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Project Operations Delivery Lifecycle
Discover Valto's approach to project delivery using Microsoft D365 Project Operations. Learn how we manage resources, create delivery plans, and maintain ongoing communication for successful project outcomes.
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- 2 October 2024
Project Operations Delivery Lifecycle
At Valto we have Certified Project professionals who are dedicated to ensuring the successful delivery of your ‘xxxxxxx’ Project.
In this blog, I intend to share our critical first steps to launching a successful Project, and what you can expect from your journey with us whilst delivering your ‘(xxxxxx)’ Project.
Resourcing a Project
The ability to find the right skilled resource, at the right time can be challenging, however here at Valto we leverage the latest ‘Microsoft D365 Project Operations’ platform, enabling us to get the visibility and agility needed to drive success. ‘Microsoft D365 Project Operations’ maintains resource profiles to easily match people’s skillsets with projects and rate skills using proficiency models, ensuring you have the right Team of experts assigned to make your Project a success. I firmly believe that investing time and effort into a Project as early as the Initiation phase, identifying the right team will help a project succeed more easily.
Delivery Plan
Once your Team is assigned, working together, we will define a proposed delivery plan. All Projects are managed and maintained using ‘Microsoft D365 Project Operations’ platform, where we generate the Project Plan, assign tasks to Team members, manage the budget and track any Project Risks.
Integrating key Project documentation and tasks in one central location gives us complete visibility into the Project Lifecycle, allowing us to handle projects more efficiently.
Key Milestone Meetings
To ensure the Project remains on track and all Project Stakeholders receive adequate opportunities to review and feedback, once the plan has been agreed, we will schedule a series of Key Milestone Meetings’.
We recommend that the appropriate Subject Matter Experts and Key Stakeholders be represented during these meetings, as this can allow for the progression of project critical decisions if they arise.
Project Management Communication
In today’s project management landscape, collaboration and communication are not just helpful – they are essential.
Here at ‘Valto’ we champion on-going dialogue with our customers to ensure their business objectives are met. Outside of the pre-planned ‘Key Milestone’ meetings we actively encourage on-going communications using ‘Microsoft Teams’.
Despite Microsoft Teams being traditionally known as a communications App, it caters perfectly to modern project management needs.
Teams and channels
Teams provide a way to create separate spaces for each project, providing a way to create a dedicated space within a Team where stakeholders can communicate, share files and collaborate in the one space. This enables us to keep project talks and files tidy and easy to find, as well as accessible to all stakeholders whenever needed. In my next blog, I will share further insight into how you and your business can apply ‘Teams’ for effective Project Management. Having the ability to switch from chat to video, enabling a smooth transition from text to face-to-face dialogue and removing lag from customer interactions and dialogue.
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Those of you who have been involved in Project delivery will know that setting a project up for success doesn’t mean getting everything right. It’s about working with people, not against them, and most importantly, it’s about adding value to that project.
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Microsoft D365 Project Operations is a powerful platform that helps manage all aspects of project delivery, from resource management and task assignments to budgeting and risk tracking. At Valto, we use this tool to ensure visibility and agility, making it easier to match the right skills to each project and keep everything on track.
Valto leverages Microsoft D365 Project Operations to maintain resource profiles and match the right skill sets to the appropriate projects. We use proficiency models to assess and assign team members based on their expertise, ensuring that the right professionals are working on your project from the start.
At Valto, project delivery begins with assigning the right team, followed by creating a detailed delivery plan in Microsoft D365 Project Operations. This plan includes task assignments, budget management, and risk tracking, all centralized in one platform for complete visibility throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Milestone Meetings are scheduled throughout the project to ensure that all stakeholders can review progress and provide feedback. These meetings include subject matter experts and key stakeholders to facilitate critical project decisions, helping keep the project on track and aligned with business objectives.
Valto uses Microsoft Teams to create dedicated spaces for each project, where stakeholders can communicate, share files, and collaborate. This centralized communication hub makes it easy to keep project-related discussions and documentation organized and accessible, improving transparency and collaboration.
Using Microsoft D365 Project Operations, Valto tracks project risks and manages progress by monitoring tasks, budgets, and timelines in real time. This integrated approach allows us to quickly address any issues, ensuring a smooth and successful project delivery.
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