Expertise – The Agile Mindset
Business Focused Project Management is the application of project management to projects linked to organisation strategies in order to effectively deliver them in an effective manner – in effect, managing the organisation by projects.
AGILE DEVELOPMENT
The fundamentals of good project management remain the same whatever methodology and approach is used to develop a software product: communicating, building effective teams, planning and monitoring progress. There are however some aspects of the “Agile Mindset” which are important when Digital Summit uses Agile methods to deliver a product.
The project management role is far more that of being a leader and motivator than being a command and control manager. Getting the right people together and guiding them to reach their full potential as a cohesive, self-organising, self-disciplined team is the most important responsibility of the Agile project manager.
With a proven record of delivering complex communication solutions for organisations of different types, Digital Summit’s Project Management team brings your vision to reality. Using robust project practices our experienced team plan methodically, and anticipate the unexpected.
LEADERS MORE THAN TASKMASTERS
Digital Summit is focused on delivering business value by guiding and supporting effective teamwork.
Delivering value through innovative products
• Deliver customer value
• Employ iterative, feature-based delivery
• Champion technical excellence
Leadership-collaboration management style
• Inspire exploration
• Build adaptive teams
• Simplify
METHOD WE EMPLOY
Our planning discipline is grounded around functions and delivery rather than trying to guess the sequence of tasks that might be needed to produce the product. The plan is based around features and business values to be delivered, with a constant focus on a vision for success.
We understand that inch-pebble task monitoring imposes a burden of compliance activities on the project team and its manager that simply gets in the way of delivering the goods.
We work closely with both business and technical members of the team leading and guiding to deliver the product vision for customers.
BENEFITS
Minimise Business Risk
We anticipate things that may go wrong and take care of the risks from outset.
Maximise Investment
We work with you to ensure that the project delivers your business objectives and outcomes.
Stakeholder Satisfaction
We’ll ensure your end users know what’s going on and how the change will affect them, maximising satisfaction and uptake.
On Budget and On Time
Our planning, coordination and communications ensures your project is delivered within budget and timeframes.
HOW IT WORKS
Our project management services are typically provided as a complement to our technology and application portfolio of services – especially where delivery is complex, risky and critical to your business.
We use a phased project delivery approach with regular checkpoints to monitor the project’s health. Underlying control processes, such as risk management, change control and reporting, ensure delivery is managed professionally. We monitor the status and health of each project and compliance to project methodology and its usual staging:
Initiation - Contract > Statement of Work > Ordering
Planning - Business Requirement > Technical Design > Project Schedule
Execution - Proof of Concept > Pilot > Production and Testing
Close Out - Acceptance > Final Sign Offs > Handover