Handling projects is no easy task, especially if these are big. Huge projects would entail a lot of effort, time, money, and interest. This is precisely why project managers need to carefully plan the entire process to ensure the project’s success. This is where the importance of creating a project management scorecard takes place.
The concept of a project management scorecard is not really new. In fact, it has been around for quite some time now that more than a hundred of huge businesses or companies around the world have already been using it to realize and meet their needs. But what is the project management scorecard really all about? Actually, this has something to do with the scorecard being a measurement system that works to evaluate the performance and operational functions that govern the entire process. Simply put, it measures the success of project management solution.
A lot of project management scorecards are currently being offered for downloads online. These materials are sold for every project manager to take, and it’s worth knowing that the scorecards appeal to many leaders knowing that it allows them to assess their projects even before it is completed. This obviously is a necessary endeavor since monitoring the progress of a certain task can help make the outcome positive.
One popular project management scorecard product available online today is the PM Scorecard(TM). This product is designed to deliver some of the best project management practices that could help managers handle their projects well. Other than that, the managers that would avail of this product will learn the proper way to manage people, financial concerns, communications, and even any possible risk that may occur.
The PM Scorecard is basically a web-based program. This means that there’s no need for you to download or install anything to your personal computer in order to utilize it. Much drive space would be saved with this web-based scorecard! The PM scorecard works by first allowing the participants involved in the project to answer survey questions that are all tailored to their own views of the project they’re holding. From there, the project will be ranked with respect to the performance of the business, the project, and the team holding it. Each of these measurement areas will be ranked according to their importance. This is where information about the market impact, organizational impact, strategic impact, project cost, schedule, performance quality, project team communication, resource management, and team dynamics are tackled. Once everything is considered, a report will be given, which comes in different formats. What’s further interesting to know about the report is that it includes a comprehensive guide on how a manager can interpret the suggestions and scores provided. This way, the manager can make sure that his or her interpretation of the provided information would be as accurate as possible. Interpreting these the wrong way would defeat the purpose of employing the project management scorecard in the first place.
Building your own project management scorecard can also be possible provided that you know everything about your project objectives and expectations. The key here is to plan your projects carefully, and make sure that everything is done to generate the best results.
By: Sam Miller
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Assessing Projects With Project Management Scorecard
April 16th, 2010Take control today with Landscape managed printing solutions
December 2nd, 2009ed Print Solutions
Uncontrolled print environments are estimated to account for between 1% and 3% of an organisation’s total revenue – yet it is often an area that is literally left to its own devices.
Printers and copier technology in the majority of businesses has evolved by necessity, rather than by design. Resulting in an infrastructure made up of devices from a diverse range of manufacturers with a large inventory of varying supplies. With IT budgets constantly being cut, it’s often believed that cost savings can be made through the deployment of new technologies and techniques. But in truth, it’s understanding how your existing technology is being used, and how money is being spent that is critical for making cost savings – right from the company-wide daily usage of printers and imaging devices, through to where they are situated, and the volume of consumables being ordered.
Use a managed approach and make big savings
The Landscape Group is one of the UK’s fastest growing multi-faceted IT solution providers. Based in Hampshire, it has over the past fourteen years established a reputation for outstanding quality, supply, service and support of HP’s extensive IT portfolio.
Our HP managed print solutions (MPS) enable you to gain control of your complex print environment.
We assume responsibility for the management of either part of, or the entire print environment, and can handle the full range of activities including assessment, fleet optimisation, asset management, maintenance and support, enabling your organisation to:
Reduce total ownership costs – by increasing visibility into the true cost of managing your print environment you can realise immediate and long-term savings Enhance productivity – by gaining control, you can help free up technical resources and enable employees to save time and work more effectively Reduce risk – by leveraging Landscape’s expertise your organisation is better able to protect and control its assets Improve environmental sustainability – through reducing your energy consumption and environmental impact Accelerate business results – by focusing on improving key workflows and process efficiencies you can bring better bottom-line outcomes
The complete package
By choosing managed print solutions from Landscape and HP, your company will benefit from a fully optimised, managed and supported print and copy infrastructure. Working together with you, we put the right devices, with the right capabilities, in the right places.
You never have to worry about supplies inventory or shortages, inappropriate quality or unscheduled maintenance.
Because we understand that all organisations are different, our three tier approach to MPS enables us to create the solution that is appropriate to your business:
Assess the Fleet
Landscape will assess your existing print environment to identify the number of devices, how they are utilised and what the user requirements are. Usage patterns, customer requirements and other user dynamics will be collated to create an effective deployment plan. Landscape will assess your existing print environment to identify the number of devices, how they are utilised and what the user requirements are. Usage patterns, customer requirements and other user dynamics will be collated to create an effective deployment plan. By ensuring your fleet is working to its full potential, Landscape will help you release capacity and office space whilst maximising print efficiency and reducing print related support incidents.
Optimise the Fleet
Following assessment, Landscape will ensure your devices are deployed in the most effective way in terms of asset utilisation and productivity. To assist with this Landscape specify a programme of HP Smart Printing Services, tailor-made for your organisation, with an all-inclusive price comprising:
Hardware – the most suitable HP printers and MFPs for your needs and environment Supplies – assistance with monitoring and managing your print supplies Services – installation, training, support and maintenance services
Maintain the Fleet
Once your fleet is deployed and optimised, Landscape will help you to manage the process of ongoing fleet monitoring, accounting and asset control. Utilising HP Pay for Print services, Landscape can provide an automated and simplified supplies replenishment process, enabling you to significantly reduce your printing costs for improved ROI and provide critical management reporting for a better overview of printer performance and supplies consumption. Alongside UK-wide service and support from our UK based call centre.
Save up to 30% on your print costs
Hidden and uncontrolled costs, poor utilisation of resources and low visibility into the print environment all add up to a big headache for most organisations. Studies show that as much as 90% of your total print expenses may be invisible or uncontrolled.
Landscape can work with you to reduce your costs by up to 30% through the effective management of your print environment, and provide the following compelling business benefits:
Reduced print related support incidents Released capacity and office space Increased staff productivity
Don’t leave your print environment to its own devices.
Take control today with Landscape managed print solutions.
The Landscape Group is an HP Office Printing Solutions Specialist and Gold Partner and can provide all the products listed in this article. Telephone +44 (0)2392 572572 for further information.
By: R Steiner
