IN need of PM help

[nihil]

OK mooret, I'm back!

1. improve collaboration amongst your team
2.Improve collaboration between the different components or projects in the Program

Collaboration = communication

You need regular team meetings and departmental meetings so that people know what is happening in their own team and projects, and less frequently to learn about the bigger picture.

As a Programme Manager you should have Project Managers reporting to you and they, in turn, should have team leaders reporting to them. These are the guys who present at your team and department meetings.

3.Prevent charms ( ie the team has ideas on products and the customer whats the product but we seem to do the in between badly

That suggests to me that you do not appreciate the vital role that Business Analysts play in the development and delivery process. Customer expectation management tools can help here...........DOORS for example.

Who is taking responsibility for this? You, or your customers (are those internal or external BTW?) somebody has to, or you projects are doomed to certain failure.

4. managing a program with multiple projects (each project with its own team )
5. we have development partnerships with vendors how did you track and correlate the information vendors ( ie SW/HW roadmaps ) gave you and help you deliver better products/solutions
7.keep program and projects in sync and the individuals working on these things together in terms of overall objectives / deliverables.

That is called "programme management"

1. Adopt a structured methodology, and insist that your vendors adopt the same.
2. Manage your projects in accordance with the chosen methodology.
3. Delegate!!!
4. Get a project administration office to handle co-ordination and report gathering. Good project admins are worth their weight in gold.

6.Best way to measure and track projects ( ie once KPIs or metrics have been defined) and tools you may have used.

Have a look at Artemis Views or the like. MS Project just cannot hack it.

Fundamentally speaking, you need to build a chain of command. That needs to be based on talented individuals. You cannot learn project management from a book or in a classroom..............it is an innate talent tempered by experience.

Just my thoughts mate

[fourdc]

You can try another website I frequent techrepublic.com

It has quite a following with a lot of HR and personnel type info.

Dave