Project Management
RBA project management consulting specialists have worked continuously at the leading edge of the industry for over 20 years. We specialize in helping our clients to design and deliver their most challenging and complex business and technical programs, while fulfilling our commitment to innovation, responsiveness and delivery.
At RBA, our team has a considerable track record in maximizing the delivery of program benefits for organizations across a wide range of industries. Our program management work ranges from 'hard' technology projects, through 'transformation' projects involving significant IT and change management, to 'soft' projects involving organizational development, training and the introduction of a projects culture.
Service offerings include:
Project Management Office (PMO)
The Project Management Office (PMO) is called on to perform a wide range of activities. Sustaining an effective PMO depends on choosing the right priorities and accountabilities, and on demonstrating value on a regular basis.
PMO Assessment
The most commonly sited factors for successfully starting and maintaining a PMO is executive sponsorship and the ability to demonstrate the PMO’s value to the organization.
- RBA’s solution includes:
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- Assessing PMO functions best suited for company principles and culture
- Developing a strategy to align the PMO the organization and secure executive support
- Producing a roadmap for PMO enrichment with measurable performance
- Business benefits include:
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- Expedited decision making on project selection and delivery
- Reduced waste by eliminating unvalued process and rework
- Stronger alignment to business strategy
Project Management Office (PMO)
The latest Chaos Report from the Standish Group continues to show the majority of projects are over-budget, late and/or of suspect quality. Establishing a PMO with effective governance can improve your chances of success. We can help you set up your PMO, incrementally improve your existing PMO or operate the PMO for you.
- RBA’s solution includes:
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- Identifying/prioritizing opportunities for improvement in project management guidelines, processes and standards
- Project management training/mentoring
- Implementing tools to drive consistency and support information dissemination
- Project performance and visibility reporting
- Business benefits include:
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- Improved ability to deliver projects
- Improved visibility/accountability of projects within your organization
- Cost savings on future projects
Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions
As a Microsoft Partner, RBA can help you implement MS Project Server to drive the level of consistency you will require to effectively manage programs or larger portfolios.
Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions
While establishing good project management governance is a great step towards improving your project management practice it is difficult to achieve stronger discipline without an EPM tool. As a Microsoft Partner, RBA can help you implement MS Project Server to drive the level of consistency you will require to effectively manage programs or larger portfolios.
- RBA’s solution includes:
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- Defining your EPM requirements
- Configuring MS Project Server to meet your requirements
- Implementation / training
- Integration of timekeeping, accounting and portfolio applications with project information
- Business benefits include:
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- Central repository of project information
- More effective resource management
- Reporting to support project managers, project sponsors, PMO and executives
Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
Our PPM services focus on identifying potential projects, prioritizing projects, establishing expected business value and ensuring business value is achieved once the project is completed.
Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
The pressing need to demonstrate business value requires an acute understanding of the competition for limited project funding. Company investments require a portfolio of corporate projects from inception (business idea) to delivery of expected business results. While RBA’s PMO and EPM integrated services focus on the middle part (managing the project) our PPM services focus on identifying potential projects, prioritizing projects, establishing expected business value and ensuring business value is achieved once the project is completed.
- RBA’s solution includes:
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- PMO and EPM solutions (governance, tools and business processes)
- Processes to support prioritization and business value realization
- Coaching/mentoring to ensure success in adjusting to this new approach
- Business benefits include:
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- Better definition of projects being performed
- Specific focus on achieving expected business value
- Ensuring project outcomes enhance overall shareholder value
Project Management Assessment
RBA’s project management assessment service can help you to determine where your organization is today and how you can improve your project management practices.
Project Management Assessment
Continuous improvement is critical to ongoing business success. RBA’s project management assessment service can help you to determine where your organization is today and how you can improve your project management practices. RBA has a straightforward assessment process to benchmark your organization against industry best practices.
- RBA’s solution includes:
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- Proven RBA Assessment Process
- Senior consultants with Project Management assessment expertise
- Project Manager competency and skill set evaluation
- Recommendations – road map to continuous improvement
- Business benefits include:
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- Objective evaluation of your project management practice
- Opportunity to significantly improve schedule, cost and quality management on projects
- Part of your overall continuous improvement process