eBITS team is finding that for many clients there are  wide disparities in the ability to deliver individual projects successfully, with many organizations failing to realize the benefits of formal methods, which they regard as unwieldy or overly bureaucratic. 

In response, organizations increasingly recognise the benefit of improving their broad program and project management capability by either supplementing their internal resource or bringing in external consultants to drive forward and deliver key programs of work.

eBITS has extensive experience in working with public sector clients across many areas in program and project management.

Potential issues

• Improving efficiency and effectiveness in response to targets and public sector reviews
• Improving and developing an organization’s program and project management capability
• Addressing a poor track record of delivery
• A need to meet improvement and development targets
• Disparities in the ability to deliver programmes & projects, and their expected benefits, successfully
• A failure to realize the anticipated benefits of using formal methodologies

eBITS services

• Professional expertise and input to the stakeholders, project board and steering groups
• Provision of program and project managers or specific project resources to ensure effective delivery
• Setting up program offices and fulfilling program manager or program officer roles
• Advice and creation of project support offices
• Independent project assessments
• Helping to clarify the scale and scope of work, so that targets, objectives and benefits are clear
• Helping to build client capacity through coaching, facilitation of workshops and general support to managers, sponsors and stakeholders
• Developing tools and methodologies of program and project management, delivery and reporting, either bespoke or based on existing methods
• Advising on suitable levels of planning and control, management reporting and appropriate governance to facilitate efficient project management and issue resolution
• Ensuring senior management has the necessary information to be able to make decisions and to align the programme of work with broader strategy
• Helping to ensure relevant communications with stakeholders through a variety of reporting techniques such as highlight reports, dashboard reports and project snapshots