Group Seven’s Program Management Lifecycle provides a framework for our consultants and clients to stay focused on achieving a project’s business objectives. We ask ourselves a series of pointed questions that help reduce the risk on any project and ensure that all of the right people are engaged in any cost reduction initiative:
Program Management Lifecycle
Strategy
- Business Analysis –What are the business objectives?
- Project Assessment – What projects are required to achieve your objectives?
- Business Case – Do the projects have a positive ROI?
Planning
- Sponsorship – Who are the ultimate decision-makers?
- Analysis and Design – What are the people, process and/or technology changes required to achieve the projects’ objectives?
- Planning – What are the level of effort, timeline and costs for the projects?
- Core Team Initiation – Who is the project team (in vs. outsource)? What are the deployment goals (Project Charters)?
- Approvals – Have the ultimate decision-makers approved all aspects of the projects?
Execution
- Program Management – What are the dependencies between projects?
- Requirements and Specifications – What are the details of the solution?
- Development – Does the solution meet the specifications?
- Deployment – Is the project team meeting the deployment goals defined in the Charter?
- Transition – Is there a person or group trained to support the solution long-term?
Follow-up
- Impact Analysis – Did the projects achieve the business goals?