Programs and Portfolios - Multi-project ManagementBryan Fenech
In this presentation we will cover
- Definitions and comparison of programs and portfolios
- Organisational context
- Origins – multi-project management challenges and industry responses
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
Dr Andrew Makar, Tactical Project Management
Compilation of key concepts for Time Management and Project Scheduling & Project Mgmt
Learn more tips & techniques at www.pmpwisdom.blogspot.com
Register for a free webinar at
https://pmpwisdom.blogspot.com/p/webinar.html
Programs and Portfolios - Multi-project ManagementBryan Fenech
In this presentation we will cover
- Definitions and comparison of programs and portfolios
- Organisational context
- Origins – multi-project management challenges and industry responses
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
Dr Andrew Makar, Tactical Project Management
Compilation of key concepts for Time Management and Project Scheduling & Project Mgmt
Learn more tips & techniques at www.pmpwisdom.blogspot.com
Register for a free webinar at
https://pmpwisdom.blogspot.com/p/webinar.html
Across the world today software development in all shapes and sizes is growing exponentially. There is a software revolution and without a doubt it is an exciting world to be part of. The future is literally happening before our very eyes and never before have we as project managers needed to be on our toes to ensure that we keep pace with this technology race.
Project Management Office Roles Functions And BenefitsMaria Erland, PMP
Created to demonstrate how an organization can improve the delivery of project management services both internally and externally using best practices. A project management office, empowered to govern a project portfolio, including the prioritization process that selects projects for the portfolio, can demonstrate measurable benefits by implementing a project management office using best practices. This presentation explains the roles, functions and benefits of such an office.
This presentation discusses emerging trends in PMO governance and addresses three domains: the Portfolio Management Office, Program Management Office and Project Management Office.
Project Management PowerPoint PPT Content Modern SampleAndrew Schwartz
184 slides includes: the definition of projects, characteristics of projects, what project is not, project management basics, characteristics, and successful project management. The process of project management, role of a project manager, learning from best practices, project management practices, the project management institute, PMBOK body of knowledge, connecting project with strategy, project management process, how to create a project plan, project management challenges and advantages, the cycles and challenges of project management, project scheduling, building project teams, project requirements, project processes, celebrations, recognitions, rewards, how to's and more.
Project Management is a well defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge. Putting these guides and BOK’s to work for the benefit of the enterprise is the role of Project Governance
This promotes the importance of knowing basic project management as the back bone of every project-driven initiative. This is also for helping out a friend promote their training offer on Project Management Basics
The introduction of a project management framework will provide a structured and managed approach for projects within your company.
With the right framework in place it will allow projects of all sizes and priority to be planned effectively. This ensures that at all times the cost of the project is managed while delivering quality and the right level of performance and control across project management.
Across the world today software development in all shapes and sizes is growing exponentially. There is a software revolution and without a doubt it is an exciting world to be part of. The future is literally happening before our very eyes and never before have we as project managers needed to be on our toes to ensure that we keep pace with this technology race.
Project Management Office Roles Functions And BenefitsMaria Erland, PMP
Created to demonstrate how an organization can improve the delivery of project management services both internally and externally using best practices. A project management office, empowered to govern a project portfolio, including the prioritization process that selects projects for the portfolio, can demonstrate measurable benefits by implementing a project management office using best practices. This presentation explains the roles, functions and benefits of such an office.
This presentation discusses emerging trends in PMO governance and addresses three domains: the Portfolio Management Office, Program Management Office and Project Management Office.
Project Management PowerPoint PPT Content Modern SampleAndrew Schwartz
184 slides includes: the definition of projects, characteristics of projects, what project is not, project management basics, characteristics, and successful project management. The process of project management, role of a project manager, learning from best practices, project management practices, the project management institute, PMBOK body of knowledge, connecting project with strategy, project management process, how to create a project plan, project management challenges and advantages, the cycles and challenges of project management, project scheduling, building project teams, project requirements, project processes, celebrations, recognitions, rewards, how to's and more.
