TIPP Focus Consulting’s approach to programme/project management is centred on integrating organizational activities to deliver consolidated value for the organization. We utilise Focus PPM Methodology to deliver on the following Services:

• Project Management Environment Deployment
• Project Management Maturity Assessments
• Project Management Competency Assessment
• Programme Planning and Management
• Project Management Outsourcing

Project Management Environment Deployment

To ensure increase success of the projects, organizations need to create environments that are conducive for proper management of projects. Our PE Deployment offering, enable us to assist by offering the following:

• Implementation of Project Management Methodologies
• Implementation of Project Management Tools
• Training and mentoring on tools and methodologies
• Implementation of Project Offices

Project Management Maturity Assessments

As Project Management becomes a major approach of managing business initiatives, it’s becoming crucial for organizations to continually review the value derived from this practice. TIPP Focus is able to assist organizations through the following services:

• Project Management maturity within the organization
• The business value derived by implementation of certain projects
• Review of PM methodologies and tools utilized by organizations
• Assessment of the PM staff within the organization

Project Management Competency Assessments

Project Management Competency Assessments assist organisations to have a holistic view of each individual’s current project management knowledge, skills, and potential to effectively fill a project manager role including their strength and weaknesses.

Armed with this diagnostic information, organisations can determine which individual project managers have the highest potential to grow and excel.

The process involves:

• Individuals completing assessments of their project management knowledge skills, attitudes, experience and training;
• Analysing the individual results to establish current proficiency levels compared to desired proficiency levels;
• Documenting findings to identify gaps; and
• Recommending areas of improvement with detailed report indicating their level of proficiency, their areas of strength and suggestions for further professional development in a form of a skills development plan.

Programme Planning and Management

Programme and Project Management is about the utilization of skills, tools and management processes to undertake a project successfully. The key to productivity is often found in how projects are managed in an organisation, which then becomes the tool of implementing the business strategy of an organisation.

The practice of Project Management has enabled organizations to understand and know how to manage projects; however the challenge that still remains is knowing what projects to manage.

Once projects have been identified there needs to be a structured process of selecting and prioritising them to ensure strong linkages between projects and the strategic plan.

The benefits of programme planning and management are:

• Carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific project goals and objectives;
• Easy translation of organisational objectives into actions and alignment;
• Delivery of projects within a defined timeframe, at a predefined cost and within specified standards of performance;
• Clearly defined and realistic expectations and benefits clearly linked to project outcomes;
• Effective project controls as well as integrated risk and issue management; and
• Effective scope, time, cost and quality management.

Project Management Outsourcing

TIPP Focus Consulting is able to provide the necessary skills and expertise to manage the Project Management Operations of an organisation. These skills include:

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Project Administration
• Project Governance and Methodologies

FOCUS ppm

The FOCUS ppm suite of Methodologies allows TIPP Focus to implement all the services outlined above. The following are components of the FOCUS ppm methods: