I provide the following services on a freelance basis: Interim management - Building a new team with specific capabilities or to fulfil a new role - Recruiting, interviewing and selection of staff - Restructuring and redesigning an existing team - Providing flexible management cover for long-term sick leave, maternity etc - Developing and introducing new ways of working, for example a new project management process or a technology solution Project and programme management - End-to-end project and programme management, from start-up and business case writing through to initiation, delivery and closure - Designing programmes to ensure timely delivery according to requirements - Undertaking Lean process reviews and introducing new ways of working to improve efficiency and service - ‘Parachuting in’ to rescue an at-risk project, working to clarify requirements, redraft plans and budgets and stabilise activity - Providing short-term support in specialist areas, including governance, estimating, planning, recruitment and procurement - Supporting bid writing activities before full project resources have been agreed PMO services - Establishing a PMO, including role design, recruitment and training of staff - Creating a project management methodology, tailored to fit the project environment - Setting up a ‘virtual PMO’ - introducing consistent ways of working to existing staff - Providing project quality assurance - reviewing documentation, attending meetings and/or conducting interviews to provide an external view on risks and issue management, and how likely a project is to succeed - Delivering project management training, ranging from those new to projects through to refresher training for experienced project managers - Supporting and coaching executive teams to sponsor projects effectively and hold project managers to account