Project Start-up & Initiation Service
Purpose
To assist the Client Project Manager to set up a project using a structured approach, so that the project's control parameters are clearly defined and agreed by the relevant stakeholders.
Benefits
- Guidance on how to reduce management overheads whilst providing appropriate levels of governance in accordance with the importance and complexity of the project
- Early identification and resolution of conflicting requirements and an early check on the viability of the project before it consumes significant funds
- Skills transfer on the pragmatic use of PRINCE2™
Method
The overriding principle of this service is that the Client Project Manager must retain ownership of the project. It therefore comprises the provision of an experienced Project Management Consultant to supply advice and guidance to the project manager for a specific project on the critical activities required to be established in order to gain approval to proceed. The Consultant provides five days of assistance over the Start-Up and Initiation period, which includes:
1. A Plan for the Plan: An initial meeting with the Project Manager to determine:
- Timescale - how long do we have to set up the project?
- Current status - how much has already been done?
- Resources - who is needed/available to plan the project?
- Approvals - who will approve the project and are there any organisation-specific procedures that must be followed?
Having captured this information, the Client Project Manager and WPM Consultant jointly draw up a task list of what needs to be done in order to set up the project and gain management approval within the required timescale.
2. Reviews: The Consultant provides a critical review of the project management products before submission to the Project Board or Project Sponsor for approval. This activity takes 3 days; a day each to review and present feedback for the Start-Up and Initiation documents and a day to produce a Lessons Learned Report that will provide documented feedback on both sets of documents.The following management products will be reviewed:
During Start-Up (SU)
- Project Brief and Project Approach
- Initiation Stage Plan
During Initiation (IP)
- Project Initiation Document
- Project Plans (Project, Stage, Quality, Product Descriptions)
- Project Filing
- Project Logs (Risk, Issue, Quality)
3. Coaching: In addition to reviewing the specific project management products, the service includes a day of coaching. This could be provided in the form of telephone/e-mail support or a face-to-face meeting, with a further status review at an agreed time after the workshop to check progress and provide guidance.
Deliverables
- Experienced Project Management consultant for 4 days of consultancy and 1 day of coaching
- Lessons Learned Report, so that skills transferred can be applied to future projects
Reporting & Reviewing
The consultant reports only to the Client Project Manager for the duration of the service.
Price
Fixed fee of £4,425 (ex VAT) inclusive of expenses.
Product Code
CON-003
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