Lisa DiTullio
Lisa DiTullio & Associates
Do you know how many priority projects your company is currently working on?
Do you know what benefits your projects will deliver to your company? To your customers?
Is your current portfolio of projects the "right" ones during a shaky economy?
Are projects being managed according to deadline and budget?
Is staff working well together, resulting in efficient business results?
Lisa DiTullio & Associates introduces project management as a business competency through training and advisory services. They also provide expertise in the set up, management, and continuous evolution of Enterprise Project Management Offices (EPMOs), using simple and effective methodologies and practical, results-proven experience.
We are unlike other project management experts - - we don't believe in long-term consulting relationships or multi-day training programs. We are mentors and advisors, not consultants. We offer quick bursts of assistance and guidance as needed. Why is this good for you? It allows you to gain the competency, rather than rely upon us to do it for you. It also allows you to manage your tight training and consulting dollars - to make sure you get exactly what you need, when you need it - - creating lasting value for your investment.
Our group consists of highly-seasoned business and project management professionals dedicated to help our clients adopt project management as a business competency, allowing organizations to improve decision-making, instill accountability and enhance communications.
Lisa DiTullio & Associates provides services and solutions such as
- Training programs to support project management, team building and business management practices
- Project/Program Management Office design and implementation
- Project and program governance structure design and implementation
- Portfolio Management practices to directly align to your corporate strategy
- Customized templates and tools
For more information, please contact Lisa DiTullio & Associates at 617-842-8037 or contact Lisa at info@lisaditullio.com.
A Program for College Students
Lisa Introduces Want Success? Serve Vanilla to College Students
Projects are everywhere. New college graduates receive their first assignment immediately out of school. Their challenge: Find a job. This effort requires research, networking, communication, and a keen eye to deadline. Donald Trump, host of The Apprentice, showcases the power of project management in each new episode. Contestants are judged on their ability to execute project assignments; those who plan well, are creative, deliver on time and within budget are deemed successful business leaders, worthy of winning the Grand Prize. New products require new projects-- from video games to toothpaste to disease-curing medicine -- they all demand endless hours of detailed planning, precise execution and terrific teamwork.
Yet, in spite of growing project management presence, most students about to embark on their professional careers are ill-equipped at handling project assignments.
How do I know this? As past director of the Project Management Office at Boston-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), I supported an organization from near collapse to national acclaim through the set-up and evolution of project management practice. In my book, Simple Solutions: How “Enterprise Project Management” Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Journey from Near Collapse to #1, I share simple techniques for others to realize similar successes. As a consultant, I advise organizations and individuals how they, too, can be prepared when projects strike --regardless of industry or company size--all through simple, results-proven practices. And, as a mother of a college student, I am keenly aware of what is important to students as they contemplate their future.
I am pleased to announce Want Success? Serve Vanilla. Specifically designed with college students in mind, my one-hour presentation educates, entertains and advises students how to avert professional mishap by recognizing and developing simple core competencies to promote project and business success.
"One of the practical business lessons that Lisa DiTullio shares with audiences is "serve vanilla". To be clear, there is nothing "vanilla" about Lisa-not her style and not her message. She has a style of connecting with students that is simultaneously energetic and easy. She keeps them engaged and makes it look effortless."
Catherine L. Morgan, PhD
Dean, School of Business
Bridgewater State College
Lisa is available, schedule permitting, to speak at campus events, leadership conferences and other specially designed student programs. Contact her today!
Simple Solutions
In Simple Solutions: How “Enterprise” Project Management Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's Journey from Near Collapse to #1, author Lisa DiTullio, a renowned speaker and successful business leader, shares the simple project management practices which supported the Boston-based health insurance company on its path from crisis in 1999 to national acclaim today.
In a straightforward style, Lisa shows you how you can successfully introduce project management in any organization. Learn how to “fight for the CAUSE,” using five simple strategies: Communicate, Advocate, Understand, Systemize, and Effect. Lisa highlights easy ways to implement each strategy. She also presents simple practices and shares real-life perspectives from key business stakeholders within Harvard Pilgrim Health Care – all of whom have participated in the company’s amazing success.
Lisa’s personal approach to project management is simple yet vital to business success: Serve vanilla. In spite of all the flavors offered, it is still the most popular. Project management does not need to be complex or complicated to support an organization's business needs. Keeping it simple actually allows companies to develop project management competency that becomes part of the organizational culture over time. Lisa believes project management tools should support project delivery processes in their simplest form and should be enhanced only when needed. Because team dynamics are a key influence on project success, finding a way to better manage group challenges from a management and communications perspective improves the team’s internal dynamics as well as group performance. Simple Solutions is a must for anyone who strives to transform their organization for success.