Case Study

Methodology Development to Manage Mega Capital Intensive Programs and Projects

Industry: Metals and Manufacturing
Focus: Mega Project Management Methodology

The Need:
One of the largest Industry house in India was investing over US$10 billion, in major capital expansion initiative. As an owner organization a need was felt by the corporate function for development of a common Program and Project Management methodology to drive consistency and alignment between 6 diverse business organizations of the group
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Testimonials

S R Rajan - Management Services Division, Aditya Birla Group:
We thank you for partnering with us in the development of Program & Project Management Guidelines. The guidelines have been appreciated at various levels within our group including Business Head, Corporate cell, Project Heads and the core team members Read more

Improve Consistency - Align to Global Standards

When organizations fail to find consensus on executing strategic initiatives, they can expect to find business outcomes threatened from both outside and within. This is why businesses—especially those operating across national boundaries— can benefit from global methodologies that implement common standards and processes* that are transferable across multiple project contexts. It’s one of the few ways of achieving a globally competitive project environment that builds consensus on process issues while sharing a common vocabulary across projects and teams.

*Our methodology is aligned to best practices based on the global standards of PMI® i.e. Standards for Program Management as well as Prince 2, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), Stanford Advanced PM, and other leading research based frameworks.

How Methodology Development works

Our Methodology Development process starts with factoring in your organization’s existing management best practices. We review what works and then proceed to identify areas where your Project Management methodology would benefit from separation of management processes and delivery life-cycle (engineering and technology aspects). It is this level of separation which provides a platform for achieving modularity, making your systems more adaptable to consequent changes.

This is then followed by tighter integration of the new methodology with other management processes including the business and administration processes of the organization.

It is important to note that the Methodology Development process is collaborative and works on the basis of consensus and shared ownership.

How Methodology Development delivers Project Success

We deliver customized methodologies capable of optimizing performance across related processes, from conceptualization of initiatives to commercial operations of a large capital program. By using a potent combination of sound program and project management processes, our Methodology Development processes can deliver:

Cohesive and related process definitions
Organization structure and role definition
Process sequences, along with content and toolkits for skill-building like templates, checklists and implementation guidelines

Our experience has shown that a structured and well-defined methodology can integrate PM best practices while adding support to issues of consistency and standardization. So far, our PM Methodology solutions have been customized for:

Mega power generation programs and related EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) projects
Greenfield capital intensive programs and brownfield projects for the manufacturing sector
Managing Portfolio of IT initiatives of a microfinance Institution
Business Transformation initiatives for an insurance company
Delivering IT enabled Business Transformation programs to global customers

To find out how your organization can benefit from customized methodologies aligned to global standards*, contact us for an assessment.