Global Project Promotion and Management Support (Global PMO Support)
Global Project Promotion and Management Support (Global PMO Support)
Global Project Promotion and Management Support (Global PMO Support)
CIC supports global project management in today’s environment where we need to expand our business globally and strengthen cooperation with overseas business partners.
For example, does your organization have the following problems?
Global Project Promotion and Management Support (Global PMO Support)
CIC supports global project management in today’s environment where we need to expand our business globally and strengthen cooperation with overseas business partners.
For example, does your organization have the following problems?
- Although we are promoting business reforms and new digital solution development projects on a global basis, we have not been able to communicate well with foreign members at overseas bases and collaborate effectively.
- We have adopted foreign vendors, but it is unclear what’s happening onsite and we are having a hard time managing the progress.
- A global project involving overseas partner companies and foreign experts has been launched, but there are no bilingual staff within the company to coordinate among multinational members and respond to priority issues appropriately.
In all industries, the remarkable technological breakthroughs have caused projects to become more global and complex, but there is an overwhelming lack of internal resources with the appropriate global project management skills.
In particular, for global projects involving foreign partner companies and foreign project members, multitasking capabilities such as decision making and negotiation with various stakeholders, managing progress and managing large amounts of budget and performance increases the burden on project management teams. In addition, there may be various problems and restrictions in cross-cultural communication, such as language, commercial culture, legal systems and time differences.
Other Critical Success Factors in Global Projects
| Critical Success Factors | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 1. Project Mission | Clearly defined goals and general directions |
| 2. Top Management Support | The necessary resources and authority provided by top management |
| 3. Project Schedule & Plan | A detailed specification of the individual action steps for project implementation |
| 4. Client Consultation | Communication, consultation, and active listening to all impacted parties |
| 5. Personnel | Recruitment, selection, and training of the necessary personnel for the project team |
| 6. Technical Tasks | Availability of the required technology and expertise to accomplish the technical action steps |
| 7. Client Acceptance | Selling of the final product to the end users |
| 8. Monitoring & Feedback | Timely provision of comprehensive control information at each stage in the implementation process |
| 9. Communication | The provision of an appropriate network and necessary data to all key actors in the project implementation |
| 10. Troubleshooting | Ability to handle unexpected crises and deviations from plan |
●Project Mission
→Clearly defined goals and general directions
●Top Management Support
→The necessary resources and authority provided by top management
●Project Schedule & Plan
→A detailed specification of the individual action steps for project implementation
●Client Consultation
→Communication, consultation, and active listening to all impacted parties
●Personnel
→Recruitment, selection, and training of the necessary personnel for the project team
●Technical Tasks
→Availability of the required technology and expertise to accomplish the technical action steps
●Client Acceptance
→Selling of the final product to the end users
●Monitoring & Feedback
→Timely provision of comprehensive control information at each stage in the implementation process
●Communication
→The provision of an appropriate network and necessary data to all key actors in the project implementation
●Troubleshooting
→Ability to handle unexpected crises and deviations from plan
Source: Pinto, J. K., & Slevin, D. P. (1988). Critical success factors in effective project implementation. In D. I. Cleland and W. R. King (Eds.), Project Management Handbook (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
PROJECT SUCCESS
Level 1 Project Management Success: The project was delivered on time, budget, quality, scope, to specification
Level 2 Project Success: Clients recognized the value of project deliverables
Level 3 Business Success: The project led to the overall success of the business
Level 4 Future Potentials: The project created future potentials
Source: “The Success School in Practice” lectured by Professor Darren Dalcher, Middlesex University London
CIC’s strengths are its extensive global project experience and management skills based on global standards. As a bilingual liaison office with the USA, Japan and other parts of the world, CIC, based in Washington, DC, supports global project PMOs for global organizations.
With CIC’s extensive global project experience, you can get assistance from the Global Project Management Office (PMO) at each stage of the project, including planning, deliverable development, management reporting, team coordination, external vendor / partner selection and management and project monitoring.
The following is an example of CIC support:
- Communication with overseas counterparts: Negotiation (and planning of negotiation), alignment of awareness and understanding solution development needs.
- Creating materials and facilitating meetings with overseas counterparts
- Monitoring, progress management and problem solving for global projects
- Global project documentation (Japanese and English)