StarPMO Profile

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Corporate ProfileIndia Operations, January 2014

Corporate ProfileIndia Operations, January 2014


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It's all about the wise strategic decisions and tools which guide the success of a Business or

the people behind it. Every organization and Individuals have lot of untapped potential

within. When there is a need to tap this potential businesses and business leaders look to

us.

Whether in India, US, Europe or elsewhere, companies and executives find their way to us

to guide and grow their competencies, values, skills and relevance. All Our products and

programs are aimed to reach this latent power directly and comprehensively.

Because we always keep-up to their expectations and because we always deliver what we

promise, we always end up creating a greater value.

W e l c o m e t o t h e S t a r PM O , w h e r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s a r e t r an s f o r m e d i n t o b u s i n e s s v a l u e .

Prologue


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Table of Contents

Introduction and Importance of Project Management

StarPMO Snapshot

Service Portfolio and delivery

Impact Delivered

Layers of Excellence

Business Approach

Engagement Model

Sample Engagements

Infotech: PMBOK Training

ADP: ACI Agile Training IQuanti: Kanban Consulting

A few customers

Key Partners

Team Profiles

Project Delivery Process

Service Offering details

Project Management Trainings Project Management Consulting

PM Case study development

PMO setup

PM Impact analysis

Performance Benchmarking


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Project Management and the Competitive Advantage of Implementing project management across

organization helps create a strategic value chain that gives companies an edge on their competitors.

Looking for a way to stay ahead of the pack in todays competitive and chaotic global economy,

companies are turning to project management to consistently deliver business results. Leading

organizations across sectors and geographic borders have been steadily embracing project

management, helping streamline their delivery process, cut costs and sidestep risks, enabling them

to implement stronger project management practices for the future.

StarPMO, a global project management consulting firm, delivers experience and expertise in both

the design and the implementation of numerous project management initiatives across a wide

spectrum of industries, domains and organizations.

At StarPMO, we view project management as a journey, not as a mere project. By developing

a clear understanding of your project management needs, we work across process, people

and technology to make project success a reality for the long term.

Introduction


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# 1 Project Management Training & Consulting Partner for firms & corporates in India

Delivered Training services across 15 countries in 4 languages across the globe.

On field presence in 6 Indian cities for Project Management Training & Consulting

24x7 support through 5 cities across India, USA and Bahrain.

60+ Support staff and growing

Working directly with 20+ firms currently

Executed 500+ Corporate engagements in last 4 years

50% of Fortune 500 companies have employees who are trained in our PublicWorkshops on Project Management across different cities of India.

We are the fastest growing external PMO advisory in India for

Projects Focused Organizations

StarPMO Snapshot


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Project ManagementConsulting

360 degree Evaluation of Project performance, Voice of Customer (VOC) Analysis,Bench marking tools , change management etc

Project ManagementTraining

All Project Management Trainings are based on PMI Standards like PMBOK,Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Agile Certification Institute ACMS etc

Case Study Development Our hundreds of internal case studies on various aspects of project management

can be customized to your unique needs, situation and industry

Custom Project EducationModules Our R&D consulting team will analyze your current state and develop customizedcontent for your internal usage which brings about desired change.

E-Learning Modules Online Training modules for all aspects of Project Management like Time,

Budgets, Quality , Risk etc. Our experiences make them very effective.

Project SimulationDevelopment

Our patented PlayJect allows project simulation useful to deepen understandingof projects by providing experiential learning and in a gamified setting.

PMO

Setup

Project Templates and dashboards creation, Project Tracking and Controlling toolsand metrics development for you to raise your projects efficiency.

PM ERP

Development

Development of ERP tools for Project Management and hybrid ProjectManagement tools

Our Service Portfolio

Service Area Example Works


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Service delivery based on Research

Market Research

Team of seasoned Project

Management experts.

Matured processes in place

to quickly get you the

benefits of project

management at a largeenterprise scale.

Part of PMI Research

publications and conference

presentations on Project

Management and latest

tools and concepts. You get

access to most advanced

Project Management tools.

500+ corporate

engagements done in

various sectors and

knowledge internalized.

Access to research articles

and reports on project andprogram management.

Partner network in

India: capability to

provide services in all

cities of India.

Outside India: By ourconsultants & partner

channels.

