Testimonials

MCS Reddy, EVP – Projects:
Partnering with i2m was indeed an experience as they supported our organization's efforts in overcoming obstacles towards managing mega projects worth $10 billion. Read more

Case Study

Define, Implement and Support an IT PMO for one of the world largest airport

Industry: Airline/Aviation
Focus: PMO Deployment

Issue/Requirement:
IT-department of one of the World’s leading Airport wanted to improve its PM Maturity by over 30% in 8 months. They undertook this initiative to develop capability to manage a major expansion program of the airport and bring their projects on track, and to define processes for their PM needs.
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Case Study

Enterprise PMO definition and Implementation support to manage US$5 billion of power projects in India

Industry: Power Generation
Focus: Enterprise PMO Definition and Management Framework/Methodology

The Need:
One of the leading private power producer needed a disciplined governance process to be implemented to manage power generation projects involving US$% billion in investments.
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Case Study

Define and Implement a PMO to achieve annual business objectives

Industry: Telecom Service Provider
Focus: PM in Marketing and Sales

Issue/Requirement:
One of the largest and profitable telecom service provider in India, wants to ensure their annual business objectives and target are well planned, tracked and achieved. The challenge is to implement and define an appropriate combination of Program and Project Management processes in a functional organization to achieve cross functional objectives.
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Gain Competitive Advantage with PMO Deployment

Whether you operate in the automotive, telecommunications, aerospace or electronics marketplace, competitive business trends are demanding a quicker time-to-market for your products and services. But each department focusing on its own parameters for project success can lead to growing inefficiencies and muddled metrics that don’t show the true picture.

Inconsistent deployment of project management methodologies can cost organizations in terms of project delays and cost overloads. This in turn can have a significant impact on customer satisfaction and give the advantage over to your competition.
Organizations wishing to improve efficiency, cut costs, and speed project delivery in terms of time and budget are today building their own project management offices (PMOs) to achieve a positive impact on project success rates.

i2m has been helping organizations deploy strategic as well as tactical PMOs to manage projects better. Our core efforts lie in guiding organizations towards conceptualizing their very own PMO functions and activity definitions.

What can PMOs do for your organization?

PMOs can help organizations improve program and project performance through better consolidation of project resources while sharing common project management processes amongst different projects. A PMO gives ongoing, visible support for project management, standards and policies. A PMO can be responsible for

  • Supporting various levels of planning, budgeting, scheduling and hiring assistance. A centralized office can train and deploy project managers for work on projects.
  • Selecting, maintaining and upgrading project management tools for use by employees
  • Putting proven project management practices in place
  • Providing training on project management and maintaining consistent project management standards throughout the organization
  • Internal consultation, mentoring and expertise on technical and procedural issues
  • Assigning various levels of authority for a project from basic guidance to complete authority
  • Supervising project managers in various business units
  • Procuring and allocating resources for multiple but related projects
  • Making decisions on project issues by providing the right project management expertise
  • Getting things done on time and within budget!
The resulting logical organization is known to provide a strong foundation for the future staffing and project execution. But PMOs are never one-size-fits-all. This is why we start by defining how the PMO will operate within your organization, and progress from there

How to build and deploy a PMO—our PMO Methodology in a nutshell

i2m's DIM (Define Implement Manage) methodology defines enterprise project management offices for organization using the following approach
  • Defining PMO functions
  • Building a business case and buy-in
  • Preparing PMO implementation road maps
  • Developing system specifications
  • Setting governance standards and processes
  • Managing change
  • Supervising technology and infrastructure deployment
  • Coaching, mentoring and hand-holding the core team
  • Conducting regular performance reviews
  • Building knowledge repositories
We employ basic metrics to determine the effectiveness of a PMO depending of the PMO Model demanded by organization:

Engagement Model

Mission

Suggest Metrics

Consulting
Expert based PMO Services 		Engagement
  • No. of engagement
  • No. of mentoring relationship
Support
Knowledge Management 		Project Execution
  • % of Projects in Green, Amber and RED
  • Best Practices contribution
  • No. of People Trainer/Certified
Standards
Process, Methods and Tools 		Consistency
  • No. of Project complying with standards/Methodology
  • % Project Info on the portal
Portfolio Management Value
  • Return of the Portfolio
  • Benefit estimated v/s. realized
  • % of Project meeting / exceeding expectations


Once a PMO is deployed, i2m institutionalizes the PMO by providing continuous support. We do this by deploying a collaborative system which empowers teams, accelerates execution while managing conflict between ongoing projects and PMO implementation.
Get started with us on defining your own Enterprise Project Management office. Contact us for a assessment of your organizational needs.
 
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