Program Management



Issues

The changing market landscape means businesses need to transition to new levels of business efficiency.

Yet coordination, collaboration and management across the continuum of business change is challenging because:

  • Project teams are in different locations
  • It’s difficult to compare across programs
  • Benefit realization and performance are not visible
  • Progress reporting is tough and labour intensive
  • The team spend significant time updating the plan
    because IT solutions are complex

Solution

xpoint®, a Web 2.0 software package, is founded on the concept of 'virtual lifecycles', and offers a very different way to drive and manage a portfolio of projects.Virtual lifecycles comprise:


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Almost any project or process can be broken down into phases, examples of lifecycles include:

Each type of project uses an appropriate lifecycle, so project teams use best practice approaches to deliver milestones more effectively. Click to see the xpoint architecture.

Benefits

Overall the Virtual Lifecycle and Web2.0 architecture enables:

  • One environment for managing a broad portfolio of change
  • Live comparison of benefits and status across all projects become the norm
  • Easy adoption by all Teams, Programme Managers, PMO’s and CXO’s

Reduced management cost

  • Reporting effort is significantly lower
  • Faster decision-making and corrective action
  • Reduced rework within and across projects
  • Team members know what to deliver

Better program deilvery

  • A better focused portfolio
  • More successful projects - teams use best practice lifecycles
  • Better informed Senior Management
  • Increased engagement by teams and Senior Management