This document summarizes an article about using program management dashboards. It discusses how dashboards can capture key performance indicators and metrics in one place to provide visibility into a program's performance. It provides an example dashboard from a transportation program that tracks measures across various dimensions like budget, schedule, risk management and more. The article emphasizes selecting measures that reflect strategic objectives and including leading indicators, and provides a framework for constructing an effective program dashboard.
Project Controls Expo 13th Nov 2013 - "From Cost Plan To Bid Evaluation To Co...Project Controls Expo
The Cost Plan - Work Breakdown Structure
What is a Cost Plan ? Cost Plan is the Estimate for the project based on the Scope of Work Measured Trade Elements
The Cost Plan has a Cost Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) To Mirror The Project Scope of Work.
Typical CWBS for an Industrial/Infrastructure Project:
Level 1 - The Project
Level 2 - Phase/Stage - Separable Portions
Level 3 - Area /Facility – Construction Zones
Level 4 - Resource - Trade Based Activities
Level 5 - Resource Trade Based Elements - Units of Measure and Pricing
Program Management Offices (PgMOs) serve to provide portfolio, program and project management governance, policy, procedure, process, guidance, standards, tools, techniques, templates, methodologies, evaluation, risk, performance measurement, and reporting expertise in the role of a Center of Excellence. In implementing a PgMO, clients seek to ensure not only successful delivery of programs, projects and operations -- but also to obtain the benefits from a coordinated framework and methodology for continual improvement of program/project management, vendor management, ongoing operations management and resource management. Ideally, the proper setup, management, measurement & services offered at the PgMO will increase the likelihood of benefits realization within their organization and partner agencies.
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This Edureka tutorial on Project Schedule Management will give you an insight into the various process and activities covered in to maintain and manage the schedule of a project.
Project Schedule Management
Schedule Management Overview
Schedule Management Processes
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The concepts and processes on how to perform project cost management according to PMBOK Guide 6th edition. You'll find key concepts and terms, plan cost management, estimate costs, determine budget, and control cost.
The concepts and processes on how to perform project schedule management according to PMBOK Guide 6th edition. You'll find key concepts and terms, plan schedule management, define activities, sequence activities, estimate activity duration, develop schedule, and control schedule.
Project Controls Expo 13th Nov 2013 - "From Cost Plan To Bid Evaluation To Co...Project Controls Expo
The Cost Plan - Work Breakdown Structure
What is a Cost Plan ? Cost Plan is the Estimate for the project based on the Scope of Work Measured Trade Elements
The Cost Plan has a Cost Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) To Mirror The Project Scope of Work.
Typical CWBS for an Industrial/Infrastructure Project:
Level 1 - The Project
Level 2 - Phase/Stage - Separable Portions
Level 3 - Area /Facility – Construction Zones
Level 4 - Resource - Trade Based Activities
Level 5 - Resource Trade Based Elements - Units of Measure and Pricing
Program Management Offices (PgMOs) serve to provide portfolio, program and project management governance, policy, procedure, process, guidance, standards, tools, techniques, templates, methodologies, evaluation, risk, performance measurement, and reporting expertise in the role of a Center of Excellence. In implementing a PgMO, clients seek to ensure not only successful delivery of programs, projects and operations -- but also to obtain the benefits from a coordinated framework and methodology for continual improvement of program/project management, vendor management, ongoing operations management and resource management. Ideally, the proper setup, management, measurement & services offered at the PgMO will increase the likelihood of benefits realization within their organization and partner agencies.
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This Edureka tutorial on Project Schedule Management will give you an insight into the various process and activities covered in to maintain and manage the schedule of a project.
Project Schedule Management
Schedule Management Overview
Schedule Management Processes
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The concepts and processes on how to perform project cost management according to PMBOK Guide 6th edition. You'll find key concepts and terms, plan cost management, estimate costs, determine budget, and control cost.
The concepts and processes on how to perform project schedule management according to PMBOK Guide 6th edition. You'll find key concepts and terms, plan schedule management, define activities, sequence activities, estimate activity duration, develop schedule, and control schedule.
Over the course of my career, I’ve sat on a number of small-company boards. Looking back, it would have been nice if the managing directors had a baseline dashboard they could riff off of so as not to waste so much time on dash boarding.
So the purpose of this document is to offer a baseline template dashboard that a start-up firm could use to update the board of directors. All the data would need to be filled in with real data, of course. And, the dashboard would have to be customized to meet the reporting requirements and operational uniqueness of the business. That said, baselines can save time and spark thought-threads.
