PMOz Book of Abstracts (Sept. 2013) (Sept. 2013) | Page 33
Wednesday, 18 September 2013 11:30 – 12:00
People, Process & Technology : A pragmatic approach for objectively and continuously measuring the levels of PM competency and skills, project process compliance and technology adoption in the PMO Andre Joubert Senior Consultant PMO Frameworks & Methodologies SystemicLogic International (Pty) Ltd
Today, more than ever before, business environments are rapidly changing, requiring your organization to continuously adapt. If environmental complexities like customer demands, regulatory requirements and technological developments are not adequately addressed, your business run a high risk of failure. Very few people can or will ever dispute the importance of the optimal usage of people, process and technology in order to effectively address these “environmental complexities”. There may be disagreement on the order of the words – but for years organizations have focused on the technology, glanced at the process, and ignored the people – one of the reasons for many ICT project failures which organizations experienced thus far. And still: These are the three most prominent factors determining the organization’s success in terms of business outcomes (and project delivery in particular)…Software development organizations have begun to recognize the benefits of continuously improving and objectively measuring: ? ? ? their project managers’ and project resources’ professional capabilities and skill sets; the levels of process compliance of their PMO’s projects (measured against commonly known standards and frameworks in the industry); and their adoption rate of integrated and industry standard toolsets / technologies in the PMO.
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