Project Management with TechModal

At TechModal we use a unique planning approach developed by PlexusPlanning thats helps you realise the following benefits as part of a single focused initiative.

Decreased planning lead-time

• removes logistical obstacles to planning (diary and travelling)

• allows more concurrent planning to happen during timetabled workshops

• allows non-concurent planning to happen (creation of information dependencies without immediately stating what satisfies them)

• promotes reuse of project logic

• removes the scheduling overhead (this is automated)

Increased Planning Efficieny

• fully consistent with company planning processes

• makes planning systematic

• promotes good method and behaviours

• fully engages geographically dispersed participants economically

• logic can be built up using the most convenient and intuitive representation of the project (network, timeline, matrix)

• supports efficient splicing of reusable and bespoke project logic

• removes constant schedule rework during plan development (since this is automatically derived)

 

Improved Plan Quality

• allows and encourages planning to be done at correct level of detail

• participants are warned about common modelling errors and poor practice in real-time leading to improved plans

• promotes consistent application of proven reusable project frameworks and logic

• identifies the optimum sequence and schedule of activities within and outside of blocks of iteration whilst respecting resource and other constraints and targets

• allows the trade off of resource application and risk mitigation to be analysed and optimised

• determines resource profiles required for planning and cost estimating purposes, across the whole project or programme

 

Improved execution and control

• gives clear visibility of what information is needed, its fidelity and when

• gives clear visibility of the information dependency structure up and down the supply chain

• turns the Integrated Master Schedule into a pro-active tool for what if analysis

• provides a deep understanding of the critical paths and extends this to take into account resource pinch points

• provides an excellent basis for earned value analysis (not merely completion of activities)

• allows progress and plan detail to be appropriately reported for a given audience or an Earned Value Analysis system

• is consistent with and compliments the existing executive project system

• allows the whole organisation to see how they contribute to the project and thereby encourages good behaviours (e.g. doing what you said you would do)

 

Improved Understanding of the Impact of Uncertainty

• identifies and communicates iteration in the project and the activities and risks associated with them

• provides confidence intervals for cost and time (from 3 point estimates and monte-carlo analysis)

• provides a probabalistic view of the critical path & chain