Drive Business Value With a Right-Sized Project Gating Process
Use gating to get projects done right the first time.
- Low sponsor commitment on projects.
- Poor quality on completed projects.
- Little to no visibility into the project portfolio.
- Organization does not operationalize change .
- Analyzing, fixing, and redeploying is a constant struggle. Even when projects are done well, they fail to deliver the intended outcomes and benefits.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Stop applying a one-size-fits-all-projects approach to governance.
- Engage the sponsor by shifting the accountability to the business so they can get the most out of the project.
- Do not limit the gating process to project management – expand to portfolio management.
Impact and Result
- Increase Project Throughput: Do more projects by ensuring the right projects and right amount of projects are approved and executed.
- Validate Project Quality: Ensure issues are uncovered and resolved with standard check points in the project.
- Increase Reporting and Visibility: Easily compare progress of projects across the portfolio and report outcomes to leadership.
- Reduce Resource Waste: Terminate low-value projects early and assign the right resources to approved projects.
- Achieve Intended Project Outcomes: Keep the sponsor engaged throughout the gating process to achieve desired outcomes.
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Guided Implementation 1: Lay the groundwork for tailored project gating
- Call 1: Scope requirements, objectives, and your specific challenges.
Guided Implementation 2: Establish level 1 project gating
- Call 1: Define project levels.
- Call 2: Establish the role of the sponsor.
Guided Implementation 3: Establish level 2 project gating
- Call 1: Introduce Level 1 project gating best practices.
- Call 2: Customize Level 1 project gate process.
- Call 3: Introduce Level 2 and Level 3 project gating best practices.
- Call 4: Customize Level 2 and Level 3 gating process.
Guided Implementation 4: Establish level 3 project gating
- Call 1: Discuss roadmap for adoption of new process.
- Call 2: Review completed Strategic Template.
Contributors
- Lameck Osinde, Professor of IT, Innovation, and Project Management
- Nancy Wilson, Project Manager
- Five Anonymous Contributors
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