Enabling
Project Success (EPS)
The Need
Industry reports suggest that internal
projects are not delivering anticipated benefits. In
many cases the rate of failure of change projects is
over 60%. Much of this failure is due to a lack of
project management and change management skill and
experience within project teams. (Source Mick Cope -
Seven Cs of Consulting)
JustOne has been successful in enabling companies
to deliver successful projects with sustainable
benefits. We offer a lean consultancy approach using
just one experienced consultant to help to set-up a
project, train the team in project management,
change management and leadership skills and support
the team through the project lifecycle.
Enabling Project Success
EPS is designed to improve the performance of
internal projects of top 2000 global companies and
large government organisations. The offer is
“project specific” with JustOne becoming involved
after the client has recognised the need for a
project but before the project definition phase.
With EPS the project is still delivered by internal
staff but with a JustOne consultant providing the
methodologies, training, support, coaching and the
invaluable experience that managing many successful
global projects brings. JustOne’s involvement would
include:
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Project Definition |
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a |
Confirm and clarify
project definition, consider
alternatives and ensure consistency
with company strategy. |
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b |
Review on-going and
proposed projects for potential
overlaps/ conflicts. |
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c |
Set objectives and
targets. |
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d |
Identify benefits
and undertake evaluation of project
justification. |
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e |
Estimate resources and determine budgets
(support bidding process if required). |
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Project Set-up |
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a |
Project planning and team selection. |
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b |
Project governance: control, risk
assessment, communication strategy,
monitoring, reporting. |
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c |
Skills and methodology development including –
change management*, project management, process
development, influencing and persuasion, team
working and leadership.
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3 |
Project Implementation |
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a |
Support & coaching of the project team
and sponsor support where required. |
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b |
Trouble shooting. |
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Steering committee meetings. |
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d |
Project closure and post project review. |
Client benefits can include:
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Increases in :
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Decreases in : |
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1 - Benefits, target
success, shareholder value
2 - PR image - internal
and external
3 - Management capacity
and flexibility
4 - Staff capability and
retention
5 - Project visibility
6 - Company Agility
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1 - Project risks
2 - Input and elapsed
time
3 - Resources tied up in
the project
4 - Costs of failure
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EPS is based upon a high level of skills exchange
from the JustOne consultant to the clients project
team. Many of these skills will improve the
effectiveness of the project team in their normal
roles and of course in future projects.
* See “Change Management” for a brief
introduction to the JustOne approach.
