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PROGRAMME AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT - THE CHALLENGE
The Government's declared top priority is to improve public services. This requires clear leadership from the top and better delivery on the ground. Improved programme and project management has a key role to play in meeting this challenge. To achieve a two- to three-fold improvement in the success of central government projects, the Government embarked upon an initiative to establish Programme and Project Management Centres of Excellence within each government department.
Parity: the project partner
Parity is in a unique position to assist organisations to achieve a step change in project success for central government projects.
Parity is one of the few organisations that can provide training and accreditation for project people, as well as resourcing major projects and delivering turnkey projects to scope, time and within budget:
. Parity is the UK's leading provider of project-management training and assessment
. Parity has a large resource pool of qualified project professionals to staff programmes and projects at all levels
. Parity has the proven capability to deliver professional and IT-related projects in a central government environment.
Parity helps organisations establish Project and Programme Management (PPM) centres of excellence through services that include:
. PPM Skills development
. PPM Skills audit
. PPM competency frameworking
. PPM learning needs analysis
. PPM personal development planning
. PPM training and accreditation
. Project delivery
. PPM support services
. PPM permanent recruitment
. Project team deployment.
Parity is a professional services company that works with organisations to achieve a step change in business performance, by ensuring: the right people are in the right roles using the right processes and technology in the right way.
The right people
Parity ensures the right people are in the right roles through:
. Resourcing: reducing costs and using technology to reach the best talent available
. Deploying: introducing effective people-management systems and processes to ensure flexible, timely and cost-effective resource usage
. Developing: providing the right mix of classroom instruction and e-Learning to support even the most complex training requirements for project and programme management
. Assessing: ensuring that the right people have the right knowledge and skills, accredited to industry and professional standards.
Accredited across all IT-related S-CAT categories, Parity has a track record for centre-of-excellence activity and the capability within training, accreditation, staffing and delivery to assist with this initiative.
The right processes
Parity ensures the right people in the right roles use the right processes by:
. Implementing programme and project management processes: taking responsibility for the specification, development and implementation of projects
. Business process improvement: process and procedural review and improvement
. Business process management: recruitment management, training management, applications management and infrastructure management.
Parity has extensive experience in PRINCE2(r) and its precursors. Our consultants played a key role in the formulation of PRINCE2(r), as acknowledged by the OGC; they were involved in the overall process design and responsible for co-ordinating the assurance activities.
The Parity approach to project management is a vital element of our capability of repeatedly delivering projects on time, to specification, within budget and to the client's satisfaction.
The right technology
With the increasing pace of technical innovation and the range of 'open' solutions now available, Parity is uniquely positioned to provide a total solution:
. Business application systems: building IT systems and solutions that maximise investment and deliver competitive advantage; exploiting technology to improve organisational performance and productivity
. Knowledge and information management systems: providing solutions that give people access to knowledge and information
. Integrated learning solutions: integrating both business application and knowledge-management systems to facilitate learning.
The right way
Our capabilities when implementing change programmes include:
. Managing change: implementing change programmes, aligning organisational and procedural issues, helping users adapt and learn to exploit the rapidly changing technology
. Managing business programmes: helping to transform business strategy into practical reality by taking a programme approach to managing business
. Communicating change: the positive promotion of the programme fosters acceptance of change.
A track record of excellence
Establishing a Project Professionals Group at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
As part of a long-term relationship with DWP, Parity provides project-related courses to increase the skills and competencies of project staff at all levels of the department. Driven by the desire to improve the standard of project delivery and establish a world-class resource of project managers, DWP initiated the phased implementation of a Project Professionals Group (PPG). A major programme of skills analysis was undertaken by Parity to establish and record the training needs of the 327 nominated staff who would make up the core expertise of DWP's PPG. Through structured interviews, speciality-based questionnaires and online capabilities assessments, a professional development plan was produced for each staff member.
This is the first stage in implementing a policy of providing recognition for project skills, formal accreditation and improved career opportunities through the provision of training and development opportunities. The core members of the PPG will influence and support the other project professionals within the DWP, who will join the PPG as associate members and receive ongoing training and development.
Parity's reputation for learning and development of IT and business skills is well established and Parity was awarded the Institute of IT Training's Training Company of the Year award in February 2003 as a testament to its customer care and quality.
Parity's involvement with its customers on a strategic level and the long-term connections it has throughout industry, government and the learning sector allows Parity to enable organisations and individuals to reach their goals.
