Project Acceleration Workshops
Jumpstart your projects! Catalyst Management Consulting has a proven project acceleration and startup
workshop method. The output of the workshop process is a documented, executable project
plan with a project team
that is committed to accomplishing the results.
Firms use project acceleration workshops for 1) planning a new project or 2)
speeding up an existing project. We have experience on diverse projects including
strategic planning, new product development, and information technology
projects. We can accomplish more in a few days of intense work than
most typical projects can accomplish in weeks or months!
The "best" organizations recognize that projects do not fail at
the end, they fail at the beginning. The benefits include the following:
- Identification and early resolution of important project
problems
- Developing realistic cost and time schedules with detailed
documented support
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Better overall decision making by considering all relevant tradeoffs
and assessing the changes in performance due to the influence of various risk
events. The project acceleration workshop is an effective mechanism for managing risk as well as creating
opportunity.
Cost avoidance. Projects that skimp on upstream
activities typically have to do the same work downstream at anywhere from 10
to 100 time the cost of doing it properly in the first place.
Creative, out-of-the-box thinking. We can help
teams come up with creative, elegant solutions. If you need some really
wild ideas, we can help the organization find and evaluate them.
Potential to develop into a "true" team. This approach
is far superior to "training a group of people how to be a team" at
the startup of a project. We help firms build true teams by focusing
on role clarity so that each individual understands how they fit
and what they're responsible for, the "run rules" and the
"fun rules" so the group understands its processes for making
decisions and creating collaboration and accountability. We find
that common language helps to assure good communications and efficient
execution.
Identification of relevant stakeholders and customer constituencies
which leads to better satisfaction with the results of the work
In accelerating projects, we can bring advanced rapid project development
techniques like rolling wave project planning, life-cycle selection, and
prototyping. These techniques are all part of Catalyst's approach to Rapid
Project Development.
A number of highly respected organizations have institutionalized the use of
project startup workshops. They have learned that they are a very worthwhile
investment for assuring project success and minimizing failure. A project
acceleration startup workshop assures the project is done right the first time.
The goal is the immediate payback of a
launched project plus a team who know how to deliver and want to do it
again!
Catalyst Management Consulting has a well-defined process for the workshops. The process includes items like agendas, roles, outputs, data capture, and
reporting. We can support the transition and input of data to project
management software. Put our experience to
work for you.
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