1. The project highway to delivering business success
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PROJECT, PROGRAMME & PORTFOLIO
The project highway to delivering business success
JOHN MOORE, PROJECT CHALLENGE, OCTOBER 2018

2. The project highway to delivering business success’

3. The Praxis Framework
What will the framework bring to assist in delivering the desired capability and subsequent benefits?
Why yet another framework and qualification?
Why would Praxis be different and, if so, what makes it different?
Is it in competition with other frameworks or designed to be integrated?
What about the more recent approaches including ‘Being Agile’, does the framework take that into consideration?

4. What is Praxis? Practical, to which the end goal was action.”
Definition
“The process of using a theory or something that you have learned in a practical way”
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/praxis
“Praxis is all about practical application of knowledge. Through community involvement Praxis should become a repository of knowledge that project, programme and portfolio managers can apply practically.”
“Aristotle held that there were three basic activities of man: theoria, poiesis and praxis.
There corresponded to these kinds of activity three types of knowledge:
Theoretical, to which the end goal was truth;
Poietical, to which the end goal was production;
Practical, to which the end goal was action.”

5. What is the Real Project Focus?
Project Management
Product
Business
Strategic
Process
Return on Investment
Stakeholders
What lifecycle are we managing from a business perspective?

6. Traditional / Agile Approach
Portfolio Management
Project Management
Programme Management
A multitude of qualifications:
PRINCE2 ®, MSP®, MOP®
APM BoK
Lean, XP, SCRUM, KANBAN, AgilePM
Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®
Disciplined Agile Delivery DAD®
Large Scale Scrum LeSS®
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®
Project Management Professional (PMP)®
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Program Management Professional (PgMP)®
From the Praxis Viewpoint:
“Project, programme and portfolio are terms used to describe typical combinations of complexity and environment that require distinguishable approaches to governance.”
“The key distinguishing factor between a project, a programme and a portfolio is the complexity of the scope.”

7. Defining and Mapping Complexity
“Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.”

8. The Praxis Approach To create a framework that:
Took a more holistic and integrated approach.
Retained the good practice embodied in all the other guides
Addressed the management of projects, programmes and portfolios in a single framework
Ensuring consistency when addressing issues around:
Body of knowledge
Method
Competency
Maturity

9. Exams!
Free!

10. The Process Model

11. Supporting the Processes

12. Life Cycle Management
A P3 life cycle illustrates the distinct phases that:
Take an initial idea
Capture stakeholder requirements
Develop a set of objectives
Deliver those objectives

13. Life Cycles Parallel Project Life Cycle
A Typical Serial Project Life Cycle
Iterative Cycle
Typical Portfolio Life Cycle
Typical Programme Life Cycle

14. The Framework

15. Body of Knowledge
Competency
Framework
Method
Capability
Maturity Model

16. The Library

17. Mapping to ISO21500

18. Capability Maturity Checklists

19. Practical Support

21. Your Opportunity as PM Professionals
It is your opportunity to bring your knowledge and experiences to the world of Project Management via this open source platform
PRAXIS is based on Communities of practice
Groups of people who share an interest in P3 management
The goals of these communities are to:
Share information that helps individuals to develop their skills
Help the profession to collectively evolve and improve
“The value of something that is free is diminished if is not readily accessible or if it is not open to evolutionary changes driven by the more experienced members of our profession.”

22. Your Next Steps – PRAXIS LOCAL
Praxis is a very extensive resource
Sometimes, you just need a simple guide to project management that links to extra detail as and when you need it.

23. The Praxis Framework The Praxis Framework
Praxis provides the focus on the complete picture to deliver and meet business expectations on their highway to success
The Praxis Framework
Ownership
Sponsorship
Delivery
Transformation
Transition
Benefit Realisation

24. The Praxis Framework - Summary
“The time has come to look at how we perceive the basic principles of the discipline of project management. They are mostly common sense and they have enormous value – but that doesn’t mean they can’t be free.”

25. Current approaches focus on an aspect of P3
Praxis provides the focus on the complete picture to deliver and meet business expectations on their highway to success
Any questions?

26. Further information PRAXIS FRAMEWORK TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
@PraxisFramework
@LearningTree
PRAXIS FRAMEWORK TRAINING & CERTIFICATION