Business Research

Industry Experts with 20+

years of experience in

IT

Education

Retail

AutomotiveManufacturing

Health care etc

All consultants work with

our IT product development

team and have hands on

experience in Project

Management.

Industry Expertise


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Impact Delivered by our services

Problem Areas SolutionIllustration of Tools

used

Project

Selection

Project

Planning

Project

Execution

Project

Efficiency

Not able to meet SLAs agreed

Assigned resources not able to

join the project

Projects of interest lost out to

competitors

Projects Taking longer than

planned

Frequent repeat work and re work

Project not able to reach the setgoals

Strong involvement ofPMO and feasibility study

Resource selection based

on skill & not availability

Database of OPAs made

Improvement in

Estimation Techniques

using Raleigh curves

Standards creation andimplementation done

Critical Resources leaving the

team during execution

Lack of enthusiasm and creative

thinking

Frequent changes in projects

Improved incentive

policies

Team Building activities

Better clarity of roles &

engage stakeholders early

Project payoffs significantly lesser

High rate of failed projects

Lesser customer satisfaction

Less repeat customer projects and

losing existing projects midway

Risk Managementintegrated to planning

Improvement in

estimation and SLAs

EEFs and OPAs defined


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Strategy

Portfolio Management

Project and Requirements Management

Development, Collaboration, Delivery

StarPMO Layers of Project Management Expertise


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Service delivery philosophy

Overall

philosophy

Organization

specific

customization

360 degree

Analysis

Stage Reviews

and Feedback

Incorporation

Global and

Enterprise Level

Engagement


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Business Approach

DesignTransform

360o analysis for current

state evaluation

Analyze expectations

against needs and

requirements

Make decision on facts

and plan change

management

Collaborative

development

Manage Risk with

Feedback incorporation

Striving for Agility

True understanding andappreciation of project

methodologies

Continuous learning

engagement with our

post consulting services.

Unified understanding

with DEEP engagement.

Control


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Pre-engagement survey

Gap analysis freezing requirements

Agreeingfuture state

Design

Transformation Program

Execute thedesign

Confirm

DestinationState

Postengagementsurvey

Discussion Points

StarPMO standardized engagement process enables high degree of repeatability and

reliability to ensure First Time Right.

Final state is achieved in a controlled and planned way to ensure sustainable results.

Controllingtransformation

Understandi

ng currentstage

Standardized Engagement Model


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Sample Engagements


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PMO Head (1)

PMO (UT&CE)

Manager (1)

PMO Consultant

UT&CE (1)

PMO Consultant

Aero & HTH (1)

Analyst (Aero)

(1)

PMO

PMO : Project Management Office

UT : Utilities & Telecom

CE : Content Engineering

HTH : Hi-tech, Transportation & Home

Existing

New

PMO (Aero &

HTH) Manager

(1)

Analyst (HTH)

(1)

Analyst (UT)

(2)

Global Delivery

Model

CADAdmin

Practice, Bids

Soft Support,

MIS

Support Functions

HR

N&S

L&DAERO

Infotech- OEG

Sales, Mktg.

PMO Head: Accountable for PMO operations globally

PMO Manager: Accountable for technical processes, system implementations & compliance

PMO Consultant: Resident PM/domain experts, Coach, Mentor , provide trainings

PMO Analyst: Study, analyze, collate data and prepare reports

SPOC: Coordinate & support PMO operations at GEOs

Analyst (CE)

(3)

GEO

SPOCs

HTH

UT

Content

GEOs

QMS

Infotech- COO

Custom Project Education Module (1/5)

Infotech has 4 layered PMO Structure

SOURCE: StarPMO Asia Engagement Archive-2013


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Discussion Points

US based engineering divisions are not covered in this analysis. All

the PMO units report to COO

95% of respondents chose that project delay is money lost, in line

with thinking Time is Money. 90% of these respondents felt a few

days of delay in project does not mean any significant financial impact.