Remember that reporting should be for the sake of strategic enlightenment and to drive transparent discussions, and not for the sake of reporting.
If anyone out there has some additional points of data they use effectively in their small-business management reporting , I’d love to hear about it!
Utilizing Dashboards to improve efficiencyThomas Bronack
The dashboard I create provides control over the Infrastructure, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Production Operations, Recovery Management, and Compliance by providing a front-end to current accurate information associated with Planning and Activation processes. It can be used from any location and at anytime. You can drill down to the actual task being performed and it will provide you with the contact information of the person performing the task so you can provide leadership or get updated status.
Technology is constantly transforming healthcare for the better, but getting technology right is an understated challenge for the industry. This webinar addresses three of healthcare's top challenges in tapping technology's full potential: cost, privacy and adoption. Experts and providers share tips, strategies and stories to help overcome these challenges to truly harness the power of transformative healthcare technology.
You can use customized field feature in Microsoft Project 2010 to create a dashboard and to quickly identify problem areas in the project. In this exercise, we will create the following four customized fields:
• Status_as_text: This will be a field with a drop down menu to select text: Red, Yellow, Green
• Status_as_Image: This will provide the user a drop down menu to select an image to display the status as an image.
• Status_as_Eval_text: This will be an automated field that evaluates %complete and displays the result as text.
• Status_as_Eval_Image: This will be an automated field to evaluate %complete and display the result as an image.
SAP BOBJ Enterprise Dashboard - Sales Plan, Pipeline and ForecastJothi Periasamy
SAP BPC
SAP BW
SAP ECC
SAP BOBJ
Xcelsius Dashboard
To present sales plan, pipeline and forecast data to executives as an enterprise view by
Product
Services
Region
Country
Year
Month
much more . . .
To analyze sales performance Actual vs. Plan vs. Forecast
Demand Metric's Playbooks provide frameworks with links to actionable research, tools, templates and training to help organizations operationalize best practices for Marketing.
How do you make sure your enterprise porfolio office adds value and people understand the services it provides. One way is to publish a Welcome Pack. This presentation was created by the Office for National Statistics as part of the implementation of portfolio management. I think it's really nice of them to share it in the hope that it helps other people.
Method360’s Senior BI Consultant, Jeremy Alper, explores the process of building out executive level Tableau dashboards from beginning to end. From gathering requirements, to UI/UX design, this webinar will cover everything needed to create dashboards your executives will love! Make sure you watch this webinar on our YouTube channel.
Effective Dashboard Design: Why Your Baby is UglyAaron Hursman
Effective dashboard design delivers on the promise of targeted, accessible, and actionable information for organizations looking to maximize their profits. Through good, bad, and very ugly examples, you will learn about practical design techniques and challenges that dashboard designers face today.
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This template was provided by the Davidson Institute.
The Davidson Institute Team deliver business planning and financial education concepts through courses that can help bring further knowledge and expand on the information that has provided through this seminar. They provide both face to face and on-line learning platforms. If you would like to speak to them on how they may help your organisation, please drop them a note or visit them at davidsoninstitute.edu.au for more information.
Institutionalizing the Use of Evidence for Public Policy: A long path in MexicoUnicefMaroc
Présentation de Gonzalo Hernandez, Secrétaire Général du CONEVAL, Mexico, à la Conférence Internationale d'Experts sur la mesure et les approches politiques pour améliorer l'équité pour les nouvelles générations dans la région MENA à Rabat, Maroc du 22 au 23 mai 2012.
Application of system life cycle processes to large complex engineering and c...Bob Prieto
The complexity of megaprojects and programs continues to grow and with it the challenges of delivering ever larger and more complex programs. These large complex programs open the door to many new opportunities but also to increased challenges in delivery and sustainment throughout their lifecycle. Prior articles have described the open nature of this large complex program system and compared its attributes to many we find in the world of relativistic physics. These challenges must be addressed recognizing that they arise from a combination of physical, fiscal and human attributes in a realm of complexity which challenges the very foundations of project management theory.
This paper looks at hard systems aspects as contrasted with the soft system aspects more characteristic of an open system. Its purpose is to adapt a systems engineering framework associated with the hard closed elements of these large complex project systems without losing site of the overall open systems nature of large complex programs.
The systems life cycle process codified in ISO 15288 lends itself to application in large complex engineering and construction programs.
Engineering and construction project startupBob Prieto
This paper looks at engineering and construction project startup for three different project execution approaches. While specific to this industry, project professionals in other industries may find it is a good analog for their own efforts.
