Provision of large project effectiveness

Much has been said and written on managing IT projects. However, as few as 1 in 40 projects implemented provided all the assumed organisational and strategic benefits and increased effectiveness. The longer the IT project, the bigger the related risk. Therefore, we offer iterative and incremental provision of project business results as well as close cooperation between the contractor and the ordering party.

How can PwC help you?

Definition of the project’s business value

Project financing consultancy:

Every project implemented in the context of your organisation has to have a good and real business reason. The reason constitutes the basis for the Steering Committee to make a decision on the investment implementation.

We support our customers in the assessment of the planned investments, development of a business reason, ROI modelling and monitoring of the benefits obtained as a result of project implementation.

Project review:

We perform project reviews to verify the grounds for the assumptions adopted and actions undertaken and to support change planning. As part of a project review, we also perform an analysis of interdependencies between the projects implemented within programmes and monitor the value of products provided by third parties (including integrators).

Change of project management:

Depending on the needs, we can offer solutions that emphasise the possibility to verify all the decisions taken (Prince2) or the most effective way of manufacturing products (Scrum). A very interesting option is to combine both these solutions with relevant Management of Products Manufactured.

Quality management in a project:

In addition, we provide support in the development of project quality plans and stages, approval criteria, testing plans, iterative quality reviews and support in the planning of specialised testing such as performance tests.

Benefits:

• Before the start of projects and investments:
  • development of an independent project feasibility study;
  • analysis of key assumptions as well as business grounds and expected business benefits by creating a return on investment model using net present value;
  • consultancy in terms of an execution formula, e.g. purchase, outsourcing, own execution and advice on the selection of specific market solutions by creating dedicated benchmarking reports;
  • support in the implementation of management standards for products, change, configuration, shareholders, communication, risk and quality.
• During project and investment implementation:
  • possibility to perform expert, independent, operating supervision over the implementation of the project on behalf of the Steering Committee members;
  • support in the acceptance of products from third parties and preparation of reports at defined milestones;
  • analysis of the value obtained in terms of the costs incurred (Earned Value Management);
  • support in the management of change, configuration, risk, shareholders, communication and quality.
• After project and investment implementation:
  • development of an independent project completion report that contains a verification of the implementation of the original business grounds,
  • support in the development of a subsequent actions plan,
  • support for the operating staff in taking responsibility for project results.
• Crisis management for threatened IT projects.