The project manager of your key project just informed you that the delivery date needs to be delayed and that the costs are going to be greater than expected. You approved a similar change request the previous month. The users are revolting, a critical customer is getting uneasy, and the CFO wants to discuss the status of the project with you. You need a quick, accurate, and independent assessment of the project status. Where do you turn?
XD3 project management specialists have directly managed and overseen programs with hundreds of resources on multiple continents. We have directed projects of strategic importance to companies ranging from Start-Ups to Fortune 100 companies. We have the experience and knowledge to quickly understand the many intricacies of a complex project and to pinpoint its strengths, weaknesses, and flaws. We can quickly deliver accurate information that you require to make critical decisions.
XD3's comprehensive 42 point Status Assessment Scorecard will help to pinpoint the trouble areas and potential failure points within your project. Our Scorecard prevents the tendency to focus on the symptoms rather than the true causes of project problems. Recognizing the need to assess the project status quickly but accurately; we will work with your project team to quickly review the project across all key areas and provide an independent assessment that will provide a map for project recovery. XD3 will not only provide you with the targets of opportunity within the project; we will help your team identify potential solutions for the critical problems and trouble areas. Your project team can use the combination of the Status Assessment and recommended solutions to begin the process of Project Turnaround.
We all know about them. We call them "The Project from H___" The project is not where it needs to be, and there seems to be no way that it can get to where it needs to go. You’ve received an independent assessment which confirms your fears that this project appears out of control. You risk alienating your users even further and creating irreparable harm to a key client. Where do you turn to get this project "Back on Track" with a plan that everyone including yourself can believe in and manage to success?
We at XD3, have the skills and experience necessary to guide a troubled project "back on track". An ongoing project can be further traumatized by wholesale change and lose any momentum which it has achieved. The key is to identify the critical changes which are necessary for success and to implement them in aggressive manner without destroying the morale of the project team. Our project management specialists can act as the catalyst for this change and ensure that the project is put clearly on the path to success.
XD3’s Project Recovery Program will provide the framework for guiding your troubled project Back on Track towards successful completion.
Following the completion of the first step, our Status Assessment Scorecard and our project management specialists will guide your project team through the process putting your project Back on Track towards success. We will help your team identify the appropriate targets of opportunity, determine solutions for critical problems and trouble areas, and re-launch a project prepared for success.