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Real Problems…Require Real Solutions
You Face Real Problems Every Day
 Projects
fail every day. Problems are manifested in slipping schedules,
runaway costs, and inadequate or wrong technical solutions
delivered to the customer.
The result of
failure is catastrophic. Last year investment in IT projects
alone in the U.S. was $100 Billion. Roughly 60% of those projects
failed to meet technical objectives at an estimated cost of over
$70 Billion. Sunk costs and unrealized profit are only the tip of
the iceberg. Project failures severely impact even existing
revenue streams. The strongest customer relationship won’t last
long if you can’t deliver consistently on promises.
While many causes
are cited for project failure, it all comes down to inability to
manage the technical solution – from requirements definition
through selection and ultimate implementation of a technical
approach – the technical aspect of the project must be managed
judiciously through a process specifically suited for managing
technical projects.
Real Problems Require Real Solutions
Your projects
and project teams face failure every day; not because they
aren’t bright and energetic, but because they lack the
knowledge, skills, and experience to effectively manage
technical projects.
And sending
them to a project management course just won’t cut it. Most project
management courses teach only management of schedule and
budget and never touch on managing the technical solution.
Even if
they did, your project managers and team members would lack
the context in which to apply the new knowledge. You need a
defined and understood technical management process to provide
that context.
The problem
is systemic and systemic problems require a systemic solution.
Simple Steps…Profound Results
It
Does No Good to Deliver the Wrong Thing On Time or Within Budget
Traditional Project
Management techniques are not enough. Managing a technical project is
about managing complexity through requirements; and the evolution of
those requirements to a final product solution. It’s about managing
the technical baseline and about managing system integrity to assure
the solution works as expected.
The technical
solution drives cost and schedule. You can’t manage cost or schedule
unless you manage the technical solution – from initial requirements
identification through the conversion of those requirements to
technical specifications, a technical design, an integrated system,
and ultimately a delivered product that the customer will buy.
Success Requires You to Manage Complexity:
Requirements; from initial
development through final delivery;
Evolution of the technical
baseline;
Subsystem
interfaces to ensure system integrity;
Technical performance through
continuous
risk mitigation and exploration of alternative solutions;
Stakeholder expectations – continuously.
A Profound Process for Technical
Success
The staged and
continuous processes embodied in the “Vee” ensures an orderly
evolution of the baseline and a process for managing it.
The off-core
activities of integration & test planning and risk mitigation &
solution exploration ensure that the “right” technical solution is
chosen.
The “Vee”
provides a profound way to manage a technical project before it
manages you.
The Whole Organization…A Team at a Time
We Put
Focus Where it Makes a Difference
The teams working the technical aspects of customer
projects need to improve; so that’s where the solution must begin.
We provide context (through process), knowledge, and
focused help in applying that knowledge, and tools to improve. Improving
the project teams will improve overall project performance.
Success
Requires Closing Capability Gaps
Traditional project
management training focuses on managing schedule and budget which, are
symptoms of an inability to manage the technical solution.
We focus on closing knowledge gaps by first identifying
them, then providing success enablers. Our ultimate goal is to make your
teams successful and to that end we work with them, on an as needed basis,
to give the team the skills and tools they need. In doing so, we enable
the team to move forward on their own.
Teams Gaps Must be Addressed at the Team Level
We close these gaps by training and
mentoring the team in short, focused sessions over the life of the
project and in their own project environment. There is no lost time
in training. As a result the team accomplishes necessary project work
sooner than they would on their own. This methodology boosts team
productivity and it does so at significantly lower costs than
traditional training.
Team members learn
critical skills, that are transferable to future projects, while
applying them on their current project while the organization benefits
from the world-class templates and processes that we bring with us.
This support,
provided to the team as a whole has dramatic results and benefits the
whole organization.
Proven Methods…Demonstrable Success
See Immediate and Sustainable Results
These methods
were pioneered in conjunction with NASA’s Academy of Program and
Project Leadership (APPL) following a number of highly visible
project failures.
The result was an
immediate and significant improvement in project team performance.
And the results have been sustained.
We Understand What it Takes to be Successful
We’ve worked with
numerous project teams, both commercial and government to help
make their technical projects succeed, in many cases,
helping to
rescue projects from the brink of failure. In each case,
dramatic results were achieved because we provided a valid
process for managing technical projects and closed the
knowledge gaps to make the project teams successful.
We Can Make Your Projects Succeed
All of our
instructors, consultants, and mentors have the knowledge and
experience to help you succeed.
We offer a full range of
services focused on making your project teams, and your
projects, succeed.
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