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23rd June 2009 | Issue 5
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Industry Comment

What is Portfolio Management?

Project Portfolio Management is about more than running multiple projects. Each portfolio of projects needs to be assessed in terms of its business value and adherence to strategy. The portfolio should be designed to achieve a defined business objective or benefit. Project management guru Bob Buttrick summarised it when he said; "Directing the individual project correctly will ensure it is done right. Directing 'all the projects' successfully will ensure we are doing the right projects."Read Full Article

Creating a culture of performance and value.

The role of IT in many organizations has evolved from supporting the business to enabling the business — a shift that requires IT to transition from being mostly tactical and cost focused to being an enabler of the overall strategy and value focused. IT organizations that have successfully made this change have done so by among other things transitioning their culture from a reactive operationally focused caretaker of assets to a proactive strategically focused enabler of business value. Read Full Article
In This Issue...

Introduction
Feature Article - ITIL eBook from IBM
Consultant Availability
This months download
Feedback from visitors

Introduction


Welcome to another newsletter from PSS-Europe.

June has proved to be as busy as expected with the additional bonus getting some part-time business development support from two former colleagues Ian Wright and Lee Grant. The market for consultancy and recruitment still appears to be in flux. The business is there to be done and it is a matter of getting a convincing business case so that the finance department approve the spend.

As mentioned last month PSS-Europe is supporting two new initiatives and in the case of Responsa we are in very early stage talks with a company looking to exploit the rapidly expanding South African market. PSS-Europe has signed a contract with Voxeo to provide the telecommunication facilties needed for application testing. The demo. should be available shortly and then test numbers will be published in the newsletter.

The second initiative to develop a new x-games/festival activity orientated brand is in design stage and waiting for all the team to be in the UK in July.

This months download is a recommendation for a site that provides portable versions of some popular apps, well worth checking out.

Feature Article - ITIL eBook (from IBM)

Defending ITIL's Value
We should be able to read about all sorts of ITIL success stories with metrics, yet most articles are about promise, theory, and application. Why is this? Why aren’t there more reports of success and why are both IT and business leaders starting to become jaded when it comes to the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)? Part of the problem is in
how ITIL is viewed and how it is implemented.. Read Full Article
Consultant Availability


John Wood
- Senior Programme/Project Manager

Johns career is rooted in global corporations, best practice, and structured approaches and has progressed through numerous organisations of varying size, maturity and nationality. He is flexible, highly motivated and very effective in his approach to work; he has a diverse range of management and technical skills.

John is a senior ICT, programme and portfolio manager with a CMMI level 5 background with over 20 years experience and a proven record of delivering complex, high-value, cross-functional business change in the Aerospace, Financial Services, Telecoms, Transport, Defence, Utilities, Oil, Local and Central Government sectors.

Specialisms include:

  • Programme & Portfolio Management
  • Project Management
  • Business Change Management 
  • Technical Operations Management 
  • Software Development PM
  • IT Infrastructure PM

More information on John's career.

To book John's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services ___________________________________________________


Luke Harrison
- Technical Design Architect

In the IT industry since 1996 Luke has a broad and deep level of knowledge across enterprise ICT technologies applying knowledge and skills to deal with complex problems, extending and coordinating work that may go beyond own area of knowledge and expertise.
Commercially aware and having a great track record in managing costs on his own projects and across teams on varied projects. Repeatedly solving customers business problems by communicating openly with the audience and influencing businesses in order to drive improvements.

Leading by example and planning work activities over medium and long term to support tactical and strategic activities. In his last role he significantly improved the cost base and delivery time scales of the most significant operational toolset transformation programme across Europe.

A major achievement was the most significant internet technology transition within the BBC as Technical Design Architect. This included proposing, designung and delivering major projects including the TV iPlayer project which will bring BBC SD & HD digital video portfolio to Satellite & Cable TV networks.

Other project delivered or in the process of completion are E-Commissioning, Internet Access to FreeSat, Central Coding & Mux, B2B Perimeter DMZ, Correspondents Filing System, RAP/Proteus Extranet.

More information on Luke's career.

To book Lucius's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services ___________________________________________________


Tony Bessent
- Senior Programme/Project Manager

Tony has just completed a senior business director facing role with the NSPCC, developing the business case for a £2 million capex/opex based change programme. Helping to define how a MS Dynamics CRM /SharePoint solution would add benefits to the NSPCC and helping it to achieve a static position in this shrinking market and be better placed when the credit crunch is over.

More information on Tony's career.

To book Tony's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services ___________________________________________________


Francesca Jones
- Senior Business Analyst

Francesca has over ten years of experience, gained in Corporate and Government sectors. She has strong business analysis and delivery management skills and is confident of working and conversing at all levels. She has full project lifecycle experience using standard industry tools and methodologies, including Enhanced Telecom Operations Map [eTOM], I.T Infrastructure Library (I.T.I.L.) and Prince 2 standards.

More information on Francesca's career.

To book Francesca's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services

Download of the Month

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