Bestoutcome Launches Project Gateways Assessor App at the Gartner Program and Portfolio Management & IT Governance Summit 2013
Bestoutcome’s latest app assesses the on-going viability of projects
Egham, UK, 3 June, 2013 – Bestoutcome, the specialist consultancy in outcome-driven project management, today announced the launch of its Project Gateways Assessor, an innovative project management app for use with Apple’s iPhone and iPad, from the Gartner Program and Portfolio Management (PPM) & IT Governance Summit 2013. Available free via the iTunes App Store, the app helps Project Managers objectively assess their project’s ongoing viability and readiness to pass through a specific Project Gateway - a formal governance control point where the project’s on-going viability is challenged.
The Project Gateways Assessor app takes users through four sets of questions that cover the key issues when reviewing a project’s current viability. These are: Business Case; Work Quality; Deliverability; and Benefits Realization. Using the answers to these questions, the app provides a detailed rating of a project’s readiness to pass a specific Gateway and suggests corrective actions to help improve this rating. Finally, there is an option to print or email a full report to colleagues, sponsors and stakeholders.
“Projects obviously appear viable at the time they are approved,” explains Iain Aitken, Systems Architect, Bestoutcome. “But as projects progress through their lifecycle they can become more complex and broader in scope and it can be difficult to deliver promised business benefits on time and to budget. Should we just press on regardless throwing good money after bad – or ask some serious questions about ongoing project viability? Would it best to re-scope, reshape or re-baseline the project, or should it continue with a few corrective actions? This app aims to go some way in answering these questions. Of course, it does not replace our full Project Review consulting service, but it is the perfect starting point for organisations considering Project Gateways governance processes.”
The Project Gateways Assessor is able to hold multiple projects, as well as multiple gateways within each project. In addition, the user is able to revise their ratings at any time during a project’s life.
This is the third app developed by Bestoutcome and builds on the success of its previous apps. These include the Project Risk Gauge app, which enables users to perform an on-the-move assessment of a project and assess the risk of it failing to be delivered to budget, schedule, scope or quality targets, or failing to deliver the promised benefits; and the Change Readiness Assessor app. The latter helps senior managers about to implement a new way-of-working into their business to gauge whether their organisation is prepared for the change. To purchase any of these apps, please visit the iTunes app store here.
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About Bestoutcome
Bestoutcome specialises in project, programme and portfolio management for large organisations operating in sectors such as finance, manufacturing, retail and the public sector. Its approach is based on delivering specific business outcomes. This is achieved by using highly experienced consultants combined with PM3 – an elegant and flexible toolset – and ODPM, an outcome-driven project management methodology. Formed in 2000 by a group of expert change management consultants from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and a team of senior technical specialists, Bestoutcome has worked with a variety of blue chip clients to successfully deliver some of the most demanding change projects in modern times. Bestoutcome’s starting point is always the client’s ultimate business goal. And it never loses sight of this. For more information please go to: www.bestoutcome.com
About Gartner Program and Portfolio Management & IT Governance Summit 2013The Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013 will focus on providing the perspective needed to support business goals with PPM and IT governance strategy. Gartner analysts will help delegates accelerate delivery times, while keeping resources focused on fewer projects to drive efficiency. At the same time delegates can learn to prove the value of their deliverables using meaningful metrics, while finding new techniques to engage with the business and successfully drive change. For further information about the Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013 taking place on 3-4 June, in London, please visit www.gartner.com/eu/ppm. You can also follow the event on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc using #GartnerPPM.
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