Project Management is a well defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge. Putting these guides and BOK’s to work for the benefit of the enterprise is the role of Project Governance
This promotes the importance of knowing basic project management as the back bone of every project-driven initiative. This is also for helping out a friend promote their training offer on Project Management Basics
The introduction of a project management framework will provide a structured and managed approach for projects within your company.
With the right framework in place it will allow projects of all sizes and priority to be planned effectively. This ensures that at all times the cost of the project is managed while delivering quality and the right level of performance and control across project management.
How to Manage Projects in SharePoint Using Out of the Box FeaturesGregory Zelfond
Learn how you can utilize SharePoint out of the box functionality to manage projects. 3 options are discussed: Office 365 Groups, Document sets and project sites. Also, what's available in terms of PMO-style dashboards and reporting capability.
Project Management Fundamentals is a beginner-level Project Management course that is ideal for individuals and enterprises that are looking to gain a fundamental understanding of project management best practices used globally.
This Project Management Fundamentals training course is ideal for anybody whose work directly or indirectly supports projects. (entry-level project/program managers or future project managers who desire an increased understanding of how to successfully manage a project and improve their day-to-day work by applying project management best practices.)
To know more about Project Management Fundamentals training worldwide,
please contact us at -
Email: support@invensislearning.com
Phone - US +1-910-726-3695,
Website: https://www.invensislearning.com
This document is part of a series that explain the newly released PMBOK 5th edition. These documents provide simple explanation and summary of the book. However they do not replace the necessity of reading the book.
George Jucan: Using PMCDF to Advance One's CareerPMI SWOC
George Jucan
George Jucan is a well known in the project management community as a successful IT project management consultant, speaker at public events, trainer and author of high-impact project management articles.
George is an experienced Project Manager Professional (PMP) with 20 years of technical and management experience in complex environments, both in public and private sector. He provides consulting services in methodology definition and capability assessment, business reengineering and organizational restructuring, projects audit and recovery, as well as hands-on management of projects.
George Jucan is currently a member of the Core Team for the upcoming PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition.
Moreover, George is currently the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee for the upcoming ISO 21500 project management standard. He is also the Chair of PMI Information Systems SIG, as well as a Board member of PMI Southern Ontario Chapter.
Business PMO & IT Pmo What Is The DifferenceStefan Rank
Business-PMO & IT-PMO - What is the difference
Organizational differences of Project Management Offices and the real world challenges that Project Management Offices face based on their organizational alignment in the overall structure of the organization
Performing Proficient Portfolio Management Against All OddsAggregage
In this webinar, Global Program Manager, Scrum Master, and Educator Ordonna Sargeant will provide you with key takeaways to apply when managing a complex portfolio!
A FUTURE-FOCUSED DIGITAL PLATFORM WITH DRUPAL 8Phase2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCx0fx-FWSc
Breaking News: Al Jazeera Builds Future-focused Digital Platform with Drupal 8
Sep 28, 2016 at DrupalCon Dublin
This just in: Al Jazeera Media Network, a leading provider in news and media broadcasting, is investing in its future by building a global, multi-lingual, unified CMS platform to streamline the creation and personalized delivery of news on the newly released Drupal 8 platform. This story is still unfolding!
For a global media network like Al Jazeera, Drupal 8 provides the perfect base for internationalization, future growth, and flexibility. Al Jazeera required a platform that could unify several different content streams and support a complicated editorial workflow, allowing network wide collaboration and search.