Parity: the project partner
Parity is in a unique position to assist organisations to achieve a step change in project success for central government projects.
Parity is one of the few organisations that can provide training and accreditation for project people, as well as resourcing major projects and delivering turnkey projects to scope, time and within budget:
. Parity is the UK's leading provider of project-management training and assessment
. Parity has a large resource pool of qualified project professionals to staff programmes and projects at all levels
. Parity has the proven capability to deliver professional and IT-related projects in a central government environment.
Parity helps organisations establish Project and Programme Management (PPM) centres of excellence through services that include:
. PPM Skills development
. PPM Skills audit
. PPM competency frameworking
. PPM learning needs analysis
. PPM personal development planning
. PPM training and accreditation
. Project delivery
. PPM support services
. PPM permanent recruitment
. Project team deployment.
Parity is a professional services company that works with organisations to achieve a step change in business performance, by ensuring: the right people are in the right roles using the right processes and technology in the right way.
The right people
Parity ensures the right people are in the right roles through:
. Resourcing: reducing costs and using technology to reach the best talent available
. Deploying: introducing effective people-management systems and processes to ensure flexible, timely and cost-effective resource usage
. Developing: providing the right mix of classroom instruction and e-Learning to support even the most complex training requirements for project and programme management
. Assessing: ensuring that the right people have the right knowledge and skills, accredited to industry and professional standards.
Accredited across all IT-related S-CAT categories, Parity has a track record for centre-of-excellence activity and the capability within training, accreditation, staffing and delivery to assist with this initiative.
The right processes
Parity ensures the right people in the right roles use the right processes by:
. Implementing programme and project management processes: taking responsibility for the specification, development and implementation of projects
. Business process improvement: process and procedural review and improvement
. Business process management: recruitment management, training management, applications management and infrastructure management.
Parity has extensive experience in PRINCE2(r) and its precursors. Our consultants played a key role in the formulation of PRINCE2(r), as acknowledged by the OGC; they were involved in the overall process design and responsible for co-ordinating the assurance activities.
The Parity approach to project management is a vital element of our capability of repeatedly delivering projects on time, to specification, within budget and to the client's satisfaction.
The right technology
With the increasing pace of technical innovation and the range of 'open' solutions now available, Parity is uniquely positioned to provide a total solution:
. Business application systems: building IT systems and solutions that maximise investment and deliver competitive advantage; exploiting technology to improve organisational performance and productivity
. Knowledge and information management systems: providing solutions that give people access to knowledge and information
. Integrated learning solutions: integrating both business application and knowledge-management systems to facilitate learning.
The right way
Our capabilities when implementing change programmes include:
. Managing change: implementing change programmes, aligning organisational and procedural issues, helping users adapt and learn to exploit the rapidly changing technology
. Managing business programmes: helping to transform business strategy into practical reality by taking a programme approach to managing business
. Communicating change: the positive promotion of the programme fosters acceptance of change.
A track record of excellence
Establishing a Project Professionals Group at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
As part of a long-term relationship with DWP, Parity provides project-related courses to increase the skills and competencies of project staff at all levels of the department. Driven by the desire to improve the standard of project delivery and establish a world-class resource of project managers, DWP initiated the phased implementation of a Project Professionals Group (PPG). A major programme of skills analysis was undertaken by Parity to establish and record the training needs of the 327 nominated staff who would make up the core expertise of DWP's PPG. Through structured interviews, speciality-based questionnaires and online capabilities assessments, a professional development plan was produced for each staff member.
This is the first stage in implementing a policy of providing recognition for project skills, formal accreditation and improved career opportunities through the provision of training and development opportunities. The core members of the PPG will influence and support the other project professionals within the DWP, who will join the PPG as associate members and receive ongoing training and development.
Parity's reputation for learning and development of IT and business skills is well established and Parity was awarded the Institute of IT Training's Training Company of the Year award in February 2003 as a testament to its customer care and quality.
Parity's involvement with its customers on a strategic level and the long-term connections it has throughout industry, government and the learning sector allows Parity to enable organisations and individuals to reach their goals.
If you wish to discuss your specific requirements and explore how Parity can add value, please contact:
Parity
Wimbledon Bridge House
1 Hartfield Road
Wimbledon SW19 3RU
Tel: 0800 371 665
E-mail: PPM@parity.net
Website: www.parity.net
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