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Successful Projects
Successful projects are a key to the growth, competitiveness and survival of most organisations and businesses. Successful projects are linked to strategy and deliver long term benefits.
Unsuccessful Projects drain the cash flow, competitiveness, energy and focus of organisations, threatening growth and even survival.
Profiting from Projects
Essentially, any organisation will profit from projects by:
- Choosing the right projects, driven by organisational strategy and the benefits which the projects will deliver
- Managing the projects well through initiation, planning, implementation, closeout and beyond so as to realise the full benefits of the projects
How well do you deal with Projects?
All organisations, large and small, deal with projects on a regular basis
These projects can also be small or large, complex or relatively simple. A project can be a new building or an extension alteration or refurbishment of a building, new or refurbished plant or equipment, new computer systems and/or software, new product research, development and launch, a change to business structure or operations or any other unique, time bound undertaking which is outside the normal course of your business.
The common element about these projects is that they all involve investment of money into something which is intended to offer benefits once complete. But do you set up and manage your projects so that you optimise the value of your investment and ensure that you realise those benefits at completion?
Many organisations don’t deal with projects well at all. Projects are treated as “necessary evils”, are marginalised within the organisation, are not adequately managed and supported, and are assessed as at least partial failures at completion. The benefits of completed projects are not well understood, difficult to measure and often seem impossible to achieve after project completion.
But WHY?
Organisations are generally cautious about undertaking projects because they require the commitment of capital and other resources. The commitment of cash flow, resources and disruption to operations are all costs which must be weighed up against the future benefits of the investment, be it new products or services, equipment, plant, software and systems, organisational change, relocation, expansion or refurbishment.
The aim of any project is to create benefits consistent with overall organisational strategic and operational goals. But to REALISE those benefits you must first IDENTIFY them, INTEGRATE them into your project and MEASURE them, both along the way and at the end, to ensure they are delivered. This must be combined with sound project governance and structures, competent project management and organisational support.
Effective project management, from the initial concept through to delivery and utilisation of the project, is the way to optimise the financial and overall organisational return from the investment that projects require and to minimise the RISK of project failure.
Focus Group is a dedicated to helping organisations achieve these benefits from their projects. Focus group advises and assists an organisation in a variety of ways, all aimed at building awareness, capability and competency within the organisation.