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Corporate Support PPSO
Gez Keating, Serco Plc
AGENDA
Portfolio Management
Role of Corporate PPSO
Processes
Where to Start
Benefits
Portfolio Management
Business
Planning
Portfolio
Management
Execution
Management
Business
Benefits
Strategic
Initiatives
Reporting &
Evaluation
Prioritisation &
Selection
Delivery
Realisation
Common Questions
Is our project portfolio aligned with the business needs?
Can we take on this programme?
How long will it take? What will it cost?
Are we meeting our commitments?
What is the most important project in the organisation?
Which programme should we do first?
Is there an opportunity to finish the project early? Does
the business unit know this?
What will be the impact if we miss our next milestone?
Are we at risk of not achieving our financial targets for
the year?
If we get more resources can we do more projects?
Corporate PPSO Processes
Reporting
Investment Management
Governance
Programme Assurance
Risk Management
Quality Management
Resource Management
Methods Centre of Excellence
Interfaces
Board
Assurance
HR
Benefits
Resourcing
Benefits
Risks
Corporate
PPSO
Dashboard
Reporting
Investment
Status
Risks
Operations
Finance
Delivery
Status
Programmes
Programme types
Strategy
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Business performance measures
Single Vision
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Relevance, benefits contribution
Unconnected Projects
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Service type measures
Define, capture and report
Portfolio Measures
% of projects in each RAG status
Forecast Benefits
for 2005 Portfolio
0.9
40,000,000
0.8
35,000,000
0.7
30,000,000
0.6
25,000,000
0.5
20,000,000
0.4
15,000,000
0.3
10,000,000
0.2
5,000,000
0.1
0
0
Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05
Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb04
04
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04
05
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Customer Satisfaction Ratings
5
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2
1
0
Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05
Investment Management
Ownership of Innovation process
Investment costs, benefits and risks
summary
Co-ordination of investment boards
Communication and Change control
Governance
Interface corporate governance with
that of Programmes and Project
Organising sponsorship and training
sponsors
Keep senior management involved in
the execution of the portfolio
Programme Assurance
Operate a central independent
assurance team
Represent stakeholders
Assurance that benefits and drawbacks
are acceptable
Administer Gateway processes
Risk Management
Risk Management Plan
Types of risk
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Strategic, Programme, Project, Operational
Categories of risk
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Technical, Political, Stakeholder, Financial
Standards for Exposure
Ownership of ‘typical risks’ register against
each category
Active monitoring of portfolio risks
Quality Management
External
Quality
Corporate
Quality
Accreditation
Audits
3rd Party
Audits
Programme
/ Project
Assurance
Best
Practice
Lessons
Learnt
Programme
Governance
Project
Governance
Peer Review
Individual
Solution
Integrity
Departmental/
Corporate
Audits
Management of Programmes
and Projects
Resource Management
Manage resource groups, skills and
current/future assignments
Get the best resourcing solutions
Broker between departments
Maximise resource utilisation
Methods Centre of Excellence
Methodology design
Custodian for experiences
Communication of best practice
Skill experts
How to get started
Identify your best people
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Programme, project ‘experts’
They must be full-time
Be clear on common causes of failure
within the organisation
Careful selling – it will make many
people very nervous!
Identify measures of success
Corporate PPSO Functions
Corporate
PPSO
Programme
Assurance
Service
Improvement
Programme&
ProjectMethods
Resource
Management
Investment
Management
RiskManagement
Communications
Benefits of Corporate PPSO
Reduced Project Failures
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Lower costs, greater returns
Projects completed faster
Increased team productivity
Improved end product
Questions?