We serve as a central project management resource for the effective management of IT projects on the UC Berkeley campus. Services include:
Project Management
The TPG offers experts to manage projects from initiation to completion. PM responsibilities include:
- Managing IT projects using accepted best practices.
- Maximizing the benefits of project investments and minimizing project risks.
- Determining and adapting accepted PM methodologies suitable to the project.
- Championing and fostering PM practices campus-wide via the UC Berkeley Project Management Community of Practice.
- Communicating the value and benefits of project management.
- Reviewing and selecting tools for project and project portfolio management.
- Managing project portfolios.
- Managing and communicating the status of the projects in the IST Service Portfolio.
Program Management
The PMs also manage Berkeley IT programs. A program is a group of projects managed together to obtain maximum benefits. PMs:
- Coordinate related projects & efforts required to produce key benefits.
- Manage dependencies among component efforts in the program.
- Achieve aligned goals when all projects & key efforts in a program are completed.
- Ensure program and component efforts remain aligned to strategy.
- Deliver incremental value throughout the program lifecycle.
Consulting
TPG staff can answer general project management questions or help you plan your project.
Training
We provide practical project management training for those who lead projects but are not project managers. Contact tpo@berkeley.edu for more information.
Tools & Templates
We have developed tools that have proven most effective on technical projects.
