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Project/Program Management

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TOP™ brings a business value perspective to project management to ensure it is focused  on delivering the business scope and value as efficiently as possible.

Project (and program) management is important to the delivered success of a project/program - but is not why the project is commissioned. Poor project management can destroy a project but excellent project management does not guarantee success. A different perspective is needed. 

TOP™ brings a business value perspective to project management to ensure it is focused  on delivering the business scope and value as efficiently as possible. 

TOP™ does not reinvent ‘project management’ but refocuses it onto managing change and value. This change in perspective not only changes the dynamics and measures of success, but also makes project delivery easier and simpler.


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Totally Optimized Projects refocuses the project/program management role on to its true ‘management’ role - but now focused on managing change delivery and value realization.

You do not commission projects to deliver ‘something’ on time and on budget; you commission projects to deliver the defined, agreed, specific ‘desired business outcomes’, benefits and value. This change in focus changes the nature of projects

Projects become

  • change projects - set up to deliver continuous and progressive business change and, therefore, benefits — thereby increasing support for and trust in the project while reducing its net cost
  • less work - as the level of rework is dramatically reduced and the change impact is spread over the duration of the project — thereby increasing the value of the changes made
  • easier to implement - as the business management and staff are harnessed to use their ‘deep smarts’ knowledge and commitment to deliver the required business changes  — thereby reducing resistance to change and increasing the rate of change
  • faster - as requirements become clearer — thereby reducing rework, deviations and resistance 
  • more business and strategy aligned - as even the most ‘technical projects’ are redefined in business outcomes and benefits terms.

The traditional project management tools and techniques - planning, scheduling, workload management, etc - are all still needed; but are now focused on managing change activities and value delivery.

On the one hand, TOP™ demands more of project managers - the measurable enablement, support and delivery of the the business outcomes - but ensures full and knowledgeable business involvement and commitment to success — a two-way commitment.