PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
“Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them towards a certain goal”
- Walt Disney
The Business Challenge
Two of the known key reasons why HR projects fail are: key staff lack project management skills and experience, and project complexity across multiple businesses and geographies. The challenge for organisations has always been to incorporate a balanced level of project management without becoming a highly process driven ‘project-based’ organisation to increase the success rate of HR projects.
Modern organisations are characterised as dispersed, technology driven, human focused and skill based. Rather than relying on pigeonholed workers to conduct single routine tasks, they rely on teams of connected experts to work together on holistic projects, focusing their energy on one goal at a time. Project management is a growing field used increasingly by organisations of all sizes. As managers and company executives deal with the daily responsibilities of managing an organisation, it is important to use dedicated project managers to oversee projects from initiation to completion.
Understanding effective project management techniques helps organisations carry out large-scale projects on time, on budget and with minimal disruption to the rest of the business. The discipline of project management is extremely versatile and can be adapted to any organisation or industry. Its strength is focused teams of experts who can quickly adapt, organise and troubleshoot, meaning that most problems can be resolved efficiently.
We assist in implementing fundamental project management strategies, to narrow your focus, reach desired goals and achieve those goals within specific time and cost perimeters. The benefits of project management within organisations include:
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Better efficiency in delivering services
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Enhanced efficacy in outputs and outcomes
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Increase in quality
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Increase in risk management
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Increase in organisational productivity
Our approach
COGiTATE applies a logical and systematic project management process to deliver the expected benefits for your projects. Our focus is on the outcomes of projects and not necessarily the process. We work with our clients to tailor the level of project management required for each project. Generally this will depend upon the level of complexity, risk, speed and size of the project. We are careful not to ‘over engineer’ management of projects. Our focus is always on the benefits realisation of projects for the organisation. While our consultants are qualified and experienced in the best practice project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 and PMBoK we tailor our services to meet clients’ needs and do not impose these methodologies if they are not required.
Our services in Project Managment include:
Portfolio, Program and Project management services. We scale our services to meet your needs ranging from a turn-key solution, where we can provide a complete project team to plan and implement projects, expertise in establishing and/or running your Program Management Office (PMO), individual project managers to integrate with your teams, or quality oversight to provide advice, reviews, independent quality assurance or mentoring for your projects.
Our consultants have significant experience in HR related projects such as: organisational restructures, process improvements, capability development, Enterprise Agreement renegotiations and implementation, workforce planning, team building, through to full organisational transformation and reform programs
Apart from our technical skills and experience in project management, COGiTATE is uniquely experienced in leading teams. We differentiate ourselves by being able to quickly understand our client’s requirements, bring individuals together as a team, and focus them on delivering project outcomes. |
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Who We Have Worked For |
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Some of the organisations our consultants have provided project management services include: |
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