On-Time Delivery, Standardization and a PM Job
Posted by Arjun ThomasSteps to On-Time, On-Budget Project Delivery
CIO – Businesses of all sizes embark on thousands of projects for new products and services every year. Unfortunately, most projects are doomed to fail outright, or at launch, because the original success criteria were not met. Some project failures lead to delays in product launches, such as the AirBus A380; others, like Boston’s Big Dig, incur huge cost overruns. These examples, as well as the results from survey after survey, show that American businesses have not been able to figure out how to consistently get products and services delivered on time, on budget and with the highest quality.
Government calls for standardised best practice Programme & Project Management
The Programme and Project Management (PPM) Council has called for the standardised use, across the public sector, of three programme and project management methodologies – PRINCE 2, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and Management of Risk (MoR), to support the delivery of greater value for money outcomes from public sector programme and project management.
The body, charged with providing strategic direction for the government’s skills and capability in PPM, has said that the standardised use of these methodologies would improve understanding and ease of working on cross-government programmes and projects.
It has also stated this would avoid duplication of design efforts and the costs associated with this. The Council will make further recommendations on the use of other methodologies and tools developed in government throughout 2009 and 2010.
The Council also recommends that programme and project managers should join relevant professional bodies, including the Association of Project Managers, which will enhance their ability to meet the complex and challenging demands of public service delivery.
The published recommendations state that membership of appropriate professional bodies will give access to information sources, networking opportunities, events, sources of learning and development, and to professional qualifications that public sector bodies themselves may be unable to provide.
US Courts: Project Manager/Architect
Office of the Circuit Executive
United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit
Job Announcement 09-02
Position: Project Manager/Architect (Full-time, temporary; year and a day position with the possibility of extension, subject to continued Federal funding.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Classification Level/Salary: CL-29 ($75,880-$123,359) (GS/JSP 13 equivalent)
Closing Date: June 26, 2009 (or until position is filled
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