Successful Projects are one that gets delivered on-time, within budget and within scope – ACSE project management methodology ensures that all the three are in the green. Our project management starts with the engagement and the first step is to get the right team on both the sites. We go through the process of forming, norming and storming to get the best skilled resource for the project who then gets dedicated from start to project going live. Our project management strategy is aimed at successful project delivery and we order the project phases and align it to this goal keeping the core processes intact.
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Project Planning
ACSE project planning is an all-encompassing approach for development of a project plan. It defines all the stages and activities for the project and the methodology for achieving the same. We come with our proven tools and technologies and assimilate it with the client project management assets to gain complete buy in from all stakeholders.
Benefits- Project phases are defined, measurable and trackable
- Project tasks and activities are defined with interlinkages and dependencies
- Visible and accepted by all project stakeholder
- Flexible approach to incorporate changes with minimal impact
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Scope Management
ACSE believes that scope management is the key to project success, as our project management is not project completion but on-time and within budget delivery. Be it time and material or a fixed bid project all projects are executed as per the agreed upon scope, without any scope creep or gold plating.
Benefits- Project deliverables are identified and visible
- Task and resource assignment are mapped
- Expectation setting for all stakeholders
- On-time and within budget delivery
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Change Management
Change management is a continuous part of integrated project management. It could be a project change or environmental change – both has to be managed for project success. ERP implementation does brings in a lot of changes and ACSE methodology is to keep the stakeholders informed on a continuous basis rather than loading all changes upon going live.
Benefits- Seamless Change Management
- Change Impact analysis for project goal
- Effort and cost analysis for change
- Acceptability from all stakeholders
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Communication Management
ACSE communication management means being in touch with the real challenges of the project, understanding the real issues within the team who must deliver the project as well as understanding the issues of the sponsors who the team delivers the project for. Being present, visible and engaged with everyone is IMPORTANT - during the good times and the challenging times.
Benefits- Project is always aligned to the vision
- Up to date status reporting and presentations
- Better team management and retention
- Early risk identification and mitigation
- Improved performance from better communication
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Risk and Risk Mitigation
With ACSE Risk and Risk mitigation starts with preparation of the project plan. All external, internal and process risks are identified and their mitigation are planned. We record, track and take ownership of all risks. As per ACSE methodology any assumption on the project or process qualifies as risk, which is recorded tracked and managed.
Benefits- Guaranteed successful project delivery
- Maximize risk identification and minimize risk impact on project
- Mitigation plan ready before any risk occurrence
- All project assumptions closed and validated with proper mitigation plans
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Team Building
ACSE believes that a team approach is the best solution to address issues in a project. ACSE approach is to complete the forming, storming and norming phase of team building in the initial stages of the project, so that you get a stable team. Every team member is an asset who is matched to their strength area.
Benefits- Team has a clear purpose and their vision, mission and goals are aligned
- Clear expectation and role from every team member
- Skills diversity adds to the project strength
- Every member leads and participates and contributes to the project success
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Cost Management
ACSE believes in on-time and within budget project delivery. Cost management is an integral part of every project phase. The expensed cost and realized value of the project is reviewed at every phase to align the activities to the budgeted cost. Cost Management starts with accurate project budgeting that includes seen and unforeseen cost to the project and contingency planning and budgeting for the same.
Benefits- Accurate project costing and budgeting
- No cost escalation surprise for the top management
- Proper costing and management ensures all resource availability for project execution and success
- Eyes on cost keeps project within scope
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Quality Management
Project quality is a part of integrated continuous project process. ACSE maintains quality not only on the deliverables, but also on its people and overall project delivery. We conduct peer review, audit and resource trainings to keep the performance matching to the project goals.
Benefits- Increased acceptability and customer satisfaction
- Better value for Cost of quality
- Timely, Consistent and Complete project delivery
- Stakeholders acceptance
ACSE project management methodology is more of a strategy for achieving the project goal than a standard project management phases. In the entire project management all phases talks to one another and are traceable and transparent. The client environmental factors and business operations are an integrated part of ACSE project management plan. We bring to the table our project management assets that gets integrated with your organizational assets to get complete buy in from all stakeholders - "Together we march towards project success".