Program and Project Management

Complex projects require careful planning and management to meet time-sensitive strategic objectives without sacrificing daily operations. A few key success factors include:

»	Establishing a focused, full time team.

»	Understanding your company’s unique environment.

»	Defining clear short-term (Day 30, 60, 90) and long-term program objectives so that all teams involved work closely together to advance efforts toward the same goal.

»	Creating templates, reports and processes that are simple to use yet provide necessary detail to effectively report progress, identify root cause of issues and support executive decision making.

»	Establishing both market-driven and infrastructure teams to provide dedicated support to customer and internal needs.

Establishing regular team meetings to keep everyone updated in order to stay on track. Key “Watch Areas” should include:

» Managing Revenue and Expense Impact
» Critical Path/Dependencies
» Delivery Schedule
» Resource Demand
» Stakeholder Impact
» Risk Management
» Internal and External Communications