Project Estimation is an important factor for improvement

Consistency and reusable archiving will improve execution efficiency



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Mapping the Project Governance Structure



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Enterprise Level Project Management Maturity Survey



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1000+Survey

400+ Interviewed

200+ teleconferences done 4 lead consultants engaged

Custom content to case studies Development done

Consulting

Engagement

Project Management

Training

700+ trained in batch of 20

6 Trainings across 8 cities

3 Mid Engagement surveys with 98 % satisfaction rating

achieved

1 year support , several repeat sessions held

Consulting and PMO dashboard created

Efficiency improvement measurements & reports made

In post surveys (6 months after training), 95% reported Ontime project delivery improved significantly.

Engagement at Infotech Enterprises

Lavaraju

Yedllapalli

Head, PMO & GM, Infotech

StarPMOs trainers had impeccable knowledge of project management and

demonstrated outstanding teaching capabilities. We had a great interaction with

the trainers and the trainings were of great use to our project managers and well-

equipped them with the project management knowledge andframework

Post Training

Support to Online

Module



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Enterprise Agile Transformation (1/4)

ADP Ltd has large client base and huge legacy code

Discussion Points

ADP mostly relies on waterfall methods for R&D development

Transition to Agile development is business imperative and part of strategic planning

90% reported apprehension of their roles and career future due to transition. This was allayed as part of

change management and course curriculum designed for ADP.



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Development of Transition Framework


Discussion Points

R&D Team is based out of 3 locations and has about 4,000 associates.

Two day customized training sessions were made in batch size of 15-20 across these locations for one third of

R&D work force. This was mostly focused on Scrum and working in a distributed setting.

Additional teams in small groups were given deeper trainings in XP practices like TDD and Effective Pair

Programming


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Development of Transition Framework

Educate Assess Transition

Training plan

complete

Team Assessmentcomplete

Training started

Coaching sessions

Metrics dashboards

Training complete

Transition plans

created

Execute transition

plans

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

StarPMO Agile

Training across

business/locations

+

Coaching

Tech Level SettingScrum Master

Product Owner

Lean Practitioner

Team Self

Assessment

Maturity Guidance

and Metrics

Dashboards

Team Plans and

Transition Plans

Transition for

Selected Projects



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Objectives & requirements finalization with management

council

Custom content and case study development CMMI agile advisory done

800+ Trained in batches of 15-20

2 Trainers across Pune & Hyderabad

Feedback and improvement sessions held for every 3

sessions

Waterfall to agile transformation consulting offered

Agile dashboards created

Distributed team customization

Hands-on agile implementation

Engagement at ADP Pvt Ltd

Padmavathi

Gundapuneedi

Head, Process Excellence, ADP

StarPMOstraining approach includes case studies couples with exercises

and videos which is excellent for beginners to understand the concepts of

Agile and help in Large Scale Agile Transformation

Transformation

Coaching

Consulting

Engagement

Agile & Scrum

Training


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Agile Enterprise

Project

Team

Leadership

TeamLearning

Department

Human

Resources

Program / Portfolio management teams

Project

Team

Project

Team

Project

Team

ITeS Service Delivery

Offers SEO/SEM services to global clients.

The client wanted to find new ways of

managing projects which resulted in shorter

delivery cycle, improved quality and better

employee engagement.

Project ERP Tool Development (1/2)

iQuanti has a 3 layered Agile Enterprise architecture



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Teams have seen 20% reduction in the release

cycle time and 40% reduction in defects

output.

For sustainable Agile implementation, the HR

and the leadership team were trained on theAgile team practices and Agile leadership.

Project ERP Tool Development (2/2)

Implementation of Digital Kanban Tool

Delivery of Agile Training (ACMS 1.0)

Teams then chose appropriate methods

like Scrum / Kanban based on their

context and started practicing these

methodologies with the help of

professional Agile coaches from

StarPMO.

Teams also redefined their product

management strategy and defined

strong definition of Done for their

customer deliverables. Next Digital

Kanban ERPdeveloped.



