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India Operations, January 2014

Prologue

It's all about the wise strategic decisions and tools which guide the success of a Business or
the people behind it. Every organization and Individuals have lot of untapped potential
within. When there is a need to tap this potential businesses and business leaders look to

us.
Whether in India, US, Europe or elsewhere, companies and executives find their way to us
to guide and grow their competencies, values, skills and relevance. All Our products and
programs are aimed to reach this latent power directly and comprehensively.
Because we always keep-up to their expectations and because we always deliver what we
promise, we always end up creating a greater value.
Welcome to the StarPMO, where opportunities are transformed into business value.

Table of Contents
Introduction and Importance of Project Management
StarPMO Snapshot
Service Portfolio and delivery
Impact Delivered
Layers of Excellence
Business Approach
Engagement Model
Sample Engagements
Infotech: PMBOK Training
ADP: ACI Agile Training
IQuanti: Kanban Consulting
A few customers
Key Partners
Team Profiles
Project Delivery Process
Service Offering details
Project Management Trainings
Project Management Consulting
PM Case study development
PMO setup
PM Impact analysis
Performance Benchmarking

Introduction

Project Management and the Competitive Advantage of Implementing project management across
organization helps create a strategic value chain that gives companies an edge on their competitors.

Looking for a way to stay ahead of the pack in todays competitive and chaotic global economy,
companies are turning to project management to consistently deliver business results. Leading
organizations across sectors and geographic borders have been steadily embracing project
management, helping streamline their delivery process, cut costs and sidestep risks, enabling them
to implement stronger project management practices for the future.

StarPMO, a global project management consulting firm, delivers experience and expertise in both
the design and the implementation of numerous project management initiatives across a wide
spectrum of industries, domains and organizations.

At StarPMO, we view project management as a journey, not as a mere project. By developing


a clear understanding of your project management needs, we work across process, people
and technology to make project success a reality for the long term.

StarPMO Snapshot
We are the fastest growing external PMO advisory in India for
Projects Focused Organizations
#

1 Project Management Training & Consulting Partner for firms & corporates in India
Delivered Training services across 15 countries in 4 languages across the globe.
On field presence in 6 Indian cities for Project Management Training & Consulting
24x7 support through 5 cities across India, USA and Bahrain.
60+ Support staff and growing
Working directly with 20+ firms currently
Executed 500+ Corporate engagements in last 4 years
50% of Fortune 500 companies have employees who are trained in our Public
Workshops on Project Management across different cities of India.

Our Service Portfolio


Service Area

Example Works

Project Management
Consulting

360 degree Evaluation of Project performance, Voice of Customer (VOC) Analysis,


Bench marking tools , change management etc

Project Management
Training

All Project Management Trainings are based on PMI Standards like PMBOK,
Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Agile Certification Institute ACMS etc

Case Study Development

Our hundreds of internal case studies on various aspects of project management


can be customized to your unique needs, situation and industry

Custom Project Education


Modules

Our R&D consulting team will analyze your current state and develop customized
content for your internal usage which brings about desired change.

E-Learning Modules

Online Training modules for all aspects of Project Management like Time,
Budgets, Quality , Risk etc. Our experiences make them very effective.

Project Simulation
Development

Our patented PlayJect allows project simulation useful to deepen understanding


of projects by providing experiential learning and in a gamified setting.

PMO
Setup

Project Templates and dashboards creation, Project Tracking and Controlling tools
and metrics development for you to raise your projects efficiency.

PM ERP
Development

Development of ERP tools for Project Management and hybrid Project


Management tools

Service delivery based on Research


Market Research

Business Research

Industry Expertise

500+ corporate

Team of seasoned Project

Industry Experts with 20+

engagements done in

Management experts.

years of experience in

various sectors and

Matured processes in place

IT

knowledge internalized.

to quickly get you the

Education

Access to research articles

benefits of project

Retail

and reports on project and

management at a large

Automotive

program management.

enterprise scale.

Manufacturing

Partner network in
India: capability to
provide services in all
cities of India.
Outside India: By our
consultants & partner
channels.

Part of PMI Research

Health care etc

publications and conference

All consultants work with

presentations on Project

our IT product development

Management and latest

team and have hands on

tools and concepts. You get

experience in Project

access to most advanced

Management.

Project Management tools.

