Project management involves directing project teams to deliver projects on time and on budget by managing key elements like scope, work plans, deliverables, risks, issues, and status reporting. The value of project management is that it provides control, accountability and validation to ensure investments achieve desired outcomes consistently and strategic objectives are met. Project management is more than just administrative tasks - it facilitates planning and risk management, provides clear expectations, and drives team performance to enable strategic goals.

1. Project Management Overview
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Key Ingredient for Successful Implementations
Project Management

2. Varying Aspects of the PM Role
• Direct Project Management of assigned projects
• PM is held accountable for delivery of assigned projects
• Work with Corporate, Group, Division or Facility team members to deliver project results, identify and
remove obstacles, etc.
Managing
• General oversight of projects for customers
• Ensures project exceptions are identified and action plans established to
• Ensures changes to projects are approved and documented
• Reviews project plans for quality – ensure level of detail is appropriate – project will deliver expected
results if executed
Monitoring
• Provides guidance to project leads on best practices, quality aspects of projects, etc.
• Suggests improvements in project structure, plans, etc. in order to reduce project risk and ensure project
success
• Recommends communication and team interaction / problem solving / conflict management in order to
ensure project success
• Supports in removing obstacles without removing Project Lead accountability
Mentoring
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3. Project Management – Key Elements
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Project
Management
Scope
Management
Work plan
Development
Deliverables
Management
Project
Risk
Management
Issue
Management
Status
Reporting
What key documents
will be generated,
distributed and
archived?
What work must be
accomplished by
when & whom, and
in what order?
What are we responsible
for managing? What is
in? What is out?
How are we progressing
against our schedule,
budget, and expected
outcomes?
How will we identify,
track, escalate, and
resolve questions or
problems in an
efficient manner?
Is there anything that,
if it occurred, could
have a major impact to
the project outcomes ?

4. The Value of Project Management
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Control and Consistency – provide effective management control to ensure
that investments (in resources, expenses, etc.) are implemented in order to
achieve the desired state in a consistent.
Accountability – PM’s holding themselves, their project team members,
project sponsors, project owners and project stakeholders accountable for
project accomplishments and success.
Validation – confirm that project objectives are aligned with organizational
goals, have been met and can be sustained on an ongoing basis.
Execution - the manner, style, and result of performance; the act of
accomplishing a strategic or designated objective.
Overall, the Discipline of Project Management helps ensure business
objectives and strategies are consistently met across your organization.

5. Project Management is not just….
• Setting up meetings, writing up agendas, taking meeting notes
• ‘Checking the box’
• Sending out task lists and reports
• Leading calls….
So if it’s not the above, what is it?
- Facilitating and creating plans that align with scope and objectives to ensure
projects delivers expected results
- Identify risks and issues , including facilitation of discussions to remove
obstacles, mitigate or remove risks
- Provide clear direction to teams of project performance expectations, hold
teams, leaders and themselves accountable for project delivery
- Facilitating planning, organizational, risk, and other discussions to bring teams
to consensus, drive performance, etc.
- Project Management can be a key enabler to drive strategic performance within
an organization, if properly utilized.

6. Questions
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