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Trusted by leading organizations

P t ith K PM b di


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On-site-on-demand

solutions

All consultants are highly qualified and are from

top-notch B Schools like ISB or IIM-A etc havingminimum 10+ years of Projects Experience

Continuous learning

advantage

Seamless support

Quality Team

Consistent training

delivery

Choose from our globally acclaimed, ready-made

training solutions or get customized trainings to

suit your organization specific need

Our standardized training delivery model ensure

that users get similar quality of learning experience

across training programs, geographies

Our trainings are followed by e-learning content

that compliments the learning process

Seamless support from our consultants pre and

post engagement

Unmatched in-house research team. Best in class

research process for flexibility and timelinesResearch Expertise

Experience of working with various industry

associations and organizations includes across

IT, Engineering, Pharma, Construction etc

Clientele

Partners with Key PM bodies

Key Partners

StarPMO Differentiators

L d b lifi d d i d t


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CEO, Marketing Director

Global Sales & support Head

MBA- IIM LucknowM.S- Bradley University

Director, R&D and Business systems

Growth strategy and operations

M.S, Ph.D. Cornell University,

MBA- ISB, Hyderabad, B.Tech, IIT Madras

Dr. Srinivas Telukunta

Prashant Pawar

Srikanth Kumar KotaDurga Prasad

Pradeep Adireddy

Laxman Boddapatti

Led by qualified and experienced team

Director, Project Consulting

New Business Development

EGMP, IIM Bangalore

BE, University of Mysore

Director, Management Consulting

Organization Design Expert and SMEMBA, IIPM Noida

B.Tech, Nagarjuna University

Director, IT Product Development

Experiential Simulations Expert

MBA- ISB, Hyderabad

BE, Pune University

Director, Project Management Consulting

Expert IT Process Specialist

IT Project Management Process Design

M.C.A, Osmania University

St t i ll l d t i d t ifi l i


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70% - 80% Research

Best in class experts and empanelled

SMEs preparing the future road map

Our team of consultants come from FT-20

Business Schools.

Senior management worked with topcorporates

Exclusive Tier-I graduates at consultant

and trainer level

Unmatched quality of research team We target more on research effort for

better decision making

Efforts in Industry specific research

5% - 10% Envisioning and

preparing future roadmap

Strategically placed to industry specific analysis

10% - 20% Analysis

Gl b l h d t I di


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Sample verticals served

Semiconductors

IT and ITES

Pharma

Construction

Consumer Durables

Retail, Education

Global reach and strong India presence

Project deli er process (1/2)


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Project delivery process (1/2)

SOURCE: StarPMO Internal Discussion Archive-2012

A B C

Project Initiation Delivery Closure

Scope

Identification

Effort Estimation

and Approval

Engagement

Kickoff

1

2

3

Project Closure

Feedback

Internal

Documentation

1

2

3

Project

Delivery

ClientCommunication

Daily ProjectReview (DPR)

1

2 3



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For each ongoing activities

process maps are defined so

that consistent steps are

followed

Standard Operating

procedures are defined so that

results are consistent

Clients co-ordinate with a single

point of contact for clarity and

faster decision making


SOURCE: StarPMO Internal Discussion Archive-2012

Process Excellence for Project Delivery

Process Maps andSOPs

Common QueueManagement

Quality check andOngoing improvement

Learnings from other

engagements are incorporated

for superior results

Proprietary document

management system is used

Client feedback is

incorporated for faster

learning

Strong focus on

consistent

approach, timely

and quality

deliverables


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Service Offerings

PMI Project Management Trainings (1/4)


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This will involve a formal training for a period of 4 /2days basing

on the program

The training content can be customized based on the needs and

skill gap assessment report

This is used for: Overall project success rate goes up increasing your customer

satisfaction

Makes the project resources more productive and effective

Opens Doors to New Clients by establishing credibility

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About the Offering

Post training assessment survey

Training need Assessment Survey

Key Focus areas analysis




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CAPM

Target Audience: CAPM is ideal for team members and team leads with less than 3 years

of work experience but contribute significantly towards the successful execution of the

projects.

Designed for those with little or no project experience, the

CAPM demonstrates understanding of the fundamental knowledge,

terminology and processes of effective project management.

PMP

Target Audience: PMP training is ideal for experienced project managers looking to

solidify their skills and ensure that the project objectives are met with the constraints.

Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP demonstrates the

experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects. The

PMP recognizes demonstrated competence in leading and directing

project teams.

ACP

Target Audience: ACP training is ideal for project managers, team leads and individuals

with experience working on agile project teams or planning to work in Agile setting in the

future.

The ACP recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools

and techniques across agile methodologies like Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean

Software Development etc



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RMP

Target Audience: RMP training is ideal for project managers, team leads and individuals

working in business continuity planning, strategy roles, business risk mitigation, PMO etc.