Impact Delivered by our services

Problem Areas

Solution

Project
Selection

Not able to meet SLAs agreed


Assigned resources not able to
join the project
Projects of interest lost out to
competitors

Strong involvement of
PMO and feasibility study
Resource selection based
on skill & not availability
Database of OPAs made

Project
Planning

Projects Taking longer than


planned
Frequent repeat work and re work
Project not able to reach the set
goals

Improvement in
Estimation Techniques
using Raleigh curves
Standards creation and
implementation done

Project
Execution

Critical Resources leaving the


team during execution
Lack of enthusiasm and creative
thinking
Frequent changes in projects

Improved incentive
policies
Team Building activities
Better clarity of roles &
engage stakeholders early

Project
Efficiency

Project payoffs significantly lesser


High rate of failed projects
Lesser customer satisfaction
Less repeat customer projects and
losing existing projects midway

Risk Management
integrated to planning
Improvement in
estimation and SLAs
EEFs and OPAs defined

Illustration of Tools
used

StarPMO Layers of Project Management Expertise

Strategy

Portfolio Management

Project and Requirements Management

Development, Collaboration, Delivery

Service delivery philosophy

Organization
specific
customization

Global and
Enterprise Level

Overall
philosophy

Engagement

Stage Reviews
and Feedback
Incorporation

360 degree
Analysis

Business Approach

Design
Transform
360o analysis for current
state evaluation
Analyze expectations
against needs and
requirements

Collaborative
development

True understanding and


Manage Risk with
Feedback incorporation

Make decision on facts


and plan change
management

Control

Striving for Agility

appreciation of project
methodologies
Continuous learning
engagement with our
post consulting services.
Unified understanding
with DEEP engagement.

Standardized Engagement Model

Pre-engagement survey

Post
engagement
survey

Gap analysis & freezing requirements

Understandi
ng current
stage

Agreeing
future state

Design
Transformatio
n Program

Execute the
design

Controlling
transformation

Confirm
Destination
State

Discussion Points
StarPMO standardized engagement process enables high degree of repeatability and
reliability to ensure First Time Right.
Final state is achieved in a controlled and planned way to ensure sustainable results.

Sample Engagements

Custom Project Education Module (1/5)


Infotech has 4 layered PMO Structure
Infotech- COO
Infotech- OEG

Global Delivery
Model

Support Functions

PMO

QMS
PMO Head (1)

AERO

PMO (Aero &


HTH) Manager
(1)

HTH

HR
L&D

PMO (UT&CE)
Manager (1)

UT

N&S
CADAdmin

PMO Consultant
Aero & HTH (1)

PMO Consultant
UT&CE (1)

Content

Soft Support,
MIS
Practice, Bids

GEOs

PMO : Project Management Office


UT : Utilities & Telecom
CE : Content Engineering
HTH : Hi-tech, Transportation & Home

GEO
SPOCs

Analyst (Aero)
(1)

Analyst (HTH)
(1)

Analyst (UT)
(2)

Analyst (CE)
(3)

Sales, Mktg.

PMO Head: Accountable for PMO operations globally


PMO Manager: Accountable for technical processes, system implementations & compliance
PMO Consultant: Resident PM/domain experts, Coach, Mentor , provide trainings
PMO Analyst: Study, analyze, collate data and prepare reports
SPOC: Coordinate & support PMO operations at GEOs

Existing
New

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Custom Project Education Module (2/5)

Discussion Points
US based engineering divisions are not covered in this analysis. All
the PMO units report to COO

95% of respondents chose that project delay is money lost, in line


with thinking Time is Money. 90% of these respondents felt a few
days of delay in project does not mean any significant financial impact.
Project Estimation is an important factor for improvement
Consistency and reusable archiving will improve execution efficiency
SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Custom Project Education Module (3/5)

Mapping the Project Governance Structure

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Custom Project Education Module (4/5)


Enterprise Level Project Management Maturity Survey

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Custom Project Education Module (5/5)


Engagement at Infotech Enterprises

Consulting
Engagement

Project Management
Training

Post Training
Support to Online
Module

1000+Survey
400+ Interviewed
200+ teleconferences done
4 lead consultants engaged
Custom content to case studies Development done

700+ trained in batch of 20


6 Trainings across 8 cities
3 Mid Engagement surveys with 98 % satisfaction rating
achieved

1 year support , several repeat sessions held


Consulting and PMO dashboard created
Efficiency improvement measurements & reports made
In post surveys (6 months after training), 95% reported On
time project delivery improved significantly.