The paper underscores that:
• Large complex projects require strong foundations
• A day at the beginning of a project is just as valuable as a day at the end
• Strong project foundations are built during project startup
• Vertical startup is enabled by the use of a dedicated startup team
• Project startup should consider lessons learned on other projects
This paper addresses project startup for three general types of contracts:
• Pure design or engineering contracts typically performed for the Owner
• Design/build contracts performed for the Owner but recognizes that engineering may be undertaken by an engineering subcontractor within the D/B team
• Pure construction contract
I have previously written about the transition that I believe is necessary in project management thinking related to large complex projects. In those writing I describe the shift as analogous to the shift from Newtonian to relativistic physics. Subsequently, I have compared the nature of large complex programs to open systems. Reflecting back, classical project management theory was very much based on closed systems thinking and early applications of systems thinking to projects and engineering was also very much based on closed systems thinking.
This is analogous to the closed systems of Newton and Einstein’s correction of his original General Theory of Relativity through the introduction of the cosmological constant to close a system which he believed behaved mechanistically and not expanding. In hindsight the cosmological constant was not necessary but does suggest some properties of the universe and became relevant in explaining an accelerating expansion of the universe. Subsequently, there was at least one special case where the deterministic nature of a closed system broke down when considering General Relativity suggesting at least some open nature to this system.
Systems nature of large complex projectsBob Prieto
This paper explores the system characteristics and behaviors of large engineering and construction programs with a particular focus on those that would be characterized as complex. It recognizes the interrelated and interacting elements of both programs and projects as they strive to form a complex whole. Large complex programs and projects are not well bounded as classical project management theory as espoused by Taylor, Gantt and Fayol would have us believe but rather behave in both independent and interconnected ways in a dynamic systems environment.
Large complex programs demonstrate the evolutionary nature of all complex systems; uncertainty; and emergence that comes with human actions and interactions. They struggle from insufficient situational awareness, treating the program to be more well-bounded than reality would suggest and using simplified models to understand the complexity inherent in execution. Best practices from project management literature were typically not derived from such environments and, worse, have fallen short on other large complex programs and projects.
In the engineering and construction industry governance needs and requirements exist at
multiple levels. These include:
• Governmental and industry level governance (laws, regulations, codes, standards)
• Enterprise level (encompassing social (stakeholder), political, economic (market,
shareholder, financial institutions), cultural (corporate and national/local),
technological)
• Portfolio and programs
• Project
This paper focuses on the portfolio and program level, collectively referred to as program in
this paper.
Strengthen outcome based capital project deliveryBob Prieto
Over the course of my career I have looked at a number of underperforming mega-projects. In every instance there was a common element of underperformance, the lack of clarity around the strategic business outcomes to be accomplished. Conversely, some of the best performing projects exhibited high clarity of recognized and shared outcomes.
This paper looks at the imperative to continue the shift to outcomes based contracts versus more traditional output based contracting forms. This shift is discussed from the perspective of the engineering and construction industry in the United States but draws upon the experience in other countries and other sectors.
Today’s infrastructure and facilities are “smart”. At least that is our objective as we seek to enhance lifecycle performance and capital efficiency. These “smart” facilities transcend any given sector and bring new challenges to the engineering and construction industry. In some ways our more traditional projects are today outcomes focused or capabilities delivering IT projects with bits of concrete and steel wrapped around them!
This “smart” focus is not limited to just a technology and systems dimension but goes further, demanding an increased and increasing environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus as well. Together “smart” and ESG create a greatly expanded set of interfaces for program and project managers to manage.
Rework in Engineering & Construction ProjectsBob Prieto
This paper is focused on engineering and construction projects which will experience increased emphasis as nations increase their focus on economic stimulus and climate change. It deals narrowly with the inevitable rework these projects often experience and which contributes to the cost and schedule growth we all too often witness. The objective of this paper is to:
• Categorize rework factors into four broad categories – project, human, organizational and complexity
• Identify rework impacts not just on cost and schedule but importantly morale and trust.
• Recognize that strategies exist to reduce the potential for required rework
• Suggest four dozen control points.
In this paper I will attempt to:
• Outline some of the systems of systems challenges that we will likely face.
• Discuss the emergent nature of both the challenges as well as the potential resultant outcomes.
• Draw attention to some of the driving forces acting both on this system of systems as well as the national and sectoral programs that may emerge to respond to this challenge.
