Programme Management in the rail industry
SELEX System Integration can provide strong
project management support to the rail industry, through its
competencies which bring together people, processes and technology
within an agile delivery framework to secure real business benefits
for its clients.
Our project management expertise stems from
delivering complex technological projects in highly regulated
markets including Rail, Air and Defence, and the approach we take
is based on four principal elements:
- The Programme Delivery Blueprint
- Transformational Change Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Lifecycle Risk Management
The Programme Delivery Blueprint
(BDP) is a proven technique adopted by SELEX Systems
Integration for managing complex high profile programmes, and
provides the foundation for large-scale systems integration. The
BDP fits naturally within a programme governance framework,
describing the organisation, people, processes, information, rules
and technology, as well as the intermediate and final Business
Transformation states.
The BDP enables ‘drilldown’ from the Client
Capability Roadmap to individual projects, ensuring alignment
between each project within the programme. The BDP also:
- Defines the interactions of the business and technology
services within the overall Service Oriented Architecture
- Ensures that integration is properly addressed throughout the
programme
- Maps project outcomes to benefits
- Ensures that variations in project function or design remain
within programme tolerances
- Supports programme level validation
- Maintains control within a dynamic operating environment
Transformational Change
Management recognises that full business benefit is only
realised when the beneficiaries of change are properly managed from
the ‘as-is’ to the ‘to-be’ states. At SELEX Systems Integration,
our approach to transformational change focuses on the organisation
delivering programme benefits. The keys to success are:
- Engagement with, and commitment from, all stakeholders
throughout the life of the programme
- The continuous management of all stakeholder expectations
- Shared vision – everyone understanding the changes needed
- Leadership, communications and creating a change receptive
culture
Stakeholder Management
ensures the needs, interests, concerns and influence of all
stakeholders are taken fully into consideration through an initial
Stakeholder Mapping and Analyse exercise. This enables early
identification of the impact of the change and the levels of
resistance likely to be encountered. With this information, a SELEX
Systems Integration Programme Manager would:
- Prepare appropriate engagement plans
- Provide a targeted communications campaign
- Track stakeholder benefits realisation
As a Prime Contractor and System Integrator,
SELEX Systems Integration’s programme management team is committed
to the delivery of successful outcomes. To achieve this, the
application of risk management throughout the programme lifecycle
is required. Lifecycle Risk Management is drawn
from experience and industry best practice designed to meet the
management, technical and assurance demands of clients working
within a highly regulated environment. It is at the heart of the
SELEX Systems Integration approach.
During the entire life of a programme, reviews
at critical points take place to ensure that the required level of
maturity has been achieved and to capture risks, issues and
opportunities associated with the programme.
Contact SELEX Systems
Integration for more information about project management for
the rail industry