Efficient Project Management
Due to increasing market pressure and shortened product life cycles, efficient project management is an elementary component for sustainably increasing your competitiveness. Project planning, project coordination and control, as well as the coaching of project teams, is a key component of a classic project management office (PMO). The PMO plays a central role in supporting and coordinating various projects. Traditional project management focuses on adherence to deadlines and costs with a specified scope of services. In agile project management, the focus is on customer acceptance and the added value of the product to be delivered. Both approaches are effective, so it must be decided on a case-by-case basis which type of project management is most promising.
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Proper project management for greater success
While strategic project management deals with the strategic direction of the company by evaluating and prioritizing new projects, project portfolio management (PPM) focuses on ensuring project progress, coordinating, prioritizing and controlling projects in the portfolio. Monitoring the portfolio with regard to strategic goals is a key component. Multi-project management, on the other hand, represents the overarching framework and process structure of project management in the portfolio. The aggregation of project information, such as work package status or milestone coordination, as well as the initiation, monitoring and control of individual projects is covered by project management.
The project management pyramid divides project management into the following areas:
What is the right project management method?
In order to identify the right project management approach for your company, factors such as company size, strategic orientation, product or service type, project complexity and risk as well as stakeholders should be taken into account. To this end, an as-is analysis provides insights into the project structure. The planning of projects according to the waterfall model, agile project management according to scrum and lean project management are the most established project management methods.
The waterfall model involves initiating and planning the project, drawing up a detailed resource plan and implementing, monitoring and controlling the project and its work packages, often with the help of the Gantt chart. The project processes and required resources are planned precisely in advance, meaning that deviations from the project plan at a later stage are only possible to a minimal extent. This method should therefore primarily be used to manage sequential and interdependent work packages. The tasks should be known to the project team in advance and the project complexity should be limited so that reliable planning is possible.
The scrum framework, on the other hand, is part of agile project management and is particularly suitable for complex projects that are difficult to plan. Customer requirements and risks are usually not foreseeable at the start of the project and knowledge is gained through iterative, incremental feedback loops. While scrum gives project teams a great deal of creative freedom and self-management, rules, roles and processes are clearly defined. The requirements for the product are recorded in the product backlog, but can be changed at any time if new insights are gained through customer feedback. The project is carried out in sprints, in which each sprint pursues a defined goal and a product increment can be published at the end. Important roles in scrum are the product owner, the self-empowered development team and the scrum master.
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We support you in identifying the optimal project management methods for your environment and successfully establishing them in your company. Thanks to our many years of project management experience in various industries, we can develop an efficiency-enhancing, future-proof project management solution with you on an equal footing. With our holistic approach, we support you from the structuring of your project management to the successful implementation of projects. We also provide you with individually tailored change management and training services for your project teams.
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What project management methods are there?
There are a variety of project management methods. The most established methods are classic project management with waterfall planning and project structure planning supported by the central role of the project management office. This is contrasted with agile project management, which includes the scrum framework. There are also many other project management methods such as lean project management, the network planning technique and the milestone trend analysis.
Which project management method is the best?
It is not possible to make a blanket statement about which project management methods should be used. It always depends on the current situation, which is why we recommend that you carry out an as-is and to-be analysis before establishing project management structures. We work hand in hand with you to determine which project management methods suit you and your specific situation.
Do I receive support with the implementation of new project management methods?
Our consulting approach is holistic, so we can support you with situation analysis, concept development and implementation on site and digitally. We offer a comprehensive coaching and training program that ensures the long-term acceptance of employees. This range includes agile project management, design thinking methods, change management and software-supported project management.