In this talk, leaders from the Al Jazeera digital project will go “behind-the-scenes” of the network’s next generation publishing platform. Hear from the Al Jazeera Product Managers and Platform Experts about how the content needs driving the media business can map to the underpinnings of a unified publishing platform. We will explore the technical advantages of Drupal 8, as well as the digital strategy that informed the endeavor. You’ll learn:
● Why Al Jazeera Media Network decided to invest in Drupal 8 as an early adopter
● How to use Deploy, Multi-version, and Replication modules to support an enterprise content repository
● The implications of starting with Lightning as a base distribution
● How Al Jazeera Media Network transformed its editorial workflow with Drupal 8 tools
For anyone working in the digital publishing industry or considering using Drupal 8 for a platform, this session is a must-see!
The Future of Digital Storytelling - Phase2 TalkPhase2
Watch the full talk here: https://www.phase2technology.com/blog/the-future-of-digital-storytelling/
Mike Mangi, Director of Digital Strategy at Phase2, talks about the importance of evoking emotion in storytelling, and the evolution of our use of technology in our quest for ever-more immersive storytelling tools.
He discusses examples of how a story call be told in and across myriad devices from mobile, to wearables, to Augmented and Virtual Reality headsets, to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
He talks about the need for content and experience management systems capable of publishing multi-device, context-optimized content, and the potential to provide solutions with platforms like headless Drupal.
Drupal 8 for Enterprise: D8 in a Changing Digital LandscapePhase2
Check out our white paper on D8 for enterprise: http://phase.to/1i1G7Gg
Today's digital marketplace requires organizations to engage their audiences on the multitude of channels and devices where they consume content. Drupal 8 can be an effective tool for creating a streamlined, multi-channel experience for users, in addition to serving as an adaptive content engine for website platform builders. In this slideshow, we examine the value of Drupal 8 as a flexible content management system (CMS) and how businesses can use it for maximum benefit.
The Yes, No, and Maybe of "Can We Build That With Drupal?"Phase2
Over the last five years, Drupal has made a huge splash in the Government sector and has quickly become the open source CMS platform of choice. If you’re not already using Drupal, it’s likely that it’s come up as an option. It’s a powerful and flexible framework, and because of this the answer to the question ‘Can we build this with Drupal?’ is usually ‘Yes’. That said…your ‘yes’ should sometimes be ‘It depends’.
Understanding the reasons why government has taken interest in Drupal is key to understanding how and where it is best used. Drupal has core strengths that line up with key needs, but there are things it doesn’t do well. How do you make sure that you’re not asking Drupal to do too much? Conversely, even if Drupal is the best choice, how do you make sure your architecture is sound, your project plan is tight, and your business strategy is appropriate?
We’ll look at some case studies from various levels of government from federal to local, examine the challenges faced, and review lessons learned. If your project needs to stretch Drupal to its breaking point, how do you mitigate the technical, project management, and business impacts? How do you weigh the pros and cons of using Drupal when you are planning a project, and what are the key warning signs in an RFP that warn against it? And even when the needs of the client project line up cleanly with Drupal’s core strengths, how do you identify the risk areas when it seems like a match made in heaven?
Drupal is a powerful tool and can transform the work you do, but being educated as to its strengths and weaknesses protects you and your project, whether you are a contractor or contract officer, internal technology team or external developer.
David Spira presents on the importance of user testing and Empathy to deliver an effective product, specifically a contact management app for disaster relief that was later used during the Nepal earthquake in 2015.
Red Hat needed a new pattern library that would be flexible enough to integrate into our current Drupal 7 site, yet powerful enough to build future D7, D8 and other Red Hat branded sites. This pattern library would create a consistent, brand approved, look across all of our web properties, and become a common UI development platform for Designers, UX, Devs and Project managers.
In this case study we’ll explain our architectural approach to deliver dozens of tightly packaged components to Redhat.com and other web properties through a variety of distribution methods.
At Phase2, we do things a little differently when it comes to design. While many teams are stuck in the “design first, develop second, theme last” way of doing things, we link our multidisciplinary teams together by a common vehicle: design systems. Each piece of the system, including our prototyping tools, live within the platform, allowing us to integrate processes like creative design, prototyping, front-end methodology, and implementation. We call this “The New Design Workflow.”
