Program Management Services


Business and IT initiatives are a means to establish new capabilities that create added value for organizations.  Ensuring the successful implementation of these initiatives is not a trivial task and requires not only strong resources skilled in multiple disciplines, but also an overall governance structure within which these resources can operate and perform effectively.  Cornerstone can provide both the resources and the framework to help mitigate risks and increase the probability of success.  Cornerstone can help establish and integrate an effective Program Management capability across the organization and in the process help institutionalize critical management practices and policies.

 

Program Management is the discipline of managing a group of interdependent projects and/or programs and requires an integrated approach and set of capabilities across people, process and supporting tools.  The Cornerstone Program Management Framework provides the overall construct that facilitates this tight integration for realizing consistent, predictable outcomes.  Integral to the framework is the establishment of a Program Management Office (PMO) that serves as the central command and control center.

  • Develops scorecards with common, measurable metrics and baselines
  • Monitors, manages and controls risk
  • Establishes tools to continuously monitor and simulate key performance information
  • Establishes common processes, templates, planning tools, infrastructure, etc. to enable effective communications, coordination and collaboration across enterprise-wide initiatives
  • Constantly assesses program/project status, ROI, risks, resources, assets and barriers to achieving critical milestones, and manages necessary changes
  • Establishes the framework to provide essential communication, governance and control over the transformation program to ensure strategic alignment and the success of the program