Project Management Planning Resources
This section provides useful project management planning resources, in particular WHITE PAPERS AND DOWNLOADS.
If you would like more information on any of these project management planning documents, please contact us either by email or on 01844 261700.
White Paper: Getting Your Head Around Project Portfolio Management
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) means grouping projects so that they can be managed as a portfolio, as an investor would manage his shares, bonds and mutual funds.
Projects do not necessarily share a common objective, yet they may use a common resource pool. Project Portfolio Management differs from programme management which involves managing a series of projects that are all focused on the same strategic, organisational objective.
Download: Getting your head around Project Portfolio Management
White Paper: Gaining Senior Management Buy-in and Overcoming Resistance to Change
This White Paper focuses on the need to get Senior Management buy-in for a project portfolio and resource management solution and ways to overcome resistance to change. It looks at common problems encountered when implementing a new system and also gives ten practical steps to overcome them.
Following the ten steps to success will help you ensure you realise genuine business benefits from your investment in a software solution, such as Asta Teamplan.
Download: Senior Management Buy-in and Overcoming Resistance to Change
White Paper: The Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management
In 2006 Asta Development conducted an industry-wide survey into what the people who manage multiple projects, costs and resources see as the benefits of Project Portfolio Management.
The full results are revealed in our White Paper on the Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management.
Download: The Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management
White Paper: Key Issues in Managing Consultants' Time
Asta commissioned independent research into the key issues involved in managing consultants' time. The results revealed that the top five issues are:
- The level of accuracy in data reports.
- Meeting target utilisation rates.
- Working out exactly what work consultants have done.
- Under-billing due to not capturing timesheet information correctly.
- Forward-planning the types of people needed to deliver client assignments.
Read the Paper for the full results and analysis of the research findings.
Download: Key Issues in Managing Consultants' Time
White Paper: 10 Steps to Successful Implementation of a Project Portfolio Management Solution
This succinct document gives 10 key steps that should be followed when implementing a Project Portfolio and Resource Management solution, such as Asta Teamplan.
Download: 10 Steps to Successful Implementation of a Project Portfolio Management Solution
Guides: Gaining Support and Funding for a Project Portfolio Management Solution
Two stages in the process of implementing a Project Portfolio Management solution are identifying the need through a Statement of Requirements and writing a Business Case to gain support and funding.
A Statement of Requirements is an internal document that highlights issues that need to be addressed in a particular area of the business (e.g. managing multiple projects).
The Business Case demonstrates how the chosen Project Portfolio Management solution enables the organisation to address these issues.
Download: Creating a Statement of Requirements
Download: Creating a Business Case