Extended Project Workforce
CHALLENGE:
Our client needed to quickly deliver projects from the initial concept phase through to successful implementation. PM-Partners were brought on board to assist with the rapid implementation.
RESULT:
Extended workforce model was implemented within days, resources were inducted and on-site immediately following approval. Our flexible arrangement met the client’s immediate needs for resources for a limited period of time at two separate locations.
Our client needed to quickly deliver projects from the initial concept phase through to successful implementation. PM-Partners were brought on board to assist with the rapid implementation.
Our responsibilities included:
- Managing existing projects that were in flight and which required immediate attention and remediation
- Reviewing the pipeline of projects that were through initial stages
- Identifying the level of structure and governance that would need to be adhered to or applied
- Applying a flexible extended workforce resource model to cater for peaks and troughs of work
Our approach included:
- Meeting with the CIO to explain our approach and confirm the immediate challenges
- Providing an initial team of resources (PMs and BAs) to address the immediate issues
- Progressing with a flexible extended workforce model to upscale and downscale on resources. Additional BAs and PMs were identified as being required and were inducted onto the account
- Establishing an account governance framework for reporting, approvals and planning
- Assessing a high level pipeline and implementing resource planning
- Distributing the management of the account between an on-site Service Delivery Manager in Australia and an Account Manager in Singapore
- Sourcing resources from within our organisation and networks
Successes
- Extended workforce model was implemented within days, resources were inducted and on-site immediately following approval
- Office transition/relocation project managed successfully (this was an inflight project that did not have a project manager when PM-Partners came on board). This was successfully implemented within the timeframe required.
- A further 20 projects (business, IT, operations and mining related) were brought under control
- Our flexible arrangement met the client’s immediate needs for resources for a limited period of time at two separate locations.
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