Abstract:

Remember times when computer programmers designed, architected, coded, and installed technology products to support business processes and operations? The same person was doing it with data stored on tape. Since then the computer science evolved into the Information Technology industry, the industry of servicing business needs and providing full scale technology solutions. As the IT industry was growing and becoming more mature, so was the need to bring structure to its function. At every stage of IT evolution there was a lifecycle management process adopted by the industry. Several methodologies became industry standards and lay a foundation to the IT organization structure. Typical IT operations today include multi-functional teams of designers, architects, developers, testers, and project managers. Some of the IT operations might be outsourced to another company, which may reside in a different geographical location, even in another country. Organization structure of the IT project prioritization, management, and monitoring became its own standalone arm of IT. It is called Program / Project Management Office. The main reason for this arm is to establish the bridge between business processes and operations that require IT assistance with IT service provider. In order to reach the goal of setting up effective and efficient PMO within the organization, PMO has to implement single process of Project Lifecycle and set governance rules and organizational procedures. The Composite Unified Process provides a unique way to establish single process for all IT initiatives without compromising on project flexibility. We all know that “One size fits all” does not work. Not all projects are the same; same methodology and process setup for all projects always fail. We also know that from the high level view, management and monitoring require transparency between teams, between stages, even between sub-projects. Composite Unified Process (CUP) utilizes all previously adopted IT methodologies, and combines those based on the proven results to provide the best fit a particular project.


Presenters:
Dr. Kate Goldenberg and Steve Rollins, MBA, PMP, PMOC