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| Issue 01 - February 2005 - Project Management |
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KLR's Newsletter is a complimentary service offered to IT and business professionals. Issued on a bi-monthly basis, it's intended to provide useful information related to the sector as well as updates and information regarding KLR.
This issue we've focused on project management. We offer three articles providing insights on this topic.
Project / Program / Portfolio Management – What Does it Really Mean?
By: Ken Robertson
Today businesses use various terms to represent a range of project management services. Unfortunately these terms seem to be used somewhat interchangeably and inconsistently. This article will attempt to clear the confusion and establish a common definition.
[Read article] (page 2)
Assessing Your Project Management Expertise
By: Keith Gibson
Whether you are a CIO, an IT manager responsible for projects, or a project manager, assessing your level of project management expertise and developing an action plan for dealing with problem areas is an important task that is often overlooked.
[Read article] (page 3)
Leveraging The Role of Your Project Sponsors and Steering Committee
By: Delene Bosch
The roles and responsibilities of the project steering committee, executive and working sponsors should be well defined at the start of a project. If the political and business climate of the project warrants such, the roles of the project executive sponsor and working sponsor, can be tailored so as to leverage the greatest degree of accountability where it is required most on the project.
[Read article] (page 4)
KLR News and Upcoming Events.
KLR has expertise in implementing Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) in client organizations. There are 12 factors for success in any EPM initiative:
- Develop a multidisciplinary team,
- Actively engage executives (outside of IT as well),
- Develop a strong business case,
- Allocate sufficient up-front time,
- Develop clear goals, requirements and usage scenarios,
- Involve reps from all user groups,
- Conduct a multi-stage rollout,
- Provide continuous communication,
- Test the installed HW and SW configuration,
- Prepare the users for deployment,
- Train users at all experience levels,
- Ongoing monitoring of the new environment
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Upcoming Events
Let's do.. breakfast!!
In co-operation with Microsoft, we're organizing a seminar to offer KLR's insight into EPM success factors, and to explain our processes.
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Microsoft Office (1111 Georgia St., corner of Thurlow, 11th Floor) |
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Tuesday, March 22nd |
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8:00 AM to 10:00 AM |
A complimentary breakfast will be served.
Click Here if you wish to pre-book for this event or call 604-294-2292.
Space is limited; please register prior to March 14th.
How About a Little Humor?.....
The Project Manager & Three Wishes
Three people: a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are helping out on a project. About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you three wishes, but since there are three of you, I will grant you each one wish."
The hardware engineer went first. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living in a huge house with no money worries." The genie granted him his wish and sent him off to his new house.
The software engineer went next. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living on a huge yacht cruising the Mediterranean with no money worries." The genie granted her her wish and sent her off to the Mediterranean.
Last, but not the least, it was the project manager's turn. "And what would your wish be?" asked the genie.
"I want them both back after lunch", replied the project manager.
KLR is a full service business and Information Technology Consulting firm. Our goals are to:
- Transfer Knowledge
- Provide Leadership
- Deliver Results
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To provide these services our consultants have complementary skills in Project, Change and Transformation Management.
Need More Information?
KLR Consulting
200 - 4170 Still Creek Drive
Burnaby, B.C.
V5C 6C6
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