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Plans are just good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. -Peter Drucker 7 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
67% of strategies fail due to poor implementation Source: Carucci, R. (November, 2017). Executives Fail to Execute Strategy Because They’re Too Internally Focused. Harvard Business Review , UC STRATEGY Analysis 8 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
Why Strategy Implementations Fail Unactionable Strategy Unclear Plan OrganisationalMisalignment Ineffective Monitoring Inexperienced Management Source: Carucci, R. (November, 2017). Executives Fail to Execute Strategy Because They’re Too Internally Focused. Harvard Business Review , UC STRATEGY Analysis
A Program Management Office (PMO) approach mitigates implementation failure risk 10 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
PMO Archetypes A B C D Strategic Transformational Functional Transitional
Typical Goals • Ensure BU heads have context of projects • Provide requisite analytical/ strategic support to achieve goals Project Types Key CEOs Role • Communicate to broader stakeholders Aligning independent BUs with corporate direction CEOs PMO Role • Blended Corporate direction setting A Key PMO Capability Strategic • Coach BU executives & project members • Analytical depth • Operational understanding Reporting Frequency • Weekly reports • Monthly all hands meeting
Typical Goals • Achieving NPS of >50 • Increase automation of planning and fulfilment process Project Types Key CEOs Role • Set vision • Define end state • Review outcomes • Communicate to broader stakeholders Customer experience improvement CEOs PMO Role Redesign and implementation of production process • Supportive B Transformational Key PMO Capability • Set up transition architecture • Coach BU executives & project members Reporting Frequency • Weekly reports • Monthly all hands meeting
Typical Goals • Achieving a revenue target of X • Reducing SG&A spend • Preparation of relevant strategy material for fund raise Project Types Key CEOs Role • Clarify priorities • Set urgency • Define end state • Review outcomes & bottlenecks • Make decisions Revenue Growth CEOs PMO Role Cost Optimisation • Blended C Functional Key PMO Capability • Strategic perspective • Echo CEO’s voice • Analytical rigor • Operational understanding • Analytical rigor • Operational understanding • Set pace Supporting Preparation for IPO PE Entry & Exit Reporting Frequency • Weekly reports • Monthly all hands meeting
Typical Goals • No reduction in sales • Clarity of reporting structures • Preparation of relevant business strategy material for fund raise Project Types Key CEOs Role • Define end state • Review outcomes and debottleneck Post-merger integration CEOs PMO Role Post-investment transition • DIrective D Transitional Key PMO Capability • Set up transitional architecture • Ensure visibility for all stakeholders Reporting Frequency • Weekly reports • Monthly all hands meeting
PMO Benefits PMO approach brings several sustained benefits • To enhance coordination and communication amongst various internal divisions, project teams • To improve decision making in line with overall strategic goals • To ensure optimal allocation of funds amongst projects • To assign resources based on capabilities • To ensure efficient prioritization given various constraints Standardisation • To understand the linkages, dependencies between various projects in the portfolio • To increase accuracy of projects in terms of the budget, resources and schedule associated with them • To reduce likelihood of project failure Alignment Efficiency • To enhance coordination and communication amongst various internal divisions, project teams • To improve decision making in line with overall strategic goals • To align the portfolio of projects with an eye toward future strategy • Most important reason/ advantage of PMO Communication Accuracy
PMO Functions Portfolio Management Governance Coordination Solution Design • Initiative prioritization • Initiative charter development • Initiative’s benefit estimation • Resource management • Milestone and KPI, KRA definition • Risk management • Reporting structure • Status reporting • Escalation matrix • Issue escalation • CEO’s dashboard designing • CEO’s review cadence development • Stakeholder management • Communications • Cross functional team management • Extending support- methodologies, tools, templates etc. • Define • Diagnose • Deliberate • Develop • Deploy 17 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
Project Review Cycles PMO Processes (5Ps) Program Architecture Project Review Cycles Progress Tracker 1 2 3 4 5 Project Charters Prioritisation • Steering Group • Program office • Work-streams • Enablers • Projects ranked based on implementation ease & benefit • Quick wins implement priority • Complex ones further planning • Project owners • Goals and targets • interdependencies • Risks • Fixed weekly review • Program office review • Steering group review • Other stakeholders review • Projects at risk requiring action • Delayed- effort to bring on track • Completed and yet to start projects
Roles and Responsibilities of Key Stakeholders Program Architecture 1 Board • Set the high-level principles • Provide Strategic Guidance • Deal with conflicting priorities and high-level resource issues • Provide approval on milestones and KPIs CEO • Develop the overall project sequencing • Identify and manage work stream interdependencies • Extend support in terms of providing tools, methodologies etc. • Monitor, track and report project progress • Provide problem resolution • Co develop the solution Strategy Office PMO UC STRATEGY Functional Team • Manage functional team • Execute and deliver the desired/agreed KPIs/KRAs/outcomes of the initiatives • Report to project manager (PMO) about the progress and roadblocks if any Workstream Champion • Execute day to day activities • Report to workstream champion about the progress and roadblocks if any Functional Team 19
Prioritisation 2 Initiatives are ranked based on ease of implementation and financial benefit ‘Strategic Initiatives’ Prioritise The resulting matrix illustrates each initiative’s return on effort relative to other initiatives Initiative G High Initiative A Initiative I Initiative B Initiative H Initiative C Quick wins are implemented immediately Benefit IncreasingReturn on Effort Initiative D Initiatives closer to the top right of the matrix provide high returns for relatively low effort and are prioritized Initiative E Low Initiative F Initiative H ‘Quick Wins’ Defer Strategic initiatives typically require further investigation beyond that undertaken in the assessment phase (“complex”) initiatives High Low Implementation Difficulty 20 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
Project Review Cycles 4 M T • Communication of key issues/ themes for the week • Updating of all trackers in readiness for the Program Office Review • Individual work stream sessions held as required S 4 11 18 25 M 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 W 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 S 3 10 17 24 September • Program Group Review • All work streams • All projects • Steering Gp Issues • Updated trackers circulated S M T W T F S W • Review of Program Office outputs • Resolution of outstanding Program Office issues • Preparation of steering group material T • Steering Group Review • Overall status • Strategic issues • Red work streams • Amber work streams • Green work streams • Next steps • Weekly communications • Schedule/ key events for next week F 22 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
Escalation Matrix 5 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 23 • © 2020 Universal Consulting India Pvt Ltd Confidential
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