• Highlight some of the feedback loops which may exist or emerge from both apparent and hidden coupling.
• Discuss system of system risks, program risks and where our perceptions and appetite for such risks may change over time.
• Outline some particular challenges for program managers as they are engaged in addressing this challenge.
A growing world requires improved and expanded infrastructure. Juxtapose that with the need for massive public investment driven by pandemic created economic weakness and the prospects for significant investment in infrastructure is improved, but as history has taught us not necessarily assured.
We have been through other infrastructure stimulus programs focused on so-called shovel ready projects and have been disappointed. But whether we define them as “shovel ready” or otherwise we need infrastructure projects, especially the largest of them, to be successful.
In this paper we will look at common reasons large scale infrastructure projects fail and importantly suggest some strategies and tactics to improve their success rate.
This paper builds on my beliefs that the prevailing theory of project management has failed us with respect to large complex projects. I have written extensively on this including highlighting that the assumptions of Gantt and Fayol fall short at scale and complexity. In this paper I examine the successes that underpin modern project management theory and seek to understand how the resulting approach to project management has failed to deliver comparable successes with regularity. As I explored these questions, I sought to understand the unique characteristics of the Atlas and Polaris missile programs; the subsequent institutionalization of the perceived success factors; and importantly, did perception and reality align. In other words, have we made an incomplete set of assumptions and institutionalized them?
Impact of correlation on risks in programs and projects Bob Prieto
One of the most under considered elements of cost and schedule risk is the correlation that exists within various WBS elements of a project or across projects comprising a program. Failure to adequately consider correlation between various activities and projects compounds the impact of other factors present in large complex projects.
This paper looks at the special case of decision making under uncertainty. The relationship between uncertainty and complexity is explored as is their joint relationship with large complex projects. The importance of getting these projects well founded from an ability to manage uncertainty is discussed and the aspects of these strong foundations is described
Post Dorian Engineering & Construction in the BahamasBob Prieto
As the task of recovery and rebuilding in the Bahamas post hurricane Dorian begins, it is important to understand that it cannot be business as usual. The increasing frequency and severity of hurricanes, driven by global climate change, cannot be ignored. Building codes will have to be further strengthened and development in coastal areas rethought.
Debating project decisions in an ai enabled environmentBob Prieto
I had the opportunity to watch the first debate between AI powered IBM Debater and a recognized human expert debater. I will not spoil the outcome for those who have not yet watched the debate but I will underscore one key aspect - all learned more about both sides of the position as a result of the debate.
We have seen a construct for the management of large
complex projects laid out in the earlier chapters. In these chapters we will simply lay out some of the main concepts and
considerations for a practitioner. Each of these can be more
extensively developed.
In the world of physics, classical theory breaks down at
scale. Conventional project management theory similarly
seems to break down at scale. The theoretical construct I
have been building to in this book is very much focused on this
project realm where scale and complexity rule.
In developing this theoretical construct I have essentially
considered three simple hypotheses, the first of which is:
Large complex projects are not well served by
conventional project management theory and
practice.
This hypothesis was demonstrated at the outset of this
book and the differential behavior between large and
traditionally scaled projects has been previously noted.
The second hypothesis considered relates to the Theory of
Management as applied to the management of projects. In
simplest terms this hypothesis says:
- The Theory of Project Management does not draw
fully on the richness of the Theory of Management
This hypothesis is demonstrated as we explored the
extensions of the Theory of Management to address chaos and
complexity and the more limited extensions of project
management theory.
The third and final hypothesis we considered focused on
the Theory of Projects, positing:
Large complex projects have significantly different
attributes than the more traditional projects which
comprise the basis for classical project management
theory
This chapter summarizes various aspects of large
projects and provides a foundation to consider what a new
Theory of Project Management for large complex projects may
look like.
In this chapter we will look at a few of the project attributes
that we observe in large complex projects and suggest they
may serve as a basis for a neo-classical Theory of Large
Complex Projects.
Theory of Management of Large Complex Projects - Chapter 7Bob Prieto
The world of large complex projects is challenging to say the least with a majority of these projects significantly under performing. It is this weak performance regime that underpins the key premise of "Theory of Management of Large Complex Projects" – project management theory as it currently exists and is applied to large complex projects falls short, significantly short, of what these projects require.
I have decided to serialize this book for the benefit of those interested in better understanding and improving project performance. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the 400 page paperback you may click on http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/bob-prieto/theory-of-management-of-large-complex-projects/paperback/product-22342232.html