Project Management
Projects associated with major business or systems change have a poor record of success, according to the survey statistics. Two major factors in this are:
- failure to complete the work of the project;
- doing the work in the wrong sequence.
Our approach to project management uses the classical methods of network planning, but recognises the importance of:
- soft techniques, to address the people issues;
- simple methods for assessing progress, impact and risk.
They significantly enhance success rates.
Soft Techniques
These address the underlying difficulties of project execution, looking at:
- the role of the project manager in terms of people skills and project management expertise;
- stakeholder analysis;
- team building;
- managing expectations.
Control and Impact Analysis
Success also depends on effective control and assessment of risk, as plans change. MML's approach uses simple, regular and frequent means to update progress:
- turnround documents reduce the time and effort of collecting information;
- impact analysis assesses risk and identifies issues.
These have demonstrated their ability to deliver projects successfully, on time and to budget.
Case Studies
F G Wilson: Integrated Learning and Support
Lawson Mardon: Learning toImprove Performance
Selkirk: Building Capability and and Ownership to Improve Profit