city of london corporation case study
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Presentation by Rebecca Kearney, Corporate Programme Managager at APM Conference Creating and sustaining an environment for success on 6th March 2014.TRANSCRIPT
City of London Corporation Case Study
Embedding and sustaining portfolio
management
Rebecca KearneyCorporate Programme Manager
City of London Corporation
Where did we start?
Constrained capital resources
A project process failure
Member-led review 2009-
2010
New project arrangements
introduced October 2011
What did we do?
Where were we? 2011/12
Implementation(2011/12)
Refinement &Improvement (2014)
Consolidation &Compliance (2013)
Time
Change
• Improved communication about projects, especially problems• Corporate overview of all projects within scope • Monthly programme reports to Projects Sub-Committee• Better consistency in decision-making about projects• Greater scrutiny of individual projects is leading to savings• Learning lessons from projects and celebrating success
Where were we? 2013
Implementation(2011/12)
Refinement &Improvement (2014)
Consolidation &Compliance (2013)
Time
Change
• Following gateway process and using corporate templates• Completing key information on project management system• Lessons learnt – systems for institutionalising lessons• Gateway 0s – business plans• Resource allocation – prioritisation based on categories • Staff changes
Where are we now?2014
Implementation(2011/12)
Refinement &Improvement (2014)
Consolidation &Compliance (2013)
Time
Change
• Improvements to gateway process and corporate templates• Review of project management system• Changing role of Corporate Programme Office• Training and development
Lessons
• Drive from the top is critical
• Terminology is not important
• Departmental diversity is ok?
• Talk to people, particularly the difficult ones!
• Articulate clear benefits for all involved
• Embedding and sustaining involves different skills to initiating and implementing
Any Questions?
