Role of Project Management in

transforming a

Developing nation to Developed status

The case of India Vision 2020

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Raju Rao , PMP ,SCPM

Xtraplus Solutions

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Agenda� #1 What is India Vision 2020 ?

� #2 Route …Strategic Intent to Projects

� #3 The Program Initiative

� #4 Portfolio Management

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� #4 Portfolio Management

� #5 Project Strategy Management

� #6 Summing Up

Takeaways

� Understanding the link between strategy

and projects for large enterprises or nations

� Differences between

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� Differences between

Small / predictable and large /complex

projects / programs in realizing strategic

intent

#1.0 India Vision 2020� The Dream

� Various initiatives

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� Example – Opportunity

– BCG Report

#1.1 Expected outcomes - 2020

� 4th largest country in terms of GDP

� Quadruple per capita income

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� Progress from – Low income …Upper middle income

(UMI)Is this possible ???

#1.2 Various 2020 Initiatives

� Govt of India

� Andhra Pradesh Govt

� Technology Missions

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� Technology Missions

� Book by A P J Abdul Kalam

and Y S Rajan

#1.3 Reality Check

� Poverty % below – 26 %

� Female adult literacy rate – 44 %

� Primary school enrolment - 77 %

…13

…94

…99

…UMI Ref

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� Primary school enrolment - 77 %

� Infant mortality rates per 1000 – 71

� Child malnutrition - 45 %

Source:Planning Commission GOI Dec 2002

…8

…22

…99

# 1.4 Example� Opportunity based on demographic

profile – human resources in India – elsewhere

� BCG Report

� Remote services and Tourism

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� Remote services and Tourism – Marketing India

– Connecting India IT,Telecom ,Airports etc

– Educating the Indian work force … Theme

Example contd

� Theme… Educating the Indian work

force

� Consists of ‘Missions’…

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� Consists of ‘Missions’…

– Strengthening of educational curriculum

– Upgrade skills for remote servicing

– Standards and Certification

Source:Report of High level Strategic Group AIMA / BCG /CII

Opportunity - Themes -

MissionsRemote Services

and

Tourism

Educating

Strengthening

of

educational curriculum

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Educating

the

Indian Workforce

Upgrade skills

for remote servicing

Standards

and Certification

#2.0 Strategic Intent … Projects

Strategic Intent Objectives Mission

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Portfolio Programs Projects

#2.1 Vision and Objectives

� Vision to subvision

� Subvision to objectives

� Hierarchy of objectives

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� Hierarchy of objectives

…. Actionable objectives at project

level

#2.2 Sub Vision

Vision 2020

Govt Initiatives

Sub - Vision

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Industrial and Business groups

Govt Initiatives

NGOsStates

#2.3 Hierarchy of Objectives

Policy

StrategicHow ? Why ?

Increase employment and

income

Remote services and tourism

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Strategic

Program

Why - How Or Means –End framework

Remote services and tourism

Educating and Training the

Indian workforce

Source:Robert Youker

#2.4 Objectives …Strategy to

Projects

Level Output KPI

Policy

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Strategic

Program

#2.5Vision to Programs

2010 2015 2020

Strengthening

of educational

curriculum

Upgrade skills

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Upgrade skills

for remote

servicing

Standards and

certification

# 2.6 Strengthening of

educational curriculum

E1 Practical knowledge

Mission

E1 E2 E3 E4

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E1 Practical knowledge

E2 Know-how and understanding of

other countries’ cultures

E3 Foreign language skills

E4 Compulsory English language skills

Programs

Projects

#3.0 Program Initiative

Idea

Mission

Program Definition

Charter

Environment

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Stakeholders

Funding

Program Director

Preliminary Program Plan

#3.1 Fuzzy Front End

Strategic Intent Objectives Mission

Fuzzy Front

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Portfolio Programs Projects

Fuzzy Front End

Fuzzy Front End

#3.2 Beyond the triple constraint

� Triple constraint – STC .. Q…Performance

� Linking � Success criteria

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� Success criteria

– e.g STC , appreciation by customer , users , project personnel etc

� Critical Success factors

– Organizational factors , leadership ,strategy and policy , project management , resource utilization , etc

# 3.3 Contingency Approach

� Depends on type of project ,

program or a mission

� Variation in Fuzziness

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� Variation in Fuzziness

� Easier for a single project

� For a ‘mission’

– Additional processes , steps required

# 3.4 Mission and Program

Governance

Initiative Project

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Implementation

Maintenance Program

# 3.5 Competency and Skills –

Program Initiative � Passion about the Mission / program -

energetic and enthusiastic

� Team player – coordination with

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� Team player – coordination withagencies .

� Negotiating skills – Lobbying withvarious interest groups

Competency and Skills –

Program Initiative contd

� Acceptability in Government,

business ,industry ,academic and

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social institutions

� Strong analytical skills

# 4.0 Portfolio – Vision 2020

Sub Vision 2020 Strategic Intent …Increase

employment / income …

Remote services and tourism

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Marketing India

Edu Trg

Indian Workforce

Connecting India

Sub Portfolios To be aligned

# 5.0 Project Strategy Mgt

� Links Strategy and projects

� Organizational topics beyond

project , program and portfolio mgt

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project , program and portfolio mgt

– Setting Objectives , Resource

optimization , Outsourcing , Value

creation , Organizational development etc

# 5.1 Missing Link

Strategy

Portfolio

Project

Strategy

Mgt

Organizational

Project

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Projects

Programs

Management

# 6.0 Summing Up

� To achieve strategic intent of a

nation

– Use hierarchy of objectives

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– Form missions and programs

– Use Portfolio management to ensure

projects implemented are aligned with

strategic intent

Summing Up contd

� Most crucial part of the road …

from strategic intent to projects

– Managing the Fuzzy front end

….formulation of the program initiative

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….formulation of the program initiative

� Link between strategy and projects

- depends on type of project

Questions ?

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Thank You

Contact Information

� Raju Rao

� ++91-9884188171

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� rao.raju@gmail.com

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