MENTORING AND COACHING SERVICES

FOR PROJECT MANAGERS

A new service offer by Delata Consultants Ltd.

OVERVIEW

Setting the scene

Why consider our services?

Service offering

description:

SHADOW Program

PMOptimise

Program

MentorProgram (one-on-one or in a small group)

Contact information

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SETTING THE SCENE (1)

In today’s fast-paced evolution of organisational structures:

Individuals are promoted or asked to perform project management duties with

no prior training or experience –

IS THIS YOUR SITUATION?

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SETTING THE SCENE (2)

Some organisations have no project management or systems lifecycle

methodology, leaving project managers to define their own approach for managing

their projects –

IS THIS YOUR SITUATION?

Certain Project Management Offices (PMOs) are encountering resistance or having

difficulties in having project managers adopt certain project management policies and

procedures –

IS THIS YOUR SITUATION?

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SETTING THE SCENE (3)

Certain PMOs are encountering resistance or having difficulties in

having project managers adopt certain project management policies and

procedures –

IS THIS YOUR SITUATION?

Certain project managers are interested in improving certain aspects of their skill set but do not have the opportunity to do so during their daily schedule within the

organisation -

IS THIS YOUR SITUATION?

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (1)

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (2)

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (3)

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (4)

Summary of

experience in

mentoring

and coaching:

•As Director if IT Development department at the Montreal Exchange, coaching activities of young project managers were undertaken to initiate them to their new role

•As a consultant, coaching activities of a less

experienced project manager within a broader mandate

were undertaken to improve certain aspects of his project

management skill set

•As a volunteer for the Montreal Project Management Institute (PMI) chapter mentoring program, a set of mentoring activities of a young consulting professional were completed

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (5)

An old adage says: “You can’t teach experience, it can only be acquired”

Well now, that adage no longer holds, since we can offer your

organisation’s project managers the benefit of experience

acquired “on the job” since 1993. This allows your project

managers to integrate the imparted information much earlier in their professional

career

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WHY CONSIDER OUR SERVICES? (6)

The information imparted to the project managers can then be immediately used in their daily activities. This allows for rapid improvement of their productivity and

an enhanced solution delivery capability within the time frame, budget and quality.

Advice is practical in nature, simple and based on actually experienced situations

Subject material can include the following project management pillars:

“Technical aspects”, such as requirements definition, planning, etc. as identified in the PMI Book of

Knowledge PMBOK)

Non-technical or “soft” aspects such as communication, conflict management, team

motivation, etc.

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SERVICE OFFERING DESCRIPTION (1)S

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e: Aims to cover as many project

management aspects (technical, soft or both) as possible, according to the context

Consists of following a project manager in his/her daily activities for a specified period of time

Deliverable: a report of identified aspects during that period to the project manager and his/her superior, if desired

Typical duration: one week

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SERVICE OFFERING DESCRIPTION (2)

PMOptimise Program :Aims to find solutions to facilitate or improve adoption of certain aspects of project management viewed as problematic by the client

• For example, there may be a week adoption level of the project risk management process as defined in the client’s methodology

•Another example: there may be a low adoption level of the format and content of a project status report defined in the client’s methodology

Consists of reviewing the identified problematic processes/tools of the project management

methodology and identify the root causes by canvassing project

managers

Deliverable: a report identifying

modifications to make to the methodology

Typical duration: two weeks

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SERVICE OFFERING DESCRIPTION (3)

Mentor Program :Consists of providing advice on a certain number of project management topics selected by the clients’ participants.

•Can be dispensed on an individual basis or to a limited number of participants (maximum three)

Two approaches offered:

•Two or three days on a continuous basis, according to the number of topics identified by the participants

•One or two sessions per week for several weeks

•Deliverable: set of structured notes for each topic covered

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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