This session will feature a panel of Phase2’s most experienced designers and front-end devs for an inside look at our best practices, tips and tricks. Plus, hear us weigh in how Drupal 8 will interface with your favorite front-end tools like PatternLab.
Drupal 8, Don’t Be Late (Enterprise Orgs, We’re Looking at You)Phase2
After building one of the first enterprise Drupal 8 platforms, we speak from experience when we say: if you are an enterprise organization, you should be seriously considering the move to Drupal 8. For many in the Drupal world, Drupal 8 is still viewed with apprehension. With this panel, we’re here to unveil the D8 mystery.
In the changing CMS landscape, enterprises have a lot to gain from the more decoupled, API-focused content repository that Drupal 8 is evolving toward. Drupal’s paradigm shift will vastly improve the way organizations ingest, store, publish, and distribute content through multiple channels. But is the investment worth it? For the enterprise, our answer is an enthusiastic yes.
In this session, discover:
How Drupal 8’s structure fundamentally changes the way organizations approach platform building
The impact of Drupal 8’s configuration management improvements
The benefits of integrated front-end tools and external libraries
The challenges enterprise organizations will face adopting Drupal 8 (and how to overcome them)
How other enterprise organizations are already harnessing the power of Drupal 8
How to get started!
Memorial Sloan Kettering: Adventures in Drupal 8Phase2
Memorial Sloan Kettering is preparing to launch two websites in Drupal 8. As one of the first organizations to migrate its Drupal 6 content management system onto an enterprise Drupal 8 platform, Memorial Sloan Kettering has learned first hand the major challenges and advantages of building in Drupal 8.
In this session, project members from MSK, Phase2, and Digitas will explore the decision to take the leap to Drupal 8 and the reality of building in D8 while it is still a beta. Get details on the brute force migration process, front-end integrations and wiring up with twig in practice, and community contributions to accelerate Drupal 8 in the process of a flagship redesign for one of the leaders in the healthcare space.
We’ll elaborate on the challenges we faced and strategies we used to build on Drupal 8 and how you can learn from them!
Finally, we’ll answer some of your most burning questions:
How did you accomplish moving an existing Drupal 6 site with 25,000 plus pages of content to Drupal 8 while redesigning at the same time?
Should other organizations consider building in Drupal 8?
What tools and best practices were used by developers/sys admins?
What contrib modules are being used?
How difficult was it for the team to learn Drupal 8?
What is being used for layout and webforms?What external libraries and APIs are being used?
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
2. What we’re talking about
Why Drupal needs portfolio project management
Management framework and definitions
What is program management?
What is portfolio project management (PPM)?
How is PPM implemented?
How does PPM change things?
What tools and strategies are available?
3. Why Drupal needs program
and portfolio project
management
Drupal is all grown up
Entering the enterprise business and
government space
Increase in the number of projects
running concurrently in a given
organization
4. Why Drupal needs program
and portfolio project
management
Drupal complexity
More legacy migrations and multi-
platform integrations
Projects require more highly skilled,
niched talent
Necessary talent is harder to find,
more expensive, and more
difficult to manage and retain
5. Goals of this session
Provide a management framework for
PPM
Discuss the concepts and effects of
program management
Introduce project portfolio management
Explore options in tools
7. Management Framework
Project Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project and Product Management
8. Management Act of creating plans
and managing
Framework resources to
accomplish a project.
A project is a
scheduled
Project undertaking for the
Management purpose of creating a
product or service.
Project Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project and Product Management
9. Management Responsible for the
overall success of a
Framework product. Products
may consist of multiple
projects.
Product managers
Product remain to manage the
Management product through the its
entire lifecycle.
Project Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project and Product Management
10. Management Act of creating and
managing multiple
Framework projects.
Typically, projects are
distinct but related
through
Program dependencies.
