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Program and Project Management
Program and project management are Jackson LMS’s core competencies. Jackson LMS applies exceptional project management skills and sets metrics to measure success and failure. Jackson LMS guides its client’s resources and manage budget to achieve greater results. Organization is vital, especially for large-scale projects, and yet this area is the most neglected of any implementation. Stakeholders are keen on results and business, eager to satisfy their shareholders yet fails to consider the importance of planning. It is no longer sufficient just to make it to the deadline but to make it there on time and budget. This is where good project management can make all the difference. And this is where Jackson LMS and Associates excels. Jackson LMS and Associates was founded by people with years of project management under their belt and truly believe that management can make or break a project and we have always relied on astute project management to transform everyone of our projects into an astounding success.
Managing Complex Projects Remains a Challenge for Most Organizations
- Inherently complex, resource intensive and political
- Require significant investment and coordination
- Need to secure and managing ongoing involvement from the business
- Sustain momentum even though the level of business participation may fluctuate
Traditional Program Management
- Tactical
- Emphasis on TEAM deliverables
- Targeted at project managers and team leads
- Communications focused on end users and the day-to-day project team
Integrated Program Management
- Strategic
- Emphasis on PROGRAM results
- Actively engage project sponsors, project owners and stakeholders
- Communications focused on steering committee, executives, and stakeholders not involved on the day-to-day project
Maintain Focus on Program Results
- Jackson LMS Associates Integrated Program Management proactively identifies and mitigates the impact of external influences on program stakeholders
- Experienced PMAs help to drive consistency in results and deliverables across the program much better entry-level project administrators
- Our independence allows us to provide input and oversight both vertically and horizontally across program participants
Program Sponsors
- Shareholder and executive pressure to deliver return
- Competition for limited funds
- Impact of project risks on ROI
Software/solution providers
- After sale, usually not involved until design or execution phase
- Team that sells not same team that installs and supports
- Usually very expensive rates
- Often not familiar with industry-specific compliance processes
Program Leadership
- Division managers, not project managers
- Protect turf and self-preservation/expansion
- Limited previous communication with executives
- Need to balance delivery with compliance requirements
System Integrators
- Leadership that sold project often not same team leading project
- Potential conflicts between leadership team selling (add-ons and next project/solution) and delivery team implementing
- Often not familiar with industry-specific compliance processes
Program Staff
- Still have full-time job
- Limited project experience
- Protect their turf and bosses self-interests
- Know day-to-day processes, but limited participation (if any) in initial scoping efforts
- Project administration vs. project completion
Subcontractors
- Usually brought in by other vendor, not client
- Work with sponsoring vendor for future work, not client
- Limited, if any, visibility to project beyond role
Planning
Plan organizational and executive team building activities by scope of project.
Financial
Manage and provide updates and reports to executive management on status of project financials and change requests that impact overall budget.
Operational
Develop Change Agent Network with current Business Owners, Subject Matter Experts (SME), Functional Leads and Stakeholders.
Stakeholders
Develop Change Agent Network with current Business Owners, Subject Matter Experts (SME), Functional Leads and Stakeholders.
Leadership and People Management
Cultivate effective
relationships amongst team members, departments, and partners to gain support for planning and development of project goals and objectives.
Business Development
Lead cross-functional workshops between functional, technical and IS teams to
prioritize and consolidate budgets.