The Process ParadigmA Project Management Use

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Process as a Differentiator

People

The Common Pillars of a Strategy

follow

PROCESS enforced by

Technology

Process as a Differentiator

Two organizations can have the samePeopleTechnology

But one can outperform the other on account of Different Processes

Well-defined, automated business processes allow you to bring products to market sooner (“shorter time to market”). Lower costs due to increased efficiencies make your company more competitive.

Project Management

Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. It’s a strategic competency for organizations, enabling them to tie project results to business goals — and thus, better compete in their markets.

A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources.

And a project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies.

Why is it Important ?

Why is it ImportantProject management requires the ordering of tasks

These can be organized into processes

These processes can be repeatable thus forming a discipline – Project Management

But isn’t this a SPUG meeting ?Workflow is sometimes described as a series of tasks that produce an outcome.

Workflows help people to collaborate on documents and to manage project tasks by implementing business processes on documents and items in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Workflows help organizations to adhere to consistent business processes, and they also improve organizational efficiency and productivity by managing the tasks and steps involved in business processes. This enables the people who perform these tasks to concentrate on performing the work rather than managing the workflow.

Obtained from Microsoft

SharePoint Can be Used for Project Management

But why stop at project management ?

With an understanding of business process management one can use SharePoint to give organizations the competitive advantage

Who Am I

I go by the name Richard Magu and I tweet as @richardmagu and @ukofreshlakiniI am crazy about Business Intelligence and intrigued by Enterprise Architecture.I am no guru on SharePoint but its possibilities drive me nuts.