Layered Approach
GDPM is organized in 3 major layers:
- The project definition layer (mandate)
- The milestone layer with responsibilities
- The activity layer with responsibilities
The layering allows the allocation of adequate level of detail for the different organization levels involved in a project:
- Steering Board care about overall project goals and status
- Project Manager manages milestones and reports their achievement
- Project Team manages the activities which are required to achieving milestones
Compatibility with "Delivery Models"
Goal Directed Project Management (GDPM) is
- a powerful, pragmatic approach for gaining consensus from all stakeholders on the overall objectives of a business program or project
- fully compatible with industry standards such as PRINCE2™, SUMMIT™, V-Model™, HERMES™ and MS Project™ and PMI PMBOK™
Benefits of applying GDPM
GDPM is a straight forward approach to project management and has been successfully applied in many different projects. GDPM reduces the paperwork to a minimum and lets the project manager focus on the most critical issues for the success of the project - the team and the results.
The main benefits of using GDPM are:
- Balanced focus on all areas of project achievement (IT systems, Organization and People)
- Plan and reported progress are easy to communicate in a non-expert language to all involved parties
- Consensus on goals and results is achieved through a democratic planning process
- Plans are stable due to a separation of milestones and activities
- A clear definition of the roles each individual shall play to reach agreed goals
- Well proven procedures for measuring the progress
- Encourages simple non-bureaucratic project management
GDPM Process
The GDPM process describes the full life cycle of the project with the major steps
- Justifying the project
- Planning the project
- Setting up the project
- Running and delivering the project
- Closing the project
