Organizational fitness has never been more crucial to enterprise survival. Organizations are often defined by their core competencies. CoreTech's commitment to project management excellence is central among the core competencies we seek to employ and deliver on behalf of our customers. As a consulting company engaged in offering project office gap analysis and implementation services, this capability and our structured methodology are endemic to the workings of all of the engagements we deliver. Project management is in reality a combination of applying discipline and methodology to guide a project to a successful conclusion. Project management is an art and a science, as well as part mindset and part discipline. And it is vital to enterprise fitness and survival.

We are often surprised to discover that many enterprises still fail to differentiate effectively between projects and operations, frequently stretching resources for critical operations to the breaking point in pursuit of equally important project objectives. Many organizations will be well served to reduce risks by implementing or expanding the capabilities of the project management office (PMO) or project office.

The tunnel vision inherent to the individual project manager may be inevitable but is never recommended. A well-run project office brings the broader vision necessary to balance an enterprise-wide perspective with the needs of individual projects and their managers. A project management office not only enables more efficient resource utilization and synchronization across all projects, it mitigates risks by avoiding project silos. One of the great benefits of enforcing standards and establishing best practices for projects, is that individual project benchmarks take on meaning beyond their specific context.

In virtually all of the project management offices we have analyzed, project management infrastructure, education and mentoring have been provided with varying degrees of success. Where we have seen greater differentiation, is in the degree to which the project office takes a role in the centralized management of the projects within its domain. Executive leadership is required to empower the project office to act as a communications hub as well as an organization for meta-level management.

Typically, project management offices treat project management as a business process to be protected and nurtured. The project office empowers individual and group excellence in the interpersonal skills and group communication processes required for superior performance. The importance of tracking domain expertise can never be underestimated as a central role of the project office. Our analysis has found that project managers with domain expertise perform better on the whole in avoiding risks and adhering to regulations and standards. Perhaps it is not surprising that experience pays. But we find even stronger correlation to success when domain experience coincides with general management experience and knowledge.

Well-supported and experienced project managers alone are not enough, however, to account for breakthrough performance in enterprise-wide project management. The project office can most effectively serve the enterprise when it takes a serious and systematic role managing project portfolios. This authority can only be delegated by business units with the buy-in of executive management. Therefore, the project management office must constantly market its value and mission internally within the organization. The benefit to the organization may be nothing less than enterprise survival.

Project management services from CoreTech build upon our proven expertise and approach to project management to deliver IT solutions that meet the demanding requirements of our clients. Our project management skills span multiple industries and technologies.

Our project management services include:

• Project Management - Our experienced project managers marshal the resources and manage the timeframes of every project to assure maximum results in accordance with your needs.
• Program Management Office - We can advise and assist in the implementation of your Project Management Office (PMO). Our experience with the issues underlying the effective establishment and maturation of the PMO will serve your enterprise well.
• Project Assessment - If your enterprise already has a PMO or projects that need to be assessed, we help measure and quantify risks to success, and recommend actions to ensure the successful attainment of project and PMO goals.

For more information on Project Management, please contact your CoreTech representative today.