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Project Management at William
Angliss Institute of TAFE
VISTA Project Management Event
10th April 2008
Felicity Brazil – Manager, Project Management Office
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
CRICOS Provider Code: 01505M
RTO Number: 3045
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
CRICOS Provider Code: 01505M
RTO Number: 3045
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Why did the Institute get serious?
• History of ICT projects not delivering
• In a competitive environment need ability to change
and innovate
• Effective project management is one of the foundation
stones in the ability to deliver strategic goals and
minimise risks
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
CRICOS Provider Code: 01505M
RTO Number: 3045
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Some definitions:
• Project
“A management environment that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more
business products [deliverables] according to a specified business case.”
“A temporary organisation that is needed to produce a unique and predefined outcome or
a result at a pre-specified time using predetermined resources.”
Reference: “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2”
Characteristics include: finite defined life cycle, defined & measurable business case,
corresponding set of activities to achieve the business products, defined amount of
resources, organisation structure with defined responsibilities to manage the product
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Some definitions:
• Project Management
“The planning, monitoring and control of all aspects of the project and the motivation of all those
involved in it to achieve the project objectives on time and to the specified cost, quality and
performance.”
Reference: “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2”
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Product Life Span vs WAI Project Life Cycle
Idea
Study
Trigger
Product
Life
Span
Specify
Design
Develop
Test
Change Over
WAI
Project
Life
Cycle
Assess value
Use
Scrap
Reference: “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2”
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
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RTO Number: 3045
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A Project Management Framework
Managing project teams
Contractor/supplier management
Managing organisational change
Develop
project
plan
Define project
Manage &
control
project
Close
project
Business
benefits
review
Quality management
Risk management
Change control & issue management
Configuration management
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With reference to KPMG Project Management Methodology 1998
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
CRICOS Provider Code: 01505M
RTO Number: 3045
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History of projects at the Institute
Late 2005:
ICT Projects
moratorium
History of
projects
not
delivering
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2006:
2006 – 2010
ICT Roadmap
created
Late 2006:
Adoption of
project
management
methodology –
PRINCE2
April 2007:
Project
Management
Office
established
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2006 - 2010 ICT Project Roadmap
2006
Completed Projects
Projects not
commenced
Services
Projects In progress
Acquisition
and Implementation
Planning and
Providing
the Basics
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2007
Server
Infrastructure
Improvement
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2008
Microsoft
Office 2007
Standard
Operating
Environment
ICT Disaster
Recovery
Systems
Student
Wireless
Network
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Portal Infrastructure
(Intranet Stage 2)
Portal
Infrastructure
Stage 3 & 4
Enable
Student
Learning
Making it Easier to do Business
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Sirsi Digital
Cyber
Communities
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Expanding
Remote Access
Improve
Teaching &
Learning
Infrastructure
Standard
Operating
Environment II
Server &
Network
Monitoring
Enabled User Choice
Customer Focused Services
Connected Communities of
Knowledge
Global Access
Secure and Stable Business
Systems
Giving Staff
Access to
Information
in Context
Internet Content
Management
System Upgrade
Architecture
Blueprint
Workflow
Automation
2010
Service our
Stakeholders
& Customers
Online
Knowledge
Brokering
System
Know Our
Customers
Implementation
Business
Process
Mapping
2009
Student Extranet
ITIL
Implementation
Secure
Authentication
Infrastructure
2008
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Digital Information
Display System
Know
Our
Customers
Requirements
Analysis
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Senior VCAL
mLearning
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Expand
Computer
Reservation
System
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5.
Improve Teaching &
Learning Practices
(Keypad)
Web
Conferencing
(Elluminate)
Enabling Remote
Office/Campus
Infrastructure
Capability and Velocity
2.
3.
ICT Balanced
Scorecard
Implementation
Student Results
Online
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1.
Data
Warehouse
Upgrade
Fidelio to
OPERA
Facilities &
Maintenance
Management
Improve
Student
Employment
William Angliss Future Operating State
Network
Infrastructure
Improvement II
Document
Management
Financial
Management
Reporting
Framework
Self Service for
Students & Staff
Server
Infrastructure
Improvement II
Web
Filtering
Portal
Infrastructure
Research
Improved
Resource
Usage
2010
Storage
Infrastructure
Improvement for
archiving of email
Opera
Upgrade
Same Sign
on Kiosk
Network
Infrastructure
Improvement
2009
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Plagiarism
Prevention
Tool
Turning Point
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2007
Single Internet
Implementation
Extending Reach
Optimising Performance
2006
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WAI needs projects to …
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Be timely
Be strategic
Be prioritised
Deliver quality products
Deliver benefits
Have buy-in from all stakeholders
Have the appropriate oversight and level of
documentation
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Project workflow at the Institute
Idea
Plan project
Approve
project to
commence
Celebrate!
Request for
a project
Approve to
Project
Planning
Execute
project
Complete
Project
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What we will be covering today
1. Why did William Angliss Institute get serious about Project Management?
2. What is a project and project management?
3. What are the components of project management?
4. How have we applied it at William Angliss Institute of TAFE and why?
5. What’s going well and what are our challenges?
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RTO Number: 3045
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What’s going well
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The right projects starting … and delivering
Leadership support
Governance structure and support
Funding commitment
ICT engagement
Continuous improvement of processes, methodology &
templates
Managers not managing projects
Development of project teams – project boards, project
managers and team members
Training strategy
Setting realistic expectations
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Challenges
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Staff resourcing
Setting clear expectations
Business ownership
Organisational change management
Business processes
Determining what is a project and what is a service
request
• Estimating
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What we covered today
1. Definition of a project and project management
2. The components of project management
3. Project Management at William Angliss Institute of TAFE
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RTO Number: 3045