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Best Practice: Methodology/Lifecycle Development Methodology/Lifecycle Development
 

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Overview
AMS deploys solutions based on customized industry and experiential best practice.  Our team of executive level consultants will work with your organization to craft the best implementation of any service, solution suite and correlating best practice.  This holistic approach to creating business solutions will render high value ROI, continuity and embedded value.

In order for an organization to be truly successful in its project management efforts, projects must be managed consistently, with the same level of standards and rigor enterprise-wide.  AMS can help your organization create one management platform, which effectively integrates people, process, and technology.  A structured methodology and lifecycle will guide project managers at all levels in the initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and close-out of phases of a project.

Our best practice methodology contains standard forms, checklists and other helpful tools to effectively manage any project.  Additionally our experience in Enterprise Solutions allows us to dovetail the creation of a custom methodology with any existing organizational structure and/or technology platform.

 

AMS methodologies are not "canned" products.  An AMS executive level consultant is assigned to each client in order to ensure that the approach is accurate and all contents of the method are fully customized to the client’s industry, company and specific needs.  This unique collaborative implementation model is why clients worldwide have selected AMS over others to meet their Project Management development needs.

 

A typical implementation and methodology may contain these development items:

  • Overview

  • Cost/value/benefits analysis

  • Project office support structure development or alignment

  • Project Team configuration and alignment

  • Roles and responsibilities definition and work package dissemination

  • Project Classification matrix development

  • Requirements by size and type matrix development

  • Initiating/approving the Project decision tree development

  • Conditions of satisfaction process and application

  • Creating the project plan process design

  • Joint project planning training

  • Launching the project techniques

  • Activity scheduling and work assignments process

  • Executing/monitoring the project and associated tools

  • Status reporting systems/process

  • Revising plans via change order process

  • Assessing the plan against objectives

  • Project closeout steps and client hand off process

  • Lessons learned and continuous improvement

 

The above list is not complete or representative of a finished product.  The AMS core content inventory is wide and deep allowing clients to benefit from a solid foundation ultimately reducing development and customization time.

AMS can customize any best practice to fit your organizational needs.