Project Management
At InTeam Consulting (ITC), we understand the long term success and growth of your business depends on careful planning, timing and execution of critical projects.
We will leverage more than 38 years’ experience to help you:
- Prioritize the highest value projects (Program level)
- Identify and manage related projects at the Program Level
- Conduct a needs assessment, expected outcome, determine who will benefit
- Identify and engage a Project Champion, key project stakeholders
- Develop the business case and authorization to proceed
- Develop a project scope definition; statement of work
- Develop a project charter
- Develop a formal project plan, and work schedule including gates/check points
- Conduct a risk assessment and develop a mitigation plan
- Consider a contingency plan
- Select the right Project Manager, team and accountabilities
- Engage cross function team leaders, and secure their support
- Establish a meeting facilitation plan, norms
- Chair and minute project meetings
- Develop and manage the project register
- Develop a “hand on” approach
- Monitor to ensure they stay on track, manage costs, and ensure expected benefits
- Develop and manage the project communications plan
- Plan to manage vendors and contractor(s)
- Ensure a clear understanding of how you will be invoiced; and how you will invoice the customer
- Manage formal project kick off
- Mentor the PM team (Project Executive, Senior PM)
- Ensure PM team applies best practices
- Develop pilot / test plan to verify timing and benefits
- Formal project closure (know when the work is done, cost assessment, cost closure)
- Ensure administrative closure (contracts, billing, release resources)
- Celebrate success and distribute incentives as appropriate
- Conduct a formal Lessons Learned
Existing Projects:
At ITC, we can review and assist with your existing projects and work programs. We will leverage our experience to help:
- Assess current status
- Determine if on plan regarding deliverables, timing, benefits
- Bring you back on track
- Review formal project documentation and plans
- Review risk management plan
- Verify project champion and stakeholders
- Review with project champion and stakeholders to ensure services will meet their business needs, and expected timing
- Review or establish check points for go/no go decision