StarPMOs trainers had impeccable knowledge of project management and

Lavaraju
Yedllapalli
Head, PMO & GM, Infotech

demonstrated outstanding teaching capabilities. We had a great interaction with


the trainers and the trainings were of great use to our project managers and wellequipped them with the project management knowledge and framework
SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Enterprise Agile Transformation (1/4)


ADP Ltd has large client base and huge legacy code

Discussion Points

ADP mostly relies on waterfall methods for R&D development


Transition to Agile development is business imperative and part of strategic planning
90% reported apprehension of their roles and career future due to transition. This was allayed as part of
change management and course curriculum designed for ADP.
SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Enterprise Agile Transformation (2/4)


Development of Transition Framework

Discussion Points
R&D Team is based out of 3 locations and has about 4,000 associates.
Two day customized training sessions were made in batch size of 15-20 across these locations for one third of
R&D work force. This was mostly focused on Scrum and working in a distributed setting.
Additional teams in small groups were given deeper trainings in XP practices like TDD and Effective Pair

Programming

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Enterprise Agile Transformation (3/4)


Development of Transition Framework

Educate

Assess

Transition

StarPMO Agile
Training across
business/locations
+
Coaching

Team Self
Assessment

Team Plans and


Transition Plans

Tech Level Setting


Scrum Master
Product Owner
Lean Practitioner

Maturity Guidance
and Metrics
Dashboards

Transition for
Selected Projects

Q1
Training plan
complete
Team Assessment
complete

Q2
Training started
Coaching sessions
Metrics dashboards

Q3
Training complete
Transition plans
created

Q4
Execute transition
plans

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Enterprise Agile Transformation (4/4)


Engagement at ADP Pvt Ltd

Consulting
Engagement

Objectives & requirements finalization with management


council
Custom content and case study development
CMMI agile advisory done

Agile & Scrum


Training

800+ Trained in batches of 15-20


2 Trainers across Pune & Hyderabad
Feedback and improvement sessions held for every 3
sessions

Transformation
Coaching

Waterfall to agile transformation consulting offered


Agile dashboards created
Distributed team customization
Hands-on agile implementation

Padmavathi
Gundapuneedi

StarPMOs training approach includes case studies couples with exercises

and videos which is excellent for beginners to understand the concepts of


Agile and help in Large Scale Agile Transformation

Head, Process Excellence, ADP


SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Project ERP Tool Development (1/2)


iQuanti has a 3 layered Agile Enterprise architecture
ITeS Service Delivery

Agile Enterprise

Offers SEO/SEM services to global clients.


The client wanted to find new ways of

Learning
Department

Leadership
Team

Human
Resources

managing projects which resulted in shorter

delivery cycle, improved quality and better


employee engagement.

Program / Portfolio management teams

Project
Team

Project
Team

Project
Team

Project
Team

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Project ERP Tool Development (2/2)


Implementation of Digital Kanban Tool
Delivery of Agile Training (ACMS 1.0)
Teams then chose appropriate methods

like Scrum / Kanban based on their


context and started practicing these
methodologies
professional

with
Agile

the

help

coaches

of
from

cycle time and 40% reduction in defects

StarPMO.
Teams also redefined their product
management

Teams have seen 20% reduction in the release

strategy

and

defined

strong definition of Done for their


customer deliverables. Next

Digital

output.
For sustainable Agile implementation, the HR
and the leadership team were trained on the
Agile team practices and Agile leadership.

Kanban ERP developed.


SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013

Trusted by leading organizations

Partners with Key PM bodies

StarPMO Differentiators

On-site-on-demand
solutions

Choose from our globally acclaimed, ready-made


training solutions or get customized trainings to
suit your organization specific need

Continuous learning
advantage

Our trainings are followed by e-learning content


that compliments the learning process

Seamless support

Seamless support from our consultants pre and


post engagement

Quality Team

All consultants are highly qualified and are from


top-notch B Schools like ISB or IIM-A etc having
minimum 10+ years of Projects Experience

Consistent training
delivery

Our standardized training delivery model ensure


that users get similar quality of learning experience
across training programs, geographies

Research Expertise

Unmatched in-house research team. Best in class


research process for flexibility and timelines

Clientele

Experience of working with various industry


associations and organizations includes across
IT, Engineering, Pharma, Construction etc

Key Partners

Led by qualified and experienced team


CEO, Marketing Director

Director, R&D and Business systems

Global Sales & support Head

Growth strategy and operations

MBA- IIM Lucknow

M.S, Ph.D. Cornell University,

M.S- Bradley University

MBA- ISB, Hyderabad, B.Tech, IIT Madras

Pradeep Adireddy

Dr. Srinivas Telukunta

Director, Project Consulting

Director, Management Consulting

New Business Development

Organization Design Expert and SME

EGMP, IIM Bangalore

MBA, IIPM Noida

BE, University of Mysore

B.Tech, Nagarjuna University


Srikanth Kumar Kota

Durga Prasad

Prashant Pawar

Director, IT Product Development

Director, Project Management Consulting

Experiential Simulations Expert

Expert IT Process Specialist

MBA- ISB, Hyderabad

IT Project Management Process Design

BE, Pune University

M.C.A, Osmania University


Laxman Boddapatti

Strategically placed to industry specific analysis

Efforts in Industry specific research


5% - 10%

10% - 20%

70% - 80%

Envisioning and
preparing future roadmap

Best in class

experts and empanelled

SMEs preparing the future road map

Our team of consultants come from FT-20


Business Schools.

Senior management worked with top


corporates

Exclusive Tier-I graduates at consultant


and trainer level

Unmatched quality of research team

We target more on research effort for


better decision making

Analysis

Research

Global reach and strong India presence

Semiconductors
IT and ITES

Sample verticals served

Pharma
Construction

Consumer Durables
Retail, Education

Project delivery process (1/2)

Project Initiation
1

C
Delivery

Closure
1

Scope
Identification

Project

Project Closure

Delivery

2
Effort Estimation
and Approval

Feedback

2
3

Engagement
Kickoff

Daily Project
Review (DPR)

Client
Communication

SOURCE: StarPMO Internal Discussion Archive-2012

Internal
Documentation

Project delivery process (2/2)


Process Excellence for Project Delivery

Common Queue
Management

Process Maps and


SOPs

For each ongoing activities

Clients co-ordinate with a single

process maps are defined so

point of contact for clarity and

that

faster decision making

consistent

steps

are

followed
Standard

results are consistent

Learnings

from

other

engagements are incorporated


for superior results
Proprietary

document

management system is used

Operating

procedures are defined so that

Quality check and


Ongoing improvement

Strong focus on
consistent
approach, timely

Client
incorporated
learning

and quality
deliverables

SOURCE: StarPMO Internal Discussion Archive-2012

feedback
for

is
faster

Service Offerings

PMI Project Management Trainings (1/4)

About the Offering

Training need Assessment Survey

This will involve a formal training for a period of 4 /2days basing


on the program
The training content can be customized based on the needs and
skill gap assessment report

This is used for:


Overall project success rate goes up increasing your customer
satisfaction
Makes the project resources more productive and effective
Opens Doors to New Clients by establishing credibility

Key Focus areas analysis

Post training assessment survey

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PMI Project Management Trainings (2/4)

CAPM

Designed for those with little or no project experience, the


CAPM demonstrates understanding of the fundamental knowledge,
terminology and processes of effective project management.

Target Audience: CAPM is ideal for team members and team leads with less than 3 years
of work experience but contribute significantly towards the successful execution of the
projects.

PMP

Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP demonstrates the


experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects. The
PMP recognizes demonstrated competence in leading and directing
project teams.

Target Audience: PMP training is ideal for experienced project managers looking to
solidify their skills and ensure that the project objectives are met with the constraints.

ACP

The ACP recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools


and techniques across agile methodologies like Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean
Software Development etc

Target Audience: ACP training is ideal for project managers, team leads and individuals
with experience working on agile project teams or planning to work in Agile setting in the
future.

PMI Project Management Trainings (3/4)


RMP

The RMP fills the need for a specialist role in project risk management. It
recognizes unique expertise and competency in assessing and
identifying project risks, mitigating threats and capitalizing on
opportunities.

Target Audience: RMP training is ideal for project managers, team leads and individuals
working in business continuity planning, strategy roles, business risk mitigation, PMO etc.

