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"Programme Management is a vital component in the delivery of change; whether change to public or customer services, or change within organisations."
- OGC (Office of Government Commerce)

Programme and Project Management, often abbreviated to "PPM", is fundamental to successful business change.

PRATYAYA Consulting provides its clients with the expertise and skills necessary to complement and guide your own organisation through that business change. All of our PPM experts are accomplished in the use of structured methodologies but have the maturity and experience to work effectively in environments where PPM systems are informal or still evolving.

Your business is likely to benefit from external help with your Programmes (or "Portfolios") and Projects if your own, in-house, team is inexperienced, under-resourced, suffering from unregulated business changes, or simply struggling to deliver to time, cost and quality constraints.

Our consultants have extensive experience of managing complex, expensive and mission-critical projects and programmes. They are sensitive to organisational culture and have the maturity to work constructively in demanding and dynamic environments. Our people thrive on challenges and our goal is to celebrate success at the end of every assignment.

Processes, Systems and Methodologies

"We did the thing right but did we do the right thing?"

We are not methodology purists and our consultants will not slavishly apply any one particular system of Programme and Project management. No one system of project management is ever a guarantee of success, which is why we rely on our experience and expertise to "do the right thing".

Whether the organisation's processes are based on an in-house system or follow an open standard methodology such as PMBOK,CCPM, or RUP, we will ensure that the focus is on the exploitation of best practices and a clear focus on realisation of business benefit.

Outputs versus Outcomes

"The operation was a success but the patient died"

It is not unheard of for a project to produce its specified deliverables on time, within budget and to appropriate quality standards only to find that its stakeholders declare the project to be a "failure" and its products to be unfit, unnecessary, or incomplete. This is often due to the stakeholders and the project team having inconsistent interpretations of the project's scope, context and/or remit.

Our Senior Project Managers fully understand the distinction between Projects and Programmes and can help structure a portfolio of projects (or a "Programme") to align with their desired business benefits and includes their governance, schedules, resources and deliverables. Our consultants will communicate with stakeholders and beneficiaries, helping to manage their expectations and to appreciate the distinction between outputs and outcomes.

Fundamental to success is ensuring that each project deliverable is provided with a clear and objective context within an embracing Programme, and that the Programme is identified as the deliverer of tangible business improvement.

Our consultants have the experience and independence to promote this effectively and efficiently, maximising the opportunities presented by the change initiative, whilst minimising the risks.

Programme and Project Healthchecks

“The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression."
- Sir John Harvey-Jones

PRATYAYA Consulting are experts in Programme and Project Management (PPM) and we have people with the skills, experience and independence to objectively evaluate the true state of a programme or project.

Our consultants will provide an impartial and quantified assessment of a programme or project's current condition, its structure, risks and likelihood of delivering its core outputs/outcomes on-time and within budget.

Programme and Project Recovery

"If I were to do this again, I wouldn't start from here"

It is not uncommon for our assignments to be undertaken when an existing initiative has already started to falter. We are justifiably proud of the fact that several of our most successful achievements have only started when a client's in-house project was declared "broken".

PRATYAYA Consulting has the proven ability, and the independence, to focus on:

• What needs to be done
• Why it needs to be done
• How it will be done
• Who is needed to do it
• When it can be delivered

Our Capabilities

PRATYAYA Consulting is happy to offer the following PPM capabilities to our clients:

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• PMO services
• Gateway review preparation
• Project Audit
• Business Case/Project Charter preparation
• Project Documentation
• Feasibility Studies
• Project/Stage Planning
• Project/Programme Status Reports
• Requirements Management and Analysis
• Project Metrics
• Stakeholder Communications
• Risk and Issue Management
• Configuration Management/Control
• Change Control
• Earned Value

More on Our Project Management Services

If you would like to discover more about our Programme and Project Management (PPM) services then we would love to hear from you. Please Contact Us to arrange a no-obligation talk about your organisation's specific circumstances and needs.