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McCormick Summer InternshipsProgram Management Office
Gary Doran, Jr.Summer, 2007
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Topics
Introduction
Projects– Research: Project Management Body of Knowledge– Metrics– Project Management Process: Proposals and Initiation– Mergers & Acquisitions Project
Recommendations
Conclusion
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Introduction
What is the PMO?– Manages Project Resources– Defines Project Management Methodology (PMM)– Provides Tools/Templates/Techniques to Ensure Project
Success
What I’ve Done:– Research Best Practices through Project Management
Organizations and Web Resources– Research McCormick’s Methodologies– Develop Project Tools/Templates
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Research: PMBOK
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK):– Published by Project
Management Institute (PMI)
– Contains Best Practices Concerning Project Management
– A guide for McCormick’s Project Management Methodology
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Research: Executive Board
Executive Board:– An Internet-Based Resource
Available to Subscribing Companies
– Documents Best Practices Across Member Companies
– Provides Tools/Templates that McCormick can use
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Research: McCormick’s PMM
McCormick’s PMM:– Based upon standard PMI
Methodology– Follows a Phase-Gate
Approach– In the process of becoming
the standard for GBS
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Project Tracking - Metrics
Man-days/Test Cases Tracking Spreadsheet– Used for Support Stack
Upgrade Project– I learned about many Excel
Features, including Pivot-Charts and Macros
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Process Implementation
McCormick’s PMM:– Making it the standard for
GBS– Providing Necessary
Templates and Training– Focus on Proposal and
Initiation Phases
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project
Due Diligence Checklist– Ensures that all pertinent
information about a potential acquisition is recorded prior to decision
– Required input from contacts in GBS
– Interns worked together
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M&A Project
Risk/Opportunities Assessment:– Template for capturing
Risks/Opportunities of potential acquisition
– Designed to complement the Due Diligence Checklist
– Helps with risk/opportunity identification and prioritization
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project
Application Portfolio– Documenting McCormick
and Acquired Company’s Applications
– Used during Due Diligence– Scores Applications based
upon 10 factors
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M&A Project
What Shall We Do Now?– Application Mapping– MS Project Plan to outline
process– Narratives to describe
process (who?, what?, when?, how?, etc.)
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Recommendations
I wasn’t always busy.– Make a big list of things to do before the intern comes.– Everyone who might possibly have an intern should
keep a list somewhere and jot things down throughout the year.
– Make the limiting factor the
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Conclusion
Introduction
Projects– Research: Project Management Body of Knowledge– Metrics– Project Management Process: Proposals and Initiation– Mergers & Acquisitions Project
Recommendations
Conclusion
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Thanks!