning and guiding project
processes from start to finish.
• According to the Project Management Institute, the
processes are guided through five stages: initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing.
• Project management can be applied to almost any type of project and is widely used to control the complex
processes of software development projects
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Key People in PM Process
• Project Sponsor-
– Executive responsible for the
strategic direction of a project.
– Should have the authority to
define project goals, secure
resources, and resolve
organizational and priority
conflicts.
– Multiple studies indicate a
direct correlation between the
lack of project sponsorship
and project failure.
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Key People
• Project Manager (PM)
– Individual responsible for managing a project.
• Project Team
– full-time and part-time resources assigned to work on the deliverables of project, and achieve the project objectives within the budget, timeline and quality expectations
– Inform the Project Manager of issues, scope changes, risk and quality concerns
– Proactively communicating status and managing expectations
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Project Management Key Terms
• Project Objectives
– Project scope expressed in terms of outputs, required resources and
timing.
• Project Budget
– The amount and distribution of money allocated to a project.
• Project Plan
– Guides both project execution and control by documenting planning
assumptions and decisions, facilitating communication among
stakeholders, and documenting approved scope, cost, and schedule.
• Project Schedule
– Planned dates for performing activities and the planned dates for
meeting milestones.
• Project Scope
– Work that must be done to deliver a product with the specified features
and functions.
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Project Management Cycle
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Project Management Cycle
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Initiation
• The initiation stage should include a cohesive plan that encompasses the following areas:
– Study analyzing the business needs in measurable goals.
– Review of the current operations.
– Conceptual design of the operation of the final product.
– Equipment requirement.
– Financial analysis of the costs and benefits including a budget.
• Select stake holders, including users, and support personnel for the project.
• Develop project charter including costs, tasks, deliverables, and schedule.
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Project Charter Components
• Project Mission
• Project Scope
• Project Objectives
• Project Assumptions
• Project Constraints
• Milestones
• Project Risks
• Stakeholders
• Signature Page Granting
Authority to Proceed
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Planning and Design
• Results of the design stage should include a product design that:
– Satisfies the project sponsor, end user, and business requirements.
– Functions as it was intended.
– Can be produced within quality standards.
– Can be produced within time and budget constraints.
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The Triple Constraint
OR, IN OR, IN OR, IN OR, IN PLAINPLAINPLAINPLAINENGLISHENGLISHENGLISHENGLISH
FastFastFastFast CheapCheapCheapCheap
GoodGoodGoodGood
CostCostCostCost
Quality/ScopeQuality/ScopeQuality/ScopeQuality/Scope
TimeTimeTimeTime
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TimeTimeTimeTime CostCostCostCost
Quality/ScopeQuality/ScopeQuality/ScopeQuality/Scope
Constraint Constraint Constraint Constraint
ChangeChangeChangeChange
Shorter Time Higher Cost Reduced Quality or Narrowed
Scope
Reduced Cost More Time Reduced Quality or Narrowed
Scope
Higher Quality or
Increased Scope
More Time Higher Cost
Required Adjustment Alternatives (One or Required Adjustment Alternatives (One or Required Adjustment Alternatives (One or Required Adjustment Alternatives (One or
Combination of Both)Combination of Both)Combination of Both)Combination of Both)
Triple Constraint Trade-Offs
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Risk Identification Worksheet
• Enter risk Scenario (how an event could jeopardize project outcome).
• Rate probability, impact, and degree of control using rating scale of:
1 = Low
2 = Medium
3 = High
• Compute risk index using formula:
• If possible, enter financial impact
• Determine actions to take:
– Ignore (do nothing)
– Eliminate (sidestep)
– Manage
• For managed risks, indicate mitigations and contingencies and assign risk manager.
• Log actions taken as they occur.
Scenario:
Probability Impact Control Index
Financial Impact:
Action to be Taken: Ignore Eliminate Manage
Mitigations:
Contingencies:
Manager of This Risk:
Date:
Risk Identification Worksheet
Actions TakenAction:
Probability * Impact
ControlRisk Index =
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Executing
• Involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating
and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the
project management plan.
• Deliverables are produced as outputs from the processes performed
as defined in the project management plan.
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The Two-Floor Rule
– Every stakeholder should receive information at just the right level of detail for him or her.
– High-level managers won’t want to see all the gory details of the project.
– Your team members need to see a great deal more.
– If your level of reporting is appropriate, and one of your stakeholders steps into the elevator and asks about the status of the project, you should be able to brief him or her by the time the elevator stops two floors away.
Communication Made Simple
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And Don’t Forget…
ConstraintConstraintConstraintConstraint 1111 2222 3333 MeasurementMeasurementMeasurementMeasurement
Time ü
Building must be completed by
October 31 of this year to
accommodate corporate move
Cost üCosts for the project must not
exceed $22.5 Million
Quality/Scope üMust Provided Workspace for 120 call
center staff
++++
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Monitoring and Controlling
• Measures ongoing project activities
(where we are);
• Monitors the project variables (cost, effort, ...) against the project management plan and the project performance baseline (where we
should be);
• Identifies corrective actions to properly address issues and risks (How can we get on track again);
• Influences the factors that could circumvent integrated change control so only approved changes are implemented
• Provides feedback between project phases, in order to implement corrective or preventive actions to bring the project into compliance with the project management plan.
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Closing
• Closing phase consists of two
parts:
– Close project: to finalize all activities across all of the process groups to formally close the project or a project phase
– Contract closure: necessary for completing and settling each contract, including the resolution of any open items, and closing each contract applicable to the
project or a project phase.
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Post Project Review
POST-PROJECT REVIEW
Project Name: Overall Evaluation of the Project
What was the overall mission of the project? Provide a short description based on your understanding of the project.
All in all would you say that the project was successful? Why or why not?
How close was the project to meeting its scheduled completion date?
How close was the project to being completed within budget?
Did the project meet its final stated objectives? Why or why not?
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Post-Project Review (continued)
Project Management Issues
Did the project have a sponsor? If so, what was his or her role during the project?
What tools and techniques were used in planning and tracking the project?
Did the scope of the project change after the project was underway? If so, what was the overall impact of the change of scope?
How were changes approved?
How was project status communicated during the course of the project?
How were risks managed for the project? Were they identified ahead of time? Did any unforeseen occurrences hinder the progress
of the project?
At the end of the project, was there a formal review of lessons learned or any sort of review similar to the one used here?
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Stakeholders Report/Celebration
• Communicate results
• Pinpoint successes
• Propose maintenance/corrective
measures if needed
– share contributing success factors
– present plans for corrective action
• “Sharpen the Saw” for future
project best practices
• Celebrate successes!!!!
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Continuous Improvement
Initiation Definition Planning Implementation Closure
Project
LessonsLearned
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Questions?