Management
Project Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project and Product Management
11. Management Management process
designed to help an
Framework organization sort and
prioritize projects to
align with business
objectives.
PPM includes:
Project Portfolio Establishment of
Management project analysis criteria
and scoring model
Project Portfolio Management
Project information
acquisition and analysis
Sorting and
Program Management
prioritization of projects
on established criteria
Project and Product Management
15. What is a Program?
“A defined set of projects containing
common dependencies, and/or
resources and/or objectives overseen by
a Program Manager.”
(OpenSDLC.org
http://opensdlc.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=SDLC_SOP_1000_-
_Program_and_Project_Management)
16. Like it or Not…
If you have multiple
concurrent projects, you
have a program.
17. The Effective Program
A collection of projects that work
together toward a common cause,
a common goal, and a common
purpose, and realize gained benefits
for the organization.
18. Relationship between
Programs and Projects
Mission/Vision
Program Program Program
1 2 3
Project 1 Project 1 Project 1
Project 2 Project 2 Project 2
Project 3
Project 3
Project 4
21. The Goal
End “us vs. everyone else”
mentality
Coordinate project managers
Use project intelligence to make
better business decisions
All parties work together toward common vision and
purpose
22. How Managed Programs
Help the Organization
Directly support org mission
Target org benefits
Counteract tunnel vision
23. Risks of Tunnel Vision
Project Managers Business Managers
Resource stockpiling High revenue/low profit
Schedule sandbagging Random diversification
Bloated estimates Overpromising
Territorial fiefdoms Getting lost in details
Ignoring project interactions encourages bad habits
and missed opportunities
24. Why it Works
Define and document links between projects
Shared resources (people, tools and
facilities)
Risk mitigation activities
Project integration management and
change control
25. Avoids…
Over or misallocation of resources
Competition for resources
Protectionist behavior
Clashing systems and processes
28. Project Management Office
(PMO)
Primary goal: achieve benefits from standardizing
and following project management policies,
processes and methods
Group or department within an organization
Defines and maintains standards for project
management
Usually based upon one of three models:
Project repository
Project coaching
Enterprise
29. What’s Wrong with
Centralized PMO’s?
Creates pool of generic project
management experts
Tends to result in “hot swapping”
PMs and teams
Does not allow for specialized
expertise
We want program experts, NOT just general project
management experts
30. The De-Centralized PMO
Less emphasis on classical PM
experts
PMs are embedded in well-defined
Programs
PM skills align with program
projects and business drivers
Consistently working within programs allows better skills
alignment and tighter teams
31. Project Dependencies
Finish to start (FS) – Project B can’t start before A is
finished (i.e. Foundation is dug, then concrete is
poured)
Finish to finish (FF) – Project B can’t finish before A is
finished (i.e. Last chapter written before entire book
is finished)
Start to start (SS) – Project B can’t start before A
starts (i.e. Project work started before project
management activities started)
Start to finish (SF) – Project B can’t finish before A
starts (i.e. New shift starts after previous shift finishes)
Identifying dependencies is critical to effective resource allocation
32. Operational Benefits: Project
Templates
Business Development
Contract/Statement of work
Kickoff Discovery
Sprint 1 (including multiple milestones)
Sprint 2 (including multiple milestones)
Training
QA
Launch
Post Mortem
Support
Standardize project plans & lifecycles to avoid starting from scratch
34. “the concept of focusing on the
selection and management of
a set of projects to meet
specific business objectives”
“Project Portfolio Management: A view from the management trenches”
(http://www.gartner.com/it/content/911400/911412/project_portfolio_
mgmt_excerpt.pdf)
35. Relationship between
Projects, Programs and
Portfolios
Mission/Vision
Portfolio 1 Portfolio 2 Operations
Program 1 Program 2 Program 1 Program 2 Program 3
Project 1 Project 1 Project 1 Project 1 Project 1
Project 2 Project 2 Project 2 Project 2 Project 2
Project 3 Project 3 Project 3
Project 4
36. Organizational Impact
Move away from traditional organizational
hierarchy to work more effectively and align with
