Introduction
Goal
Directed Project Management ( GDPM ) is a management philosophy accompanied
by a set of tools and principles for planning, organizing, leading
and controlling projects. The method is characterized by its practical
and “psychological” approach to both focusing a project group to reach
common goals and on controlling the progress of each individual.
The
GDPM model contains three levels:
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Foundation:
The project definition comprising the purpose, linking the project
to the business benefits, and the deliverables and scope of the
project. On this level, the principles and procedures for managing
the project are defined.
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Milestones:
Reflecting the results on a macroscopic level. The milestone plan
gives a stable total overview of the whole project with timing.
Reporting progress as actual time when milestones are reach against
planned time gives a clear picture of the propagation of project
results in the same way an accounting report gives the financial
result. The recourses needed and the collaborative pattern to achieve
each milestone is also defined.
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Activities:
Reflecting the actual work needed to reach each milestone. Here
all the technical details are expressed. In addition to identifying
the people who shall carry out the work and when, emphasis is also
put on important roles for people inside and outside the project
such as decision makers, people to consult for advice and people
to inform.
This
splitting in to levels gives plans and reports which are easy to communicate
to both non-experts outside the project ( Milestones ) and to the
experts who needs to know all the details ( Activities ). It also
reduces the paperwork to a minimum and let the project leader focus
his attention on the most critical factors for the success of the
project.
Benefits
A
project which involves multiple parties or people with different professional
skills is a process where human factors play an important role. GDPM
can add important benefits to such projects:
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Balanced
focus on all areas of achievement (also soft areas)
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Good
communication of plans and reported progress to all parties involved
in a non-expert language.
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Consensus
on goals and results.
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Commitment
form all parties involved.
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Stable
plans with focus on results and timing.
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A
clear definition of the roles each individual shall play to reach
agreed goals.
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Well
proven procedures for controlling progress and focusing effort on
reaching predefined goals within time and budgets.
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Encourages
simple non-bureaucratic administration
Seminar
objectives
Give
the participants an understanding of the prerequisites and context
for good practice, a common approach and ”language” for managing different
types of projects, and practical training enabling them to use The
GDPM instruments effectively.
Seminar
content (in-house training)
The
seminar is conducted as a series of lectures with practical examples,
syndicate work and plenary reporting and discussions based on actual
project cases supplied by the client. Max. 20 participants, max. 5
in each syndicates.
Three
and a half days is necessary.
Topics
:
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Recognizing
project traits and defining project management
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The resource struggle between project and operations
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PSO
development and behavioral aspects of project management
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Challenges
in project management
Overall
planning
Organizing
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Organizing
and stakeholder analysis
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Problems
and pitfalls
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Project
organization modeling and the responsibility chart
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Milestone
estimating and scheduling
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Developing
the project responsibility chart
Quality
assurance and risk management
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Quality
and risk in the GDPM context
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Identifying
and assessing risk
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Reducing
and controlling risk
Detail
planning
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Requirements
of effective control
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Reporting
structure and form
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Monitoring
activities, individuals and the team
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Reporting
to management
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Corrective
action
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