This course will help you get your project back on track with a certified project manager specialised in IT project recovery.

TOPICS COVERED :
 
Part 1 : ASSESSING CORRECTLY THE PROJECT DEFIENCIES
 
Workshop 1 : The Concept of “Rapid Assessment”
Pitfalls and biggest issues observed on IT projects
Metrics, is every project due to be overrun ?
The concept of “Rapid” Assessment and Recovery
Interactive session : how would you solve those issues ?
Introducing the recovery plan
Project recovery effort and success factors
 
Workshop 2 : Defining the Project Recovery Charter
Deliverable: Project charter and/or SOW
Define the mission with the sponsor
Understand the project history and sensitivities
Establish initial project team contact
Determine the assessment approach
Complete the charter and obtain approval.
 
Workshop 3 : Developing the Assessment Plan
Deliverable: Assessment Plan
Critical Project Documentation
Interviews
Agenda and Interview Schedule
 
Workshop 4 : Conducting the Assessment
Deliverable: Assessment Recommendation
Conducting the Interviews
Analyzing the Data
Developing the Ranked Ordered List of Findings
Is recovery possible or Advisable?
Purpose of Recovery
 
Part 2 : EFFECTIVE RECOVERY
 
Worshop 5 : Developing the Recovery Plan
Deliverable : Recovery Plan
The plan
Must not fail.
Will be subject to extraordinary scrutiny. The team must be ready to defend every action they take.
Provides for broad fundamental changes in scope, schedule and cost.
Is of shorter duration.
Is subject to tighter monitoring and controlling.
Requires greater frequency of communicating and reporting.
 
The Recovery Team (RT)
Focus on building everyone's morale
Deal directly with personnel problems
Resolve serious leadership problems
Add people to the project carefully, if at all
 
The Timeline (Schedule)
Establish a schedule based on inchstone
Track schedule progress meticulously
Record the reasons for missed inchstones
Recalibrate the plan every two weeks
Never commit to a new baseline until an achievable one can be created
Painstakingly manage risks
 
The Product (Scope)
Stabilize the requirements
Trim the feature set to meet schedule and cost constraints
Reduce the number of defects and implement a quality control plan to keep them low
Strive diligently to achieve a “steady state”
 
Worskhop 6 : Conducting an Agile Recovery
Agile approach
Inchstone planning requiring weekly updated
Metrics i.e. Earned value
Agile scrums (daily)
Communication Plan
 
Wrapup : Tools & dashboards of strong PM
 
Sample dashboards, heatmap, backlogs, sprint/inch plans
Using Atlassian Jira and Confluence
Other PM tools
 
 

COURSE OBJECTIVE :

At the end of this two-day interactive course you will come back with a whole new plan for the recovery of your projet and delivrables to implement.