 |
| | | |
|
Project Management Seminar Article
| Re-Discovery Procedures for Building Effective Management Systems: Phase V |
| By: Chris Anderson |
You have permission to publish this article free of charge, as long as the resource box is included with the article. If you do run my article, a courtesy reply to sean@bizmanualz.com would be greatly appreciated. This article is 502 words long including the resource box. Thanks for your interest.
Part One: Discovery
Part Two: Planning
Part Three: Development
Part Four: Implementation
Now we turn the corner to our final phase: Re-Discovery.
Last year marked the 200th anniversary of the expedition of Lewis & Clark, and much has been written about their remarkable journey up the Missouri River and on to the Pacific. This band of explorers was aptly named The Corps of Discovery. In reality, The Corps made two trips, the second being their return. It is likely that the unheralded return journey was more revealing and insightful than the outbound leg, offering them a chance to re-discover with clearer vision what they had already seen.
It is in this frame of mind that your organization will embark on the Re-Discovery Phase of building an effective management system.
Management Policies and Procedures
The Re-Discovery Phase completes the loop of the entire project, and then overlaps with The Discovery Phase of the next year. Therein lies the "never-ending cycle" of the project. The Re-Discovery Phase allows your organization to migrate from a "fix it and done!" mentality to one of continuous improvement. In Re-Discovery/Discovery Phases you will always be reviewing and assessing your organization for ways to improve performance, compliance, and effectiveness.
As in all Phases it is wise to identify a Project Leader to manage document controls, lead the audits and report to management.
Review the Audit Results and Process Measures
When we pass down a street for the first time, our minds are focused on reaching the destination. Upon returning, we are able to notice things that were previously missed. Returning allows us to go through the same path of the original Discovery Phase in this different light.
This will involve reviewing audit results, process measures and customer satisfaction to determine possible adjustments to the mission, objectives and action plans as well as effectiveness criteria. You will want to asses the appropriateness of these elements now that you have completed your "outbound journey" through the Planning, Development and Implementation Phases. What will you see differently? How will you prepare for the cycle to begin again next year?
Culmination of Policies and Procedures Project
In Phase I, we learned how your organization specifies the project mission, objectives and effectiveness criteria. Phase II entailed setting requirements for project tools, budgets and schedules to manage your project. Phase III taught us about identifying and testing processes within the system. And in Phase IV we learned about learning. So now the Re-Discovery Phase will culminate the project that started 6-12 months ago (time certainly does go by quickly, doesn’t it?). And with these five phases completed, you will have undertaken perhaps quite a long process – but also one that will lead you to building (and maintaining) an effective management system.
About the Author
Chris Anderson is the managing director of Bizmanualz, Inc. and co-author of policies and procedures manuals, producing the layout, process design and implementation to increase performance.
To learn how to increase your business performance, visit: Bizmanualz, Inc.
|
|
| Keywords: phase, project management, re-discovery phase, effective management system, project, management system management, management system, system management policies, management, effective management |
Project Management News
Helpful Project Management Seminar Links
Project Management Seminar
August 28, 2005. Project Management Seminar. Lawrence Hobbs PMP. President, Chinook Solutions. Increase Your 'Batting Average' With The Fundamentals of Effective Project Management (Click for Brochure) Winnipeg - 27th & 28th January 2005 ... The Explosive Growth of Professional Project Management is a tribute to the value it produces for businesses in ...
Effective Project Management Seminar
... 2 Day Effective Project Management (EPM) Seminar. Presented by: Alex Walton MSEE, MBA, PMP ... associated with project success and good project management. The following modules, along ...
Project Management Seminar
Project Management. Seminar date/time: November 23, 1999, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location: Room 615. Seminar Description. This seminar will examine factors related to successfully managing instructional design/development projects.
Project Management Seminar for Smaller Organizations
... Project management seminar for smaller organizations provides small businesses the tools to control ... their 4-hour Project Management for Smaller Organizations seminar, to help local ...
Project Management Seminar
The Project Plan. Your Key to Project Success ... Brings over 30 years of successful project management and leadership experience ... and is a seminar leader for the PMI. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). ...
Effective Project Management Seminar
... Effective Project Management Seminar. The number of projects in industry abound ... Related Topics: Project Management Program. Seminar Schedule ...
Project Estimating and Risk Management Seminar
... Keane developed the Project Estimating. and Risk Management Seminar to enable. project managers to develop estimates, ... focus of the seminar is on how to effec- ...
PMC Project Management Seminars
A 2-day seminar that delivers practical advice on how to deliver software projects on time, on budget and with few bugs. An industry veteran shows you how software can be delivered on time. ... Project Management Seminar by Cliff Creel, Ph.D. ... Although the basics of good project management are presented in a very organized, easy to follow manner, the emphasis ...
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES
... ACEC/CO. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. SEMINAR SERIES ... total of 12 for all three sessions. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES ...
Cutter Consortium: eXtreme Project Management Tutorial
advisory services, newsletters, directories, global news and analysis ... Rob Thomsett's eXtreme Project Management Post-Summit Workshop ...
|
|
