Our services
Qi Consulting offers a unique blend of management and technical expertise and proven understanding of public service issubusiness and technical specialisms.
The main areas where Qi's consultants are deployed are in:
- Strategy and Business Planning
- Programme and Project Management
- Gateway™ Reviews
- Business Change and Organisational Development
- Sourcing and Contract Management
- Interim Management
- Marketing and Communications
- Security Consultancy
- ICT Consultancy
Service: Programme and Project Management
We have specific expertise in Programme and Project Management (PPM). Qi Consulting provides PPM consultancy support and professional practitioner services to the public sector, including central civil government, agencies, the health sector, local authorities, Defence, Criminal Justice and NDPBs. We support, promote and comply with government and industry best practice. Some of our consultants have been directly involved in the development of government best practice guidance in programme/project management.
Key strengths include:
- Programme management;
- Project management;
- Portfolio management
- Strategic programme/project management support;
- Programme/project office support and set-up;
- Project initiation;
- Benefits management;
- Risk management and contingency planning;
- Communications strategies and stakeholder engagement and management;
- Advising on PPM organisation and management structures;
- Project/programme governance and assurance;
- Programme health checks;
- Cabinet Office Gateway™ Reviews;
- Peer reviews;
- Project recovery;
- Project evaluation;
- Post Implementation Reviews;
- Quality assurance
- Alignment of PPM with organisational aims and internal standards
- Introduction of project based working
- Capability maturity assessments (using P3M3)
Best practice
Our consultants follow government and industry best practice, including:
- PRINCE2
- Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
- Management of Risk (M_o_R)
- Portfolio Management (PfM)
- Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3)
PPM delivery roles
Typical PPM delivery roles offered for this service include:
- Programme Directors
- SRO level individuals to lead major initiatives
- Senior Programme Managers
- Programme Managers
- Project Managers
- Programme/Project Support Office
- Business Change Managers
We can also bring together a complete Programme or Project Team and support staff or team of project managers to address a particular challenge
