practiced project management at RUCH NOVAPLAST

everything is under control

„Project management means making innovation processes plannable and controllable“.
The idea that project management is sensible independently of company size, is a unique concept. The common opinion among medium sized corporations, is that the project management is only profitable for large companies. This assessment is simply wrong.
RUCH NOVAPLAST’s project management has been IPMA certified since 2008. Our customers can rely on that. For years, we have also been actively involved in subsidised innovation projects (BMBF,ZIM), such as such as CarboProtekt and AutoMiPro, as project partner, sub-project partner and overall project manager.
The fundamental decision of the customer, to take advantage of the offered services for his project, is the starting point of the process of project management. Usually, they are sophisticated developments, like most of RUCH NOVAPLAST’s projects.

The main steps of project planning are:

• Evaluation of the project team in respect to strengths, skills and organisation; knowledge balance
• Definition of the project’s goals and their analysis using the service-cost-schedule triangle. With this, the goals are defined just as precicely as non-goals. A goal must be specified, measurable, accepted, realistic and timely (SMART).
• The project environment must be evaluated objectively and according to technical and economic factors, as well as in terms of patent law. Social influences play an additional role. Here, a stakeholder analysis is conducted, which is to answer the question, how a positive attitude of all parties can be ensured towards the project.
• Creation of a project stage plan, which contains milestones that are defined as termination criteria. During transitioning from one stage to the next, the termination criteria is in effect. The milestones mark the successful transition.
• Creation of a project structure plan and workload packages for the respective persons in charge
• Process planning and schedule
• Costs and resources plan
• Risk management 

A detailed, concrete specification book is the summary of all above-mentioned points. This results in security for both sides, the customer and RUCH NOVAPLAST.

After we have been commissioned with the project, these project phases follow:

• Project implementation (PDCA-Cycle, change management, project controlling, reporting)
• Project finalisation (final report, lessons-learned, evaluation)

A certified project management system is the foundation of the sustainable success of a project. These four additional RUCH NOVAPLAST success factors are added:

• The development team is the key factor of success. Harmonious and effective team work according to clear guidelines is a must.
• Focused strategy – meaning, a selection of what suits us and what does not. Not every innovation matches our product portfolio. Projects  that further strengthen our established status as an innovative leader, are great for RUCH NOVAPLAST.
• Thought-out and practiced project management is crucial for success.
• Strategic alliances and partnerships. Further development based on existing knowledge – internal and external, creates great synergy.

RUCH NOVAPLAST practices this system and has grown with it. This is confirmed by our success. In discussions, we often notice that many people talk about project management, without having fully implemented it in the company. This is what makes us different.