According to industry experts, implementing project management tools without the right framework will lead to the perceived failure of the tools. The framework - process, policies, change management procedures, and organizational input - is critical to the success of any project management initiative. Alignment of projects to your organization’s strategic goals is equally critical. According to a 2003 Meta Group study, 84% of companies are unable to adjust and realign budgets within business needs more than once or twice a year. By investing the time to establish the right framework, you can increase your organization’s bottom line results while maintaining better control of your projects, resources, and time.
Oakwood’s Solution ExcelleratorsTM include:
- Project Management Methodology (PMM) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Readiness Assessments
- Process Management and Consulting
- Change Management Consulting & Training
- Project Management Office (PMO) Architecture & Consulting
- First Step Project Assessment
Your organization has questions about projects - whether they are IT projects or general organizational projects. Enterprise Project Management provides answers to questions like these:
- Who is available to staff our new projects?
- Have we selected the right project investments?
- Can we link project data to our front and back office apps?
- When will we really finish and what will it cost?
- Do the project investments align with our strategic objectives?
- Are my project investments delivering the forecasted benefits?
- What are we supposed to deliver this week - and will we do it?
Oakwood’s Solution ExcelleratorsTM include:
- Project Portfolio Management & Assessment
- PMO Architecture & Staffing
- Project Management Consulting
Once you have the framework, and you know the questions that your organization needs answered, you can establish the tool base to support the initiative. While there are many choices available in the world of Enterprise Project Management, Oakwood has chosen to strategically partner with Microsoft to provide Project Server Implementations and UMT Portfolio Manager Implementations.
Project Management provides you with an organized view of projects, including resource management, time investment, and costs. To manage all projects against your strategic goals, Portfolio Management is the right tool. Gartner analysts specified that companies implementing portfolio management processes are seeing a ten to twenty-five percent reduction in costs, freeing up capital for new investment (Gartner PPM Show, 2005).
Oakwood’s Solution ExcelleratorsTM include:
Oakwood’s Delivery ExcellerationTM Methodology assures you that your project is managed to your requirements and according to industry Best Practices. Every Oakwood Team Member is trained in our approach, and risk is mitigated through the use of strong project management, clearly defined deliverables, application of a quality assurance process and change and issue management. Backed by these time-tested processes and based on PMI standards, the Delivery ExcellerationTM Methodology is the roadmap for success with every Oakwood project.