RPSU™ OBJECTIVES

The Cadence Rapid Project Start-up service puts you, your team and the project together, with the experienced support of your Cadence consultant. You know how hard your project team works, so give them the support they need to get their next project started right. The objective: to deliver a project plan ready for approval and sign-off, in just a few days.
During this dynamic working session, your Cadence consultant will lead your team through the systematic, step-by-step process of developing your project plan including Project charter, Work Breakdown Structure, Responsibility Matrix, and Schedule.

With the benefit of Cadence expertise and perspective, your project team will be able do the heavy lifting of the planning process quickly, defining work more efficiently, and in more detail than ever before. Assigning responsibility, and developing the project schedule will be more accurate and more effective as a result.

Cadence will work with you and your team to organize and synthesize each component to deliver a completed project plan, in just days. More importantly, your project team will have the experience and the discipline to launch projects quickly, increase productivity, and deliver results.

Getting Projects Done

Benefits

  • Plan your Project.
    Develop a project plan and implement with control and confidence.
  • Focus on Action & Results.
    No endless procedures: just keep your eye on the ball – getting projects done!
  • Accelerate your Project.
    Drive faster project results through planning.
  • Maximize Project Progress.
  • Craft your Team Skills.
    Learn to influence people who do not report to you.
  • Drive Consistent Project Results.
    The power of meeting cost, schedule, and performance on all of your projects.

RPSU™ flow

Project status mapping 
What: context, strategic link, project objective, life cycle phase, team composition, resourcing, issues.

Who:  project manager and sponsor

Project Kick-off/Startup meeting 
What: scope, roadmap. WBS, responsibilities, budget, schedule, risks, issues

Who:  the whole team, sponsor and key stakeholders

Finalizing and Presenting the Project Plan
What: submit compact but complete project plan for approval

Who:  project team and sponsor

WHY CHOOSE CADENCE?

Full Service
From robust methodology training courses to the support of project startups and planning sessions, covering a wide range of challenges for individual projects and teams to company wide – organizational project management challenges: ask Cadence!
Targeted Methods
The Cadence methodologies are unsurpassed and unique in the field, providing a very practical approach, aligned with best practices in our industry.
Experienced Team
All Cadence seminar leaders and consultants are seasoned professionals with a long track record of delivering results, using best practices and proven tools and techniques.
Proven Effectiveness
Cadence has been working very successfully together with companies all over the world since 1983, with just one goal: Getting Projects Done.

RPSU™ DETAILS

Outcomes

  • Signature-ready project plan complete with Project charter, Work Breakdown Structure, Responsibility Matrix, and Schedule
  • Foster team cohesion and project understanding through deep cross-functional planning involving all team members
  • Stimulate knowledge transfer of Cadence methodology, and condition your team for consistent delivery of rapid start-ups on future projects
  • Solve project problems early and quickly
  • Format
    Planning session
  • Audience
    Full project team, sponsor, stakeholders
  • Duration
    1-2 days, depending on the project size or complexity