Strategic Project Management

Term 6
PGPBM 19-21
Class Presentation
Case -Hector Gaming Company
Group - 1
Marimuthu M -1903023
Mohanapriya J -1903025
Hector Gaming Company
Hector Gaming Company

McKinley Consulting
 Major Problems at HCG

Lack of Lack of long term goals & Resource conflicts,

focus objectives to support Organisational politics, Poor
strategy scheduling
 Implementation Gap

1. Prioritisation of projects
2. Losing focus of the Organisation’s
vision or Market niche
3. Emerging competition
Organisation politics
1. Frequency of conflicts
2. Project mangers advocating self interest
3. Top management losing control
 Resource conflicts
1. Resource allocation
2. Efforts to poach HGC’s talent pool
3. Projects skipping deadlines and budgets
 Symptoms of problem

Conflicting project
Delays in schedule and Misalignment of
interests and
cost overrun strategy and projects
miscommunications

Lack of leadership & Governance Potential of losing key talent

 Major cause of the problem

Misalignment
Company growing too Mission Strategy  Attention to internal
fast Goals  Objectives matters
Projects
Detailed Action Plan
1. Mission of company is to be a niche in “children’s
educational games”
2. Kill projects outside this mission such as the current project
on international business game for college students
3. Setting strategy and objectives which are S.M.A.R.T – such
as setting up target numbers for growth %, Revenue %
increase, Profitability, ROI ( Financial) and non-financial
such as brand growth, loyalty development etc.
4. Implement strategy through rightful selection of projects
5. Allocate resources to priority projects
6. Track and monitor the progress of projects by setting up
controls
7. Implementing corporate structure to HCG and holding
each employee accountable to their roles and
responsibilities
8. More involvement from Peters to oversee the projects
 Portfolio Management

Screening
Portfolio
1. HCG leadership , Peter Classification
along with top
management to finalise on 1. Classifying the projects finalised 1. Choosing factors for multi-
short, medium and long in previous step into “ must do “, weighted scoring – market
term strategies operational and strategic projects. share, difficulty for
2. Translating the strategies 2. Bread and butter projects, Pearls, competitors ,strategic fit,
to goals, objectives – Oysters and white elephants. improving customer loyalty
Ramping up size, 3. HCG being a start-up should focus 2. Forming governance team
increasing number of new on non financial criteria for headed by Peter for at least 2-3
products, hiring 15 people selection years
 Additional initiatives
1. Possibly hire an HR director to make sure proper resources are allocated
accordingly.
2. Team building activities to increase the bonding among employees.
3. Be Transparent about the projects across the teams.
4. Transversal meetings to get each other’s expertise.
5. Scheduling projects and tracking it to avoid delay.
6. Hire Project Managers for each projects.