A New Project Execution Methodology; Integrating Project Management Principles with Quality Project Execution Methodologies

On an annual basis, there are numerous reports in regards to a particular company or function’s inability to execute on a large number of projects. The reasons vary widely from a lack of an initial understanding of what the customer was really looking for to a product’s failure to receive final testing approval. Numerous methodologies have been proposed over the years to improve an organization’s ability to execute a project/solution successfully with mixed successes depending on the business and methodology adopted. This field project theorizes that while all the methodologies deliver a significant amount of knowledge and useful tools, they all fall short in delivering a complete Project Execution Methodology. Therefore, the proposed Project Execution Methodology will bring together the best of both worlds. The voice of the customer and data driven decision making of the quality methodologies and the rigorous discipline of managing all aspects of a project delivered by the project management methodology. Additionally, this new methodology can pick and choose from different tools across methodologies without having to maintain a “theme” relative to a particular function such as Quality and Project Management. The field project starts with an introduction and discussion of the Deming Principles, Six Sigma Methodology, Information Technology Infrastructure Library and Project Management Institute Book of Knowledge. The field project then utilizes these methodologies to build out a new methodology that can be utilized across businesses and organizations to dramatically improve the execution success of a project. By leveraging multiple methodologies with different approaches to solving a business problem, the new methodology can deliver a more comprehensive approach that attacks a project from both a technical and “administrative” perspective. The technical side being the creation/documentation of customer requirements, design of a solution and the formalized “guarantee” that the solution then meets these requirements. The administrative side being the management of scope, schedule, budget and risks in a way that insures the solution is delivered successfully in the eyes of business. I.E., the technical side insures a solution is delivered that the customer will buy and the administrative side insures the solutions is paid for by the business