business objectives
Move toward a project-driven culture infused
with business goals through programs and
portfolios
Centralized resource utilization planning and
reporting
Recruiting and training targeted to each
program and/or portfolio’s skill requirements
37. Project Chartering Model
Provides quantitative model for strategically
selecting projects to seek out, pitch, and accept
Rank opportunities by score
Objectively align with business goals by creating business
cases for each component project and program
Identify high-margin opportunities for reselling existing
components
Strategically seek out good matches to portfolio by
maximizing average project scores
Significant impact on organization; especially sales and
on-going operations
38. Key Elements of PPM
Identify business objectives
Prioritize objectives
Apply project chartering model
Rank projects by chartering scores
39. Project Chartering Example
Top Criteria:
We want our team to gain D7 experience
We need more profits
We want to start doing more business in the
educational sector
We want more repeat business
40. Sample Scoring
Diversification Diversification Repeat
Potential Project Profit Potential (technology) (sector) Business Total Rating
Project A with D7
4 3 2 0 9
Project B at
University
2 2 4 2 10
Project C with
existing client
4 0 0 4 8
Project D with D7
and University
2 2 4 3 11
Tally project strength in each criteria area
42. Selecting a Solution
Identify your requirements first
Consider options based on requirements
Custom build vs. off-the-shelf
43. Custom build
Pros Cons
Exactly what you need (in Expensive
theory)
Time-consuming
Full platform control
Reinventing the wheel
Iteratively create features as
needed Untested
44. Off-the-shelf
Pros Cons
Faster May not meet all your
needs
Proven solution (in theory)
Feature bloat
Can be less expensive
May be tied to expensive
May have ample service contracts
documentation
“Someone to blame”
46. Present Solution Realities
No present project management application
does everything perfectly
A buggy centralized solution
Decentralized solutions which lack ability to tie
together critical information needed for PPM
Either way, you need people who:
Understand the goals
Understand the requirements
Are trained on the decided approaches
57. Rollout of the solution
Daunting challenges
How long will it take?
How will you know when you are done?
Where do you start?
58. Rollout of the solution
Take a phased approach
Judiciously select features
Acclimate users gradually
Keep processes and tools aligned
59. Sample Rollout Phasing
1. Enter projects and tasks
2. Time tracking and timesheets
3. Resource management
4. Basic portfolios
5. Business factors information
6. Reporting
Can take 6 months or more to implement a
working system!
Break it into steps and take your time
60. Final thoughts
Project and portfolio management do not have
to be subjective.
Project and portfolio management have a huge
impact on business goals, whether you think
about them or not.
Don’t be intimidated. It’s not easy, but you can
start slow and build in small steps.
Take your time and start simple.
You have everything to gain by thinking
strategically about your project portfolio.
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Upshot: we’re not talking about a groups of devs building one site at a time anymore
Upshot: talent must be carefully allocated across projects to ensure skill coverage and cost-effectiveness while avoiding burnout of key resources
Upshot: Project portfolio management provides the strategy that sets priorities for program management; program management requirements guide project and product management. Order contrasts with future slide showing org evolution…evolves up, but once in place flows down.
Upshot: organization evolves in reverse from PPM framework flow…project/product management happen in isolation, then program begins to manage relationships between projects and make project management smarter, then PPM is introduced to do so strategically and align projects with business objectives…over time, org gets smarter and manages more effectively
Not performing program management does not mean you don’t have a program. It means you are leaving your program unmanaged.
Sales needs to understand the types of projects that fit portfolio strategyResell done projects to improve profits marginsStrategically seek out good matches to portfolio
Re: untested---usability, bugs, effectiveness of features and workflow, etc.
Re: untested---usability, bugs, effectiveness of features and workflow, etc.