Manager, Portfolio, Programme & Project Office (Pmo)
Perth, Western Australia, Au
Silver Chain is one of the largest providers of community, residential and health services in Western Australia, assisting over 39,000 people each year. As the P3O Manager, the objectives were to establish the office, add rigour and process to project and programme management and to mentor and coach members of the organisation (at all levels) to improve project management understanding. Managed a portfolio of 48 projects with a combined value of over $100mPrincipal achievements:• Significantly increased the organisation's capacity to deliver projects on time, on budget and to the correct quality standards.• Created mechanisms to make project progress clearly visible to the organisation.• Developed Governance models to ensure that the correct accountabilities were in place.• Increased stakeholder involvement in projects, resulting in better defined and smoother implementation and benefits realisation.• Used the ‘P3M3’ (Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model) assessment to measure the progress of organisational maturity, has moved the maturity of the project management activity from level 1 (awareness of process) to level 2 (repeatable process) with 5 of the 9 areas exceeding level 3.• Established PRINCE2 as the de facto project management methodology for corporate projects.• Defined new policies, procedures and governance frameworks for project and programme management based on PRINCE2 and MSP methodologies.• Through combining in-house coaching and mentoring and external training increased the number of PRINCE2 accredited staff in the organisation by 28.• Programme Manager for the ‘quality Program’ using the ‘Managing Successful Programmes’ methodology. This is a strategic initiative to increase the quality of systems, procedures and services. The programme comprised of 26 projects each run using PRINCE2 methodology. There were 14 Project Managers in place to deliver these.