Most recovery effort on data centre projects is spent on problems that were visible early. A schedule for the practice within project and portfolio delivery without a critical path is a wish list with dates. A common pattern is strong design of this part of project and portfolio delivery paired with weak follow-through. The programme builds the judgement to know which parts of data centre projects to standardise and which to leave flexible. Field experience suggests that the barrier to better the wider project and portfolio delivery agenda is rarely technical. It concentrates on the parts of this strand of project and portfolio delivery that determine outcomes and treats the rest proportionately. The programme works equally well for those formalising data centre projects for the first time and those improving an existing approach. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of the project and portfolio delivery capability and supervised application. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this strand of project and portfolio delivery ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Estimate cost and effort for data centre projects using more than one method.
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Establish quality acceptance criteria for the deliverables of data centre projects.
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Plan the handover of data centre projects so that capability is not lost when key staff move on.
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Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around data centre projects.
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Establish escalation routes for data centre projects that work outside normal hours.
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Control change to data centre projects so every variation has a price and a decision.
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Plan resource and capacity for data centre projects against other commitments.
Who Should Attend
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Project sponsors accountable for the outcome of data centre projects.
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Contract and procurement staff supporting data centre projects.
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Technical leads delivering work packages within data centre projects.
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Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on data centre projects.
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Project managers responsible for data centre projects.
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Officers preparing reports on data centre projects for boards or oversight committees.
Course Modules
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01
Data centre projects: estimating cost and effort
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Managing suppliers delivering part of data centre projects
Check that data centre projects still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Anticipate the objections data centre projects will raise and prepare the answers.
Distinguish symptoms from causes when data centre projects underperforms.
Archive the decision record for data centre projects so successors understand it.
Session 2The cost of data centre projects and how to present it
Reduce the variation in how data centre projects is carried out between teams.
Set the change control process for data centre projects and require cost and time impact.
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for data centre projects.
Estimate data centre projects using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
02
Data centre projects: handover, benefits and lessons
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Handing over data centre projects and proving the benefit
Hold a lessons session on data centre projects while memory is accurate.
Define how the benefit from data centre projects will be measured after closure.
Name a single owner for each element of data centre projects.
Measure progress on data centre projects by value earned, not tasks ticked.
Session 2Estimating data centre projects without anchoring on the answer wanted
Review at each gate whether data centre projects should continue at all.
Set out how exceptions to data centre projects are requested and approved.
Define acceptance criteria for each deliverable of data centre projects.
Write the scope statement for data centre projects including explicit exclusions.
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Data centre projects: scope definition and exclusions
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1The decisions in data centre projects that cannot be delegated
Verify six months later that changes to data centre projects have held.
Compare resource demand from data centre projects against other commitments.
Manage supplier performance on data centre projects against contract, not goodwill.
Map stakeholders of data centre projects by influence and current level of support.
Session 2Pricing every change to data centre projects
Register the risks to data centre projects with owner, probability and impact.
Collect evidence on the present handling of data centre projects before proposing changes.
Build reporting on data centre projects that surfaces problems while they are small.
Agree the escalation threshold for data centre projects in advance.
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Data centre projects: progress measurement and early warning
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Reading the current state of data centre projects honestly
Estimate the resource data centre projects requires to run as designed.
Confirm that those complying with data centre projects understand why it exists.
Define acceptance criteria for data centre projects in advance.
Define the decision gates for data centre projects and what evidence each requires.
Session 2Recovering data centre projects when it is behind
Rehearse the briefing on data centre projects that would follow an incident.
Record the rationale for each significant choice made about data centre projects.
Identify single points of dependency in data centre projects and reduce them.
Check that records of data centre projects answer the questions likely to be asked.
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Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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Supervision & Secretarial Services
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Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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