Program & Project Management

It is all too common to document the concepts and initial plans of a change effort and then place it on a shelf—never to be fully implemented. Actually implementing a change is often the most difficult part of any effort. Organizational change efforts can succeed when they are managed through a proven program and project management (PPM) approach. This approach is a disciplined, intentional, approach used to plan, coordinate and control complex activities to achieve a desired outcome. Program and project management principles underpin all of the work Hassett Willis and Company performs for our clients. Our application of program and project management principles ensures end-to-end implementation of any organization’s change efforts.

More than 75 percent of our staff are certified project management professionals (PMPs) and/or hold advanced degrees in business or organizational development. These experienced and credentialed professionals know how to manage difficult projects to provide the structure and discipline necessary to produce lasting and transformative results.

Program and Project Management as a
Means to Drive Change

We employ project management principles to manage individual organizational change efforts following the traditional PMBOK¹ cycle of project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/ controlling and closing. We also apply program management principles to centralize collecting these change efforts. In this way, we achieve a common outcome that we otherwise would not have if the efforts had been managed individually.

IT Project Management and CIO Support Services

Hassett Willis and Company project teams utilize their professional experience and training to successfully drive IT projects through the software development life cycle (SDLC) from initiation to implementation. Our knowledge of Federal governance requirements and areas of IT life cycle include:

• Acquisitions management
• Capital planning
• Enterprise architecture
• Cost, schedule and performance management
• Risk management
• Requirements management
• Stakeholder relations and outreach

By teaming with our clients, Hassett Willis and Company staff is able to provide the following benefits to IT projects:

• Savings in cost and time
• Improved project success rate
• Efficiency and effectiveness in delivering services
• Enhanced product quality
• Improved customer satisfaction

¹A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) — 4th Edition, Project Management Institute

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