PM Practical Solutions offers four program management consulting services;

1. Requirements and Process Analysis;
2. Project Performance Assessment;
3. Project Virtual Execution Support; and
4. Project Management and Requirements Analysis Coaching.

General descriptions of each service are given below. Contact us today to schedule a free 30-minute introductory call to learn more about how PM Practical Solutions can help you.

Requirements and Process Analysis

Success is driven by how you start. No matter the methodology or framework, successful implementation begins with strong requirement definitions. PM Practical Solutions can help ensure effective requirements and process analysis activities within various Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) and strategic transformation change environments. Key tasking activities include:

• Requirements to Process Gap Analysis
• Requirements to Critical Success Factors (CSFs) Mapping
• Requirements and Process Meeting Facilitation
• Requirements Verification and Validation

Program and Project Management Performance Assessment

Advice is more valuable from someone that has been there.  Objective and independent assessments are vital in enabling leaders to understand the execution obstacles that are blocking their teams from being fully successful. PM Practical Solutions brings hands-on program and project management experience to support  complex initiatives. Key tasking activities include:

• Roadmap and Strategy Feasibility Assessments
• Deliverable Quality Reviews;
• Independent Project Performance and Progress Assessments;
• Post-Implementation Reviews; and
• Sustainability Alignment Assessments.

Program and Project Management Virtual Execution Support

You can’t be afraid to get dirty. Today’s organizations are challenged with finding ways to increase the quality of the project delivery activities while simultaneously keeping costs at reasonable levels. Contracting companies are sometimes a valid option. However, they are often ill equipped to handle unexpected surge or short-need support. This is where PM Practical Solutions can help.  PM Practical Solutions provides a 80/20 virtual temporary model that will enable clients to supplement their project management, project planning, and project administration staff with experienced professionals at a lower cost. PM Practical Solutions staff is located off customer site and can handle the bulk of the tasking remotely.

Project Management and Requirements Coaching

When you know better, you will do better. Organizations are executing more projects than ever. Bringing outside professionals to support these activities can have large benefits. However, there are times when keeping most of the work inside and performed by internal staff members makes greater sense. Often, internal staff have a better understanding on the business needs and processes that drive the organization. Unfortunately, sometimes these internal staff resources lack the understanding, tools or skills to effectively perform the needed work. PM Practical Solutions will provide straight-to-action coaching that is focused on building essential project management and analysis thinking skills. Below are some examples of coaching topics.

• Stakeholder relationships
• Embracing change management concepts and principles
• Dealing with highly technology resources
• Handling the personal fallout from project issues
• Stepping into the project management role for the first time
• Coping with pressure and stress
• Feeling stuck and powerless
• Handling conflicting priorities and aggressive deadlines
• Leveraging collaboration to increase value
• Knowing when to push and when to step back
• How to have the difficult conversations
• Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
• Better ways of working with very senior staff
• Hybrid project management approaches
• Analysis and documentation quality