new to project

[donna]

I am new to Project. I am working on a case study for my PM class and I am
lost as to what my prof wants. I am hoping someone can guide me thru
this!!!! b/c I dont know what else to do. (i am attending school via online)

The scenario, is that the company is lost. "the company has a real issue
w/project governance and linking the company strategy to the approved
projects. another issue is that the current governance board approves
projects but never really knows if the projects realize the expected ROI"

My task is to "develop an implementation plan to establish a corp PMO and
PPM, along w/an IT governance structure. The IT governance structure must
link the corporate strategy to the approved projcets and have a means to
track the projects and to see if they meet the ROI presented in the business
case".

The CIO has given me 4 weeks to make the MS Project and that the details all
the tasks, dependencies, budget, timelines, milestone, citical path.

Is there anyone who can help me start this?

T/y in advance,
donna

 

[Jim Aksel [MVP]]

Hi Donna - Congratulations on continuing your education.
If you are unclear of what your instructor wants, you need to ask the
professor and not have anyone else try to second guess them.

That said, here are some general items that may be helpful.
How about a numbering system between corporate startegies and approved
projects? Project A supports Strategy 123. You will need a method to
calculate Return On Investment. This will be in your reading for the class
or a pre-requisite class (maybe in finance).. It is certainly possible for
Project to track project costs and your progress against the project
schedule. Search the terms "Earned Value" in the help an online.

As for governance structure, etc. There are some online sample files in MS
Project format that deal with different IT type projects. Perhaps another
poster has the link handy, sorry but I do not.

Wishing you success,

Jim

 

[donna]

Thank you Jim,

I will ask the Prof. on clearity of the case study.

I will also check the ROI.

Thank you so much for the kick start!
-donna

 

[Miguel Vee]

I have a similar assignment. What did you ever find out? How did you do on it?



donn wrote:

new to project
10-Nov-08

I am new to Project. I am working on a case study for my PM class and I am
lost as to what my prof wants. I am hoping someone can guide me thru
this!!!! b/c I dont know what else to do. (i am attending school via online

The scenario, is that the company is lost. "the company has a real issue
w/project governance and linking the company strategy to the approved
projects. another issue is that the current governance board approves
projects but never really knows if the projects realize the expected ROI

My task is to "develop an implementation plan to establish a corp PMO and
PPM, along w/an IT governance structure. The IT governance structure must
link the corporate strategy to the approved projcets and have a means to
track the projects and to see if they meet the ROI presented in the business
case"

The CIO has given me 4 weeks to make the MS Project and that the details all
the tasks, dependencies, budget, timelines, milestone, citical path.

Is there anyone who can help me start this

T/y in advance
donna

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[Andrew Lavinsky]

You could always just create a new project based on the Project Office template
that comes included with MS Project Professional 2007. That may include
everything you're looking for.

-A