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Human Systems has joined the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solution's list of accredited public sector suppliers as part of a consortium led by Actica Consulting, an independent organisation specialising in the provision of management and technical consultancy services. The consortium was successful along with 7 other companies out of some 120 who bid to offer outsourced consultancy services in the government and defence sectors.
The Office of Government Commerce Buying Solution's Framework Programme is designed to provide government departments and other public sector bodies with access to a list of accredited suppliers, minimising the time and resources taken up by lengthy procurement processes. By enabling the public sector to select both quickly and easily the supplier that best suits their needs, the time and resources needed are reduced, leading to greater efficiency and reduced costs. The framework was divided into a number of subject areas, each of which was subject to a separate bidding process. While Human Systems only bid in the consultancy area, other subjects included resourcing, goods and services and solutions.
The award means that Human Systems will be able to offer consultancy support to government department projects in such areas as human resources, finance and administration, customer relationship management and facilities management. The consortium was awarded accredited supplier status in the Organisational Consultancy Framework by meeting a series of stringent criteria including previous experience in relevant areas, value for money and the range of experience and number of consultants available within the consortium.
Current public sector
clients of Human Systems, in the UK, include The Department for Work
and Pensions and the Ministry of Defence (Defence Procurement Agency).
Human
Systems' Executive Chairman, Dr Terry Cooke-Davies has achieved the 5th
OPM3® Assessor and Consultant certificate to be awarded by
the Project Management Institute (PMI) and its partner organization Det
Norske Veritas (DNV).
With the impending launch of the OPM3 ProductSuite, Terry Cooke-Davies
attended the first training course in Atlanta and was awarded certification
for both OPM3 assessments and consultancy. Members of Human Systems'
global Network will now be able to combine organisational maturity assessments
with a capability and practices assessment and benchmark. This provides
a firm foundation from which to drive business improvement and develop
sustainable competitive advantage.
For further information
on OPM3® Assessments, please contact Terry at cooke-daviest@humansystems.net
Human Systems’ global network is growing, bringing in new ideas, new experience and offering members still more best practice organisations for benchmarking. New members include:
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
– www.watsonwyatt.com
Royal Liver – www.royal-liver.com
Celgene Corporation - www.celgene.com
Human Systems’ competency assessment tools allow you to examine both project management competence and the critical communication skills needed to turn theoretical knowledge into project success.
Find out more from our new information sheets
PROJECT SUPPORT OFFICE SURVEY
It’s not too late to participate in Human Systems’ latest research, aiming to review the business benefits offered by a Project Support Office (PSO) function. This new report will build on the results from an earlier survey in 2002, to produce a clear indication of industry trends.
The survey will take just 15 minutes to complete. To thank you for your participation, we will send you a copy of the final report, which will help you understand the wide range of approaches that can be taken and the positioning of your own corporate PSO function.
Don’t miss this opportunity to both contribute and benefit from research into this critical area of our industry.
Tony Teague
Tony Teague has been Managing Director of Human Systems Europe for almost
three years. Prior to this, he had built up thirty years management experience,
mostly within the UK Financial Services industry.
He has an impressive record of results delivery and attributes this to a commitment to continuing improvement, which he believes is now essential for all companies in today’s constantly changing environment.
Tony is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers. He was Director, Programme Management for Abbey National plc before joining Human Systems in 2003. Whilst with Abbey National, he held a number of operational and project-based positions, including Group Cost Reduction Director and Retail Transformation Director, as well as directing acquisition & integration programmes, new business start-ups, process re-engineering and outsourcing.
Tony is in demand as a speaker and has recently addressed audiences from the Home Office, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the Association for Project Management and the Business Performance and Project Management (bPPm) Conference, on topics such as organisational transformation, the strategic alignment of project portfolios, and achieving a world class benchmark.
“After all,”
says Tony, “You don’t know how good you are, unless you measure
it.”
News
Room
Have you discovered the range of published articles and presentation papers available from the News Room on Human Systems’ web site?
This gives you access to a huge range of resources covering research, analysis and best practices across all aspects of project, programmes and portfolio management.
What do the terms mean, and how do they relate?
In this white paper, Dr Terry Cooke-Davies explores definitions and their implications for best practices.
July
Dr Lynn Crawford and Dr Terry Cooke-Davies will each be speaking at PMI Research Conference 2006 (16-19 July 2006, Montreal) on ‘Exploring the Role of the Project Sponsor’ Click for more details
August
Alicia Aitken will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Project Management Australia Conference - PMOZ - (8 - 11 August 2006, Melbourne) on 'Project Managers Coping with Stress – The Influence of Project Management Support' authored jointly by A Aitken and Dr L Crawford Click for more details
September
Dr Terry Cooke-Davies and Stephen Allport will each be speaking at the DIA PM SIAC & PMI Pharmaceutical SIG meeting ‘The Changing Pharma and Biotech Industry: Re-negotiating the Role of Project Management’ (25-27 September, Philadelphia).
Stephen Allport will present ‘Project prioritisation is not enough – defining, designing and delivering the portfolio’ at DIA/PMI.
Dr Terry Cooke-Davies will present ‘What’s so special about managing change?
The 5th Annual Global Workshop is to be held on 6th & 7th September in Bristol, kindly hosted by Network members AXA-Sun Life. This is Human Systems’ premium forum for senior level members of the global network. Representatives from Shell, DPA, Watson Wyatt, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewlett Packard and BT have already registered - to name just a few!
Both days will be filled with opportunities for sharing experience and best practice and all attendees will leave with practical ideas to take back to their organisations - ideas that can make a real difference to performance.
We will draw upon case studies from best practice leaders such as John Cartwright, General Manager - Corporate Process Governance for Siemens, and Chris Venning, previously Head of Change Governance at Barclays. We will analyse what ‘superior capability’ looks like, and how organisations can target the right level of capability to match both their environment and their aspirations.
On the evening of September 6th, attendees will come together for our Network Dinner to which we welcome Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Bairsto, Director General, Defence Logistics Transformation, DLO UK MoD, as our pre-dinner speaker. |
Attendance at this workshop is free to members, inclusive of all refreshments, lunches and the Network Dinner. Discounted rates for accommodation at the Marriott Hotel in Bristol are available and full details can be found in the workshop programme.
To
find out more about the global workshop, please contact Rebecca Phillips
phillipsr@humansystems.net
or telephone 0207 290 2766.
Project,
the magazine of the Association for Project Management, has published an
article by John Cartwright on Siemens’ global initiative
PM@Siemens. Read
it hereMany organisations methodically record 'lessons learned' from projects, but few seem to re-use the learning when it comes to starting new projects!
Such was the observation that led to this insightful workshop at the Heathrow Hilton in May.
The Europe network met to share experiences in this area and work together towards a vision of best practice. These are some of the comments that came from the workshop:
“Great way of building on ideas instantly”
“A fantastic and extremely valuable event. Many actionable insights and great networking opportunities”
“Excellent opportunity for us to have an influence on HS future work. Nice to see such responsiveness”
The critical learning that emerged from the workshop was that the best way to learn about something is directly from the experience of those who have ‘done it’ ie through a structured knowledge management system. There are two practical routes to this:
- Through a library of practices – so that on encountering an issue, it is possible to look up what has happened before, rather than having to resolve things from first principles.
- Through access to a range of individuals who have specific experiences to share.
Both of these elements are available now from Human Systems but, as improvement is our culture, we identified some ways to make things better still!
Network
members can view output from this workshop on the Human
Systems' Intranet.
Click here to find out more about Human Systems’ workshops in the Europe and Pharma Networks
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