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IT Projects Advisory
Successful projects never occur accidentally; they are the result of clear vision,
careful planning, and meticulous execution. Technology is the cornerstone of any
business’s short-term viability and long-term profitability. That is why companies
need to take decisive steps to reduce technology initiative risks so their
businesses continue operating, growing, and delivering value to their customers.
IT Project Advisory (ITPA) services drive the speed and effectiveness of change
within an organization by helping increase the likelihood of project success. They
encompass project governance and advisory services over the full project
lifecycle. ITPA focuses on IT projects or projects with a strong IT element.
What We Do
The IT Advisory practice offers the following services:
- Large project management: Is a coordinated international approach for
conducting work at the project level
- Business requirement planning: Providing a structured approach to assist
clients determine their business objectives and functional requirements for a
proposed solution. It confirms the business drivers and linkages to other
business initiatives and recognizes the difference between operational,
decision support, and user self-service requirements
- Selection assistance: Assisting clients make informed selection decisions
using established methodology
- Organizational change management: Assisting clients execute programs of
change smoothly, taking into account the needs and sensitivities of people
affected by the project or program and the client’s capability to accommodate
major change
- Active program coordination: Deploying knowledgeable, experienced
professionals to assist in coordinating the interdependencies of complex and
often global programs, which typically include multifaceted business,
technology, process improvement, and human change management initiatives
- Enterprise program management office: Providing a systematic approach to
align related projects into a program to effect strategic business change. It
develops, coordinates, and manages program infrastructure to help deliver
constituent projects that achieve their business goals and benefits, on time
and on budget
- Portfolio management: Creating accountability and control processes to
manage and evaluate a portfolio of projects using four cornerstones:
commercial value, social value, balance, and strategic alignment
- Project impact: Assisting clients define benefits (e.g., return on investment
of business initiatives, programs, or projects). The service provides for the
ongoing monitoring of the realization of proposed benefits throughout the
project and beyond. It provides a tangible means to measure the actual
benefits achieved against those originally anticipated
- Project management maturity assessment: Assisting clients assess and/or
mature their internal project management competency
- Project risk assessment and monitoring: Providing client management with
an objective and independent assessment of the risks of a business initiative,
program, or project. It evaluates the effectiveness of controls planned or
implemented to mitigate risks. Our professionals can be deployed to
effectively identify, measure, and track project risks throughout the life of a
business initiative
- Independent verification and validation: Establishing standards and
processes by which third party deliverables are measured
- Functionality testing: Measuring whether the solution delivered supports
the business case and meets business requirements. It provides a range of
independent testing programs to help meet business owners‘s acceptance
criteria
Potential benefits
- Continuous alignment of products, program, and projects with overall business goals
- Cost reduction through reallocation of resources toward more productive projects
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of project management controls for senior
management or external parties (e.g., regulators)
- Improved likelihood of success by providing proactive advice on how to enhance
processes and controls
- Reduced risk of project failure by identifying major project risks and issues and
communicating these to key stakeholders for action
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