PfMP

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is centralized management of


processes, methods, and technologies used by project managers PMOs
to analyze and collectively manage a group of current or proposed
projects.

Target Audience: PfMP training is ideal for Department heads, Strategy directors, Centre
Heads, General Managers, CXOs of the organization like CEO, CFO etc.

PgMP

Program management is the process of managing several related projects,


often to improve organization's performance. Program Manager uses his
oversight to support project-level activity to ensure program goals are met.

Target Audience: PgMP training is ideal for program and delivery managers looking to
solidify their skills and ensure that the program objectives are met with the constraints. In
addition, existing PMPs can find benefit with PgMP certification..

PMI Project Management Trainings (4/4)

PMI-SP

PMI-SP credential recognizes unique expertise and competence to


develop and maintain project schedules, while possessing core
knowledge skills in all of areas of project management.

Target Audience: PMI-SP training is ideal for delivery managers, architects, designers,
team leads and individuals working in project planning, PMO and delivery management.

PlayJect

Playject is an experiential project management Learning and Assessment platform


simulation that is uniquely designed to simulate project management experiences
that are based on real life complex situations.
Playject also provides comprehensive dashboards with actionable insights and
intelligence for senior management which can be useful in many ways like training
the existing talent, recruiting or promoting talent based on actual performance in a
less costly virtual setting etc.
Playject incorporates global best practices in Project Management and has two
modules based on
1) Project Management Institute (PMI) PMBOK5 for traditional Projects
2) Agile Certification Institute (ACI) ACMS 1.0 for Agile Projects

Target Audience: PlayJect is a business simulation game which is suitable for all the members of your
organization who either work in projects or provide support to projects. This is an excellent game for
you to provide as a part of your annual celebrations or in recruitment or promotion decision making

Project Management Consulting (1/3)

About the Offering

Assessment Framework

This involves an online project management maturity and


general project management work survey
This survey can be administered to about 100 odd
members from various projects spanning different team
sizes, structures and degree of success
This offering can be used for:
To understand the concerns and the various aspects of the
project work from various work groups involved in projects
Helps in understanding the gaps in project management
concepts.

Dashboard on current understanding

Key findings

Project Management Consulting (2/3)

About the Offering

Assessment Framework

Based on the Pre-training survey, our team of project


management consultants will interview several
members from projects .
This offering is used for:
Understanding various aspects of projects which can
be improved in aspects relating to best practices
adoption, awareness creation, adoption of advanced
project work flow tools etc

Gap Analysis

Actionable Insights

Project Management Consulting (3/3)

About the Offering

Consulting Framework

Using best practice methodologies, we assist with the


planning and delivery of projects

This is used for:

Process design
Defining needs
Project proposals
Organizing teams, meeting facilitation
Risk management, plan development
Project manager mentoring

Engagement Model

Key Focus Areas

PM Case study development

About the Offering

Focus area analysis

It provides learning through real situation one


regularly faces in their projects
These case studies will provide better understanding
of the situations and analyse them more effectively

This is useful for project teams for:


Synthesizing information from various perspectives
and find a suitable solution.
Focus on incorporating both the success factors and
failure drivers which is useful for future projects

Designing Case study Framework

Key Attributes Analysis

PMO setup

About the Offering

Detailed Need Analysis

Providing standards, methodologies and a set of PM tools


Managing project documentation (including risk registers,
schedules, incident logs etc)
Developing competencies of personnel, including training
and mentoring for project managers
This is useful for:
To reduce the risk of projects failing to deliver to time, cost
and quality targets
To increase the success of projects in delivering the
business value expected
To make more effective use of scarce skills and resources

Designing PMO Framework

Post Setup Support

PM Impact analysis
About the Offering

Designing Analysis Framework

This involves an online survey after a project management


initiative.
This survey can be administered to members from various
projects spanning different team sizes, structures and
degree of success
This offering can be used for:
To understand the impact of the project management
initiative from various work groups involved.
Helps in understanding the further gaps in project
management concepts so as to have better initiative in
future

Pre- Initiative and Post-Initiative


Surveys

Actionable Insights

Performance Benchmarking

Thank You!
StarPMO Global Project Management

Hyderabad | Bangalore | Pune | Peoria | Manama | Colombo


query@StarPMO.com

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