| Q
- How will using this application affect the way my Project Managers
currently do their work?
A
- Once the initial baseline data has been entered, your PM's will
spend far less time preparing for meetings and far more time managing
their projects. Many of the time consuming and repetitive tasks
PM's accomplish will take significantly less time with the Strategic
Command Center application.
Q
- How will this application affect our project communications?
A
- Project communications will be significantly enhanced because
all of the people who need to see the information will have immediate
access to it, when they need it. Everyone will receive the same
message at the same time, reducing the likelihood for misinterpretation
of the data.
Q
- Will this add more work for my already overburdened Project Managers?
A
- No, it will allow your PM's to be more productive. Rather than
updating various MS Excel spreadsheets, MS Word documents or MS
PowerPoint presentations, your PM's can quickly and easily enter
data into one place where it is then accessible to all parties that
have the appropriate permissions. Your PM's workload will be far
more manageable.
Q
- What impact does this have on my current business processes?
A
- Your business processes will be significantly enhanced. As PM's
typically have to gather and report on this information in the normal
course of their duties, the application makes it a simple task to
'roll up' this disparate information into one easily accessible
system. Also, globally-distributed programs and projects can now
be far better managed by having an enterprise tool for capturing,
storing, sharing and communicating mission critical information.
Q
- What value do my Project Manager's get from this tool?
A
- Your PM's (and Management) finally have a comprehensive tool that
can:
- Globally
track the 'Strategic Dimensions' of programs and projects
- Determine
'who' is responsible for any given business initiative
- Provide
strategic data to justify budget and schedule changes
- Identify
resource allocation issues based on other business initiatives
- Consolidate
strategic program and project information into one system
- Quickly
communicate project status, such as when a mission critical project
reaches
a 'red', or critical phase.
- Immediately
determine if a project is on, over or under budget.
- Assess
the viability of proposed business initiatives
- Easily
review the 'Business Value' for any given business initiative
- Quickly
assess the 'Exposure', or risks, issues, constraints and dependencies
for any
given business initiative
- Identify
what the overall priority of any given initiative is
- Communicate
when a new major business initiative is to be undertaken
- Identify
redundant or 'like' projects that should be merged into one
- Quickly
determine the disposition of a project, like has it been approved,
funded, engaged,
delayed, merged, canceled, completed, etc.
- Immediately
communicate where in the 'Lifecycle Phase' a project is
- Identify
where in the world your global enterprise projects are happening
- Link
and find key documents tied to your business initiatives
- And
there are many other benefits to using this strategic tool.
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