The RMP fills the need for a specialist role in project risk management. It

recognizes unique expertise and competency in assessing and

identifying project risks, mitigating threats and capitalizing on

opportunities.

PfMP

Target Audience: PfMP training is ideal for Department heads, Strategy directors, Centre

Heads, General Managers, CXOs of the organization like CEO, CFO etc.

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is centralized management of

processes, methods, and technologies used by project managers PMOs

to analyze and collectively manage a group of current or proposed

projects.

PgMP

Target Audience: PgMP training is ideal for program and delivery managers looking to

solidify their skills and ensure that the program objectives are met with the constraints. In

addition, existing PMPs can find benefit with PgMP certification..

Program management is the process of managing several related projects,

often to improve organization's performance. Program Manager uses his

oversight to support project-level activity to ensure program goals are met.



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PMI-SP

Target Audience: PMI-SP training is ideal for delivery managers, architects, designers,

team leads and individuals working in project planning, PMO and delivery management.

PMI-SP credential recognizes unique expertise and competence to

develop and maintain project schedules, while possessing core

knowledge skills in all of areas of project management.

PlayJect

Target Audience: PlayJect is a business simulation game which is suitable for all the members of your

organization who either work in projects or provide support to projects. This is an excellent game for

you to provide as a part of your annual celebrations or in recruitment or promotion decision making

Playject is an experiential project management Learning and Assessment platform

simulation that is uniquely designed to simulate project management experiences

that are based on real life complex situations.

Playject also provides comprehensive dashboards with actionable insights and

intelligence for senior management which can be useful in many ways like training

the existing talent, recruiting or promoting talent based on actual performance in a

less costly virtual setting etc.

Playject incorporates global best practices in Project Management and has two

modules based on

1) Project Management Institute (PMI) PMBOK5 for traditional Projects2) Agile Certification Institute (ACI) ACMS 1.0 for Agile Projects

Project Management Consulting (1/3)


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This involves an online project management maturity and

general project management work survey This survey can be administered to about 100 odd

members from various projects spanning different teamsizes, structures and degree of success

This offering can be used for:

To understand the concerns and the various aspects of the

project work from various work groups involved in projects

Helps in understanding the gaps in project management

concepts.

About the Offering

Key findings

Assessment Framework

Dashboard on current understanding




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Based on the Pre-training survey, our team of project

management consultants will interview severalmembers from projects .

This offering is used for:

Understanding various aspects of projects which canbe improved in aspects relating to best practices

adoption, awareness creation, adoption of advanced

project work flow tools etc

About the Offering

Actionable Insights

Assessment Framework

Gap Analysis




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Using best practice methodologies, we assist with the

planning and delivery of projects

This is used for: Process design

Defining needs

Project proposals

Organizing teams, meeting facilitation

Risk management, plan development Project manager mentoring

About the Offering

Key Focus Areas

Consulting Framework

Engagement Model




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It provides learning through real situation one

regularly faces in their projects These case studies will provide better understanding

of the situations and analyse them more effectively

This is useful for project teams for: Synthesizing information from various perspectives

and find a suitable solution.

Focus on incorporating both the success factors and

failure drivers which is useful for future projects

About the Offering

Key Attributes Analysis

Focus area analysis

Designing Case study Framework


PMO setup


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Providing standards, methodologies and a set of PM tools

Managing project documentation (including risk registers,schedules, incident logs etc)

Developing competencies of personnel, including training

and mentoring for project managers

This is useful for:

To reduce the risk of projects failing to deliver to time, cost

and quality targets

To increase the success of projects in delivering the

business value expected

To make more effective use of scarce skills and resources

About the Offering

Post Setup Support

Detailed Need Analysis

Designing PMO Framework

PMO setup

PM Impact analysis


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This involves an online survey after a project management

initiative. This survey can be administered to members from various

projects spanning different team sizes, structures and

degree of success

This offering can be used for:

To understand the impact of the project management

initiative from various work groups involved.

Helps in understanding the further gaps in project

management concepts so as to have better initiative in

future

About the Offering

Actionable Insights

Designing Analysis Framework

Pre- Initiative and Post-Initiative

Surveys

PM Impact analysis



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