tacoma school district project management office objective: introduce and promote a culture that...
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Tacoma School District Project Management Office
• Objective: Introduce and promote a culture that supports project implementation success using world-class standards and best practices in a practical, efficient, and innovative way.
• Vision: Tacoma School District will follow continuously improved standard project processes and best practices for implementing change.
• Mission: Empower and inform all District staff, parents, and students with project management processes, tools, and techniques to adopt and move through change.
Project Management Organization
• We are a team of project managers, business analysts, innovation facilitators, and benchmarking report developers.
• Our home is at the Professional Development Center and we support initiatives across the District.
• Our mission extends from guidance from the Board, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and Cabinet.
Responsibilities
• Prioritize and successfully implement projects that have the most positive impact on District approved benchmarks.
• Provide visibility and transparency to project health.• Using project management philosophies and
methodologies, for District staff, parents, and students:– Coach and mentor,– Train and teach,– Manage, facilitate, coordinate, and expedite.
Project Management Training Offerings
A. Meetings, Bloody MeetingsB. Project Management 101 – 6 hrsC. Project Management Bootcamp – 4 – 6 hr classesD. Getting Started with MS Project – 4 hrsE. Getting Started with MS Visio – 2 hrsF. Stakeholders – Your Champions – 4 hrsG. Watch out for the RISK! – 4 hrsH. Giving Impactful Presentations – 4 hrsI. Communicate so they LISTEN! – 2 hrsJ. Conflicts: Handling Uncomfortable Situations – 4 hrs
Organizational ChartsHierarchical
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Project Manager
Developer Principal Quality Assurance Trainer
Project Coordinator
SchoolsC&ISISSPMO
ESP PMBA 1 IF 1
IF 2BA2
FinancePayrollPMO
TIP PMPR B Finance A
PR A Prin
Matrix
Prin 1
Teach 1
Pre-Implementation
Post-Implementation
Implementation
Market Analysis
Stakeholder Identificaton
Strategy Business Review
High Level Estimate - Order of Magnitude
Project ManagementApproach
Business Requirements Analysis
Project Planning: Scope, Budget, Time
Functional Requirements
Technical Requirements
As-Is Business Process Reengineering
Architecture and Systems Planning
To-Be Business Process Definition
Gap Analysis
System BuildDevelopment
Use Cases Vetted
Integration Testing
Benchmarking
Performance Tuning
User Interface Development
Technical User Training
End User Training
Data Migration
Validation
Post-GoLiveSupport
Formal Handoff
Rejoin ITIL Operations Cycle
