Subject: Update from the Project Management Solutions Team
From: Sandra Nolden <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:22:16 +0000

It’s been a while since our last update, and the Project Management Solutions Team—Carol Adoum from IEG, Frank Divita from ERD, Anne Hudzik from USH, Margarita Fernandez and Mark McEuen from IHD, and Sandy Nolden from SEP—would like to share a quick update on what are doing.

What Is the PM Solutions Team?

As a team of Operations Directors and Deputy Division Managers from each division, we bring a project-centered perspective and a systems-thinking view of company policies, processes, and initiatives.  We partner with colleagues throughout Abt Associates to try to improve operations affecting project management.  Our mission is to drive the continuous improvement of processes and to build skills and resources in support of project management.  The goal?  To make it easier to do our project work and execute with excellence.

What Do We Do?

Together, we work with stakeholders around the company to connect, leverage, and optimize company initiatives and to help find solutions when problems arise.  We partner with Departments to examine processes, troubleshoot issues, improve services, align priorities with project needs, and develop meaningful metrics.

What Are Our Top Five Priorities for This Fiscal Year?

1.      Partner with IT and Finance to plan for the long-term transition to a new operating platform.

2.      Work with Finance, Compliance, HR, Contracts and IT to ensure our overall approach to risk management strikes the right balance between compliance requirements and business needs.

3.      Work with Finance, Corp Facilities, HR and IT to ensure that the company’s transition to the workplace of the future aligns with our growth imperative and evolving space needs.

4.      Collaborate with HR and GBDU to align professional development offerings with project needs.

5.      Partner with the knowledge management director and Rep Cap to improve systems and processes for managing and accessing information about our people and our work.

On Your Mind

We encourage you to contact us with feedback on and suggestions for company operations that affect project management.  We look forward to hearing your ideas for improving policies, processes, systems and services so that they optimally support the project work that is at the heart of the company’s mission.

The Project Management Solutions Team

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