Hello
I m starting with organising a department of project managers who will manage projects at my steel construction plant.
It should be strong specialists responsible as for work with customers, as for coordination of production shedule
Do anybody have an information about best experience in this way?
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Deepak MestaManager - Project Management / Program Manager| IBM India Pvt LtdBangalore, Karnataka, India
Steps at high level - For initial stage or re-org.
1. Create/Revisit the departmental Vision. Get reason for existinance of this department justfied and validated by (Top Management) creating ongoing objectives/goals. This is very important as this sets the tone for this new/reorganized department and will also ensure stakeholder backup
2. Check how this fits into organisation chart and adjust accordingly.
3. Create a layer of PMs based on skills, expertise, experience etc
Project Managers, Program Managers, Cordinators etc. (Be careful as this might backfire if the PMs get motivated.
4. Document the job descriptions to all levels in departments.
5. Create a skill matrix which will be updated regularly.
6. Have an initial meeting with PMs to get acceptance, set expectations and also to create ground rules for the team for long time.
7. Develop a document on how various deparments can utilize the project managers.
8. Get final approval for any changes from management.
9. Create a new distribution list for department
10. Announce and distribute the information to all about new formation and how to utilize the deparmental services and engage PMs on projects. Saving Changes...
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Kevin GebertDirector of Marketing| IBMS GlobalCo, United States
This is difficult to answer without knowing your background. Do you have a project management/control background? If not I would suggest hiring an experienced PM or former Director of Programs to help you. You could probably hire someone who could work as a contractor. There are so many decisions that you would have to make: hiring the right people, organization, processes and procedures, tools, etc, etc. that would be best made by someone with experience in this area. Of course this is based on my assumption that you don't have this type of background yourself. Feel free to contact me anytime at [email protected] if you want to discuss further. Saving Changes...
