Improveing Business Processes in Project Management

For a project oriented organization , improving its business processes is a prime necessity to ensure competitive advantage and greater success in meeting its objectives . One of the key challenges is the translation of the business objectives to actionable goals and implementing them . Xtraplus Solutions can provide consulting services in this area through a process of assessment and improvement . This process will also entail at various stages knowledge transfer / sharing and handholding/ support to ensure improvement in business processes .

Assessment

This involves an evaluation of the current state of health of the organization .This is done through review of existing processes being adopted , questionnaires and interviews with key personnel .

What can we know from such an exercise ?

The business processes for project management that exist in the organization .
The deficiency in processes in relation to Best Practices for eg the PMBOK Guide
An action or assessment plan which can prioritize actionable areas considering costs , capability and time frame .

Improvement

The assessment plan will form the basis for implementing the proposed improvement . Xtraplus can provide continuous support throughout this phase through periodic reviews.

At the end of the project , a re-assessment can be done to establish completeness of the improvement . Any deficiency can be addressed by re-implementing or revising the assessment plan .

Cycle

The business improvement process will be a continuous cycle consisting of

Assessment --------------- Improvement Implementation ---------------- Re-assessment