DataGenicGroup | Project Management

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Defining Success

The key objective for all projects executed by DataGenic is success. Clearly this is common sense, but success depends on who is measuring it. The client, the sponsor, the project manager and the project team all will have their own views on what represents a successful project. Our focus at the start of any project is to achieve a common definition for the success of the project across all the parties involved. This is achieved by organising multiple workshops, chaired by our experienced project management professionals that can extract a high level of detail and determine the importance of each deliverable.

Phased Approach

Once the requirements detail has been determined, we aim to break deliverables into phases in order to instigate a more controlled rollout. Each phase comprises of one or more deliverables, a training course and documentation. Within each phase, there are many sub-phases that our consultants are engaged in.

Planning

This involves initially organising workshops with key technical staff in order to define tasks, the project logic (dependencies, concurrent and consecutive tasks) and specific milestones. The Project manager then allocates resources and baselines the plan. Typical documents produced for/by the client include:

Scope document detailing what we are and not building
Acceptance Criteria
Summarised Gantt chart

Finally, the Project manager determines the reporting structure (who, when and what) and commences the project.

Execution

The Project manager is responsible for ensuring the success of the project by arranging regular status meetings, allocating and following up on issues that could cause potential delays and ensuring all communication within the Project Team is effective. He then collates all this information into the reporting structure defined in the planning stage and distributes the necessary reports. Open, transparent communication is always a key factor to the success of our projects.

Testing

All software delivered to the client has been rigorously tested as defined in the Acceptance Criteria delivered at the planning stage thereby accelerating the time taken by the client to test the software and give feedback to the delivered solution.

Rollout/Integration

Once UAT is complete, we can help with/perform the rollout of the software into the client’s infrastructure.

Operating

To aid the potential disruption of a new system installation for the users of the system, we can provide ‘at-the-desk’ training and assistance as well as standard multi-user training sessions.

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