With the release of Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®) guidance and Portfolio Management (PfM^TM) from the OGC and the Cabinet Office, there is now a framework within which to drive a structured approach to programmes and individual projects.  Incorporating Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) and PRINCE2®, this framework can be operated on a common and collaborative organisational basis.

Corporate Project Solutions (CPS) work with organisations at all levels of Portfolio, Programme and Project Management capability and maturity.  CPS can help an organisation take the first steps, advance at an appropriate speed and consolidate before continuing on to further, progressive steps.

Partner with CPS to help your organisation:

• Create clear visibility of the corporate portfolio pipeline
• Directly save costs through the set up of repeatable standard programme and project management processes
• Initiate consistent governance of projects and programmes to provide assurance of delivery quality
• Create a selection process to focus spend of valuable corporate resources on the ‘right’ changes, save resources by not wasting effort on the ‘wrong’ changes
• Increase the proportion of projects and programmes delivered directly linked to the corporate strategy
• Directly support the delivery and measurement of project and programme benefits

Whatever the starting point, there are five key elements to successful project, programme and portfolio delivery:

Organisation - CPS can help design a support model to enable project and programme managers to effectively realise change initiatives involving a Portfolio, Programme and Project Office (P3O) for definition and governance of decision / delivery support and knowledge management functions.

Process – CPS can help define and refine a unified approach to identifying, prioritising, planning, authorising, executing, controlling and closing programmes, projects and other work packages in the context of business as usual.

People – CPS can help organisations understand their capabilities and map a path to increasing performance levels and maturity.

Technology – CPS can help implement common tools to assist people using standards and carrying out process.

Strategy – CPS can help organisations develop the fundamental design of the P3O approach by developiong an agreed Vision, then a Blueprint for the intended operating scenario with a roadmap for carefully advancing all stakeholders through the capability levels.

P3O® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce.
PRINCE2® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries.
MSP® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries.