Program and Project Management

Holland & Davis assists companies in developing Program and Project Management as Core Competencies through a Full Spectrum of Business Project Management Support Services

1. Program and/or Project Management Needs Assessment

Not every organization needs the same degree of rigor or coverage in Program/Project Management.  We work on-site with your teams to make data-based decisions about the extent and maturity level that is needed to make PPM a competence for your firm. We work with you to answer the following questions:

• Where is Program and/or Project Management needed?
• What Project Management Maturity Capability is needed?
• What kind of and how many Program and/or Project Managers are needed?
• What Project Management tools and methodologies are needed?

2. Project Management Education and Training

Over the last three years we have taught more than 200 custom programs in Project/Program for global clients. Our instructors have travel to a dozen countries in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, South America, Russia, Canada and Mexico.  We haven’t lost a student or instructor yet … they seem to both learn from and enjoy our practical approach to Project Management.

• PM 101 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Project Management
• PM102 – Project Communication for Effective Business Results
• PM 201 – Business Project Management for Results: On Target, On Time, and On Budget
• PM301 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Program Management
• PM302 – Implementing a Business Program Management Office

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3. Project Management Textbooks by Holland & Davis authors

After being in the project and change management business for more than 20 years, we started writing books … books about what we had learned by study, by trial and error, and by client feedback. We don’t have to buy books off the shelf to teach our courses or do our consulting work … we have our own battle-tested texts so that our consultants and our clients can both read in black in white exactly how we help clients get program/project management done successfully.

• Idiots Guide to Project Management by Michael Campbell, PMP
• Project Communication by Michael Campbell, PMP, (Spring 2008)
• The Change Management Toolkit by Gary Skarke, CMC, and Dutch Holland, PhD
• Red Zone Management: Project Management for the Executive Suite by Dutch Holland, PhD
• Change is the Rule: Practical Actions for On Target, On Budget, On Time Change by Dutch Holland, PhD
• Bullet Proof Communication: They will never shoot holes in your presentations again by Michael Campbell, PMP
• Engineering Organizational Change by Dutch Holland, PhD

4. Program/Project Manager Competency Development and Tracking Systems

Program and Project Management are professional disciplines requiring unique competencies. While many organizations can track general management competencies and staffing, we have developed tools and techniques for handling competencies in PPM. We can help configure your company to ensure that you will have the internal PPM personnel you will need as your projects multiply and thicken in today’s changing business environment.

• Identification of the specific Project Management Competencies for your company
• Identification of individual development pathways for Program and/or Project Managers
• Competency Tracking and Analysis

5. Project Management Global PM Methodologies Development

Imagine a huge company with offices around the globe, trying to manage hundreds of projects … any which way they can. Imagine different approaches, different levels of discipline and documentation, different project accounting … and then imagine a Senior Executive saying, “We can’t seem to get our arms around all the things we have going on.” It is time to commission a project to develop Project Management methodology.

• Development of principle-based roadmaps (methodologies) that Project Managers can follow for consistent project and business success
• Development of automated tools for instruction in methodologies
• Development of roads maps that allow all projects to be seen and managed on an “apples-to-apples” basis

6. Project Management Global PM Methodologies Deployment

Having a principles-based project management methodology in hand is one thing … having all global project managers and their bosses on board and consistently using the methodology is another. We have directed global implementations … we know what to do and how to do it to get everyone on board to improve the company’s overall competence in Project Management.

• Proven Change Management Methods for Deployment
• Global web-based, multi-media communication services for methodology rollout and training
• Arm-in-arm support and coaching of project managers in developed methodologies

7. Project Management Information Technology Tools

The world seems to be filling with exotic Project Management automation tools … some with unbelievable bells and whistles. Our observation, however, is that many companies can make a world of improvement in Project Management performance with the tools already on their desktops. If your company is not yet using a common PM methodology, and using it with discipline, adding a sophisticated tool may look like the solution … but it isn’t. We will help you use your current tools better before you launch into another new automation tool. 

• Authorized Microsoft Partner for MS Project
• Business implementation of MS Project

8. Design and Implementation of Project Offices

Some companies opt for Project Offices to provide help, assistance, coordination, and resource sharing among projects. We have developed and implemented such offices and can save your company time and money … no need to experiment or use trial and error. We have been there and done that … and can do it again for your team.

• Development of Management Structure and Systems for “sets of Projects”
• Development of Project Office Policies and Procedures
• Accounting for Project Costs
• Training in Project Office Management

9. Design and Implementation of Enterprise Program Offices

Companies seem to be getting on the Program Management bandwagon … and many are starting Program offices. While it is easy to draw a new program office on the organization chart, it is another thing entirely to identify and implement the program management processes, tools, and competencies needed for successful program management. Our senior guys have been there and done that … and they can save you an enormous amount of time, money and frustration … if they are on your team.

• Development of Management Structure and System to Manage all company initiatives needed to reach Company Vision
• Development of Program Office Policies and Procedures
• Accounting for Program Costs
• Training in Program Office Management

10. Project/Program Management Manpower Services

The volume of programs and projects rises and falls … and the sophistication level of those projects varies from complex to super complex. No company can permanently staff for those ups and downs and ins and outs. We can (and do) provide Project Managers and project staff to ensure you have the right staffing (and the right competence level) to meet your program/project management needs.

• Determining you PM staffing need / requirements
• Provision of contract Program and/or Project Managers (under or not under HDI supervision)
• PM Temporary to Permanent Staffing Arrangements

Let us provide proven Business Project Management Services to you and your organization now.

Call Mike Campbell, Henry Lieberum, or Terry Holtz at Holland & Davis, 713-800-3663.

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