Management Consulting
Management Best Practices - We have assisted many clients by performing assessments of their current management processes and found what worked and what needed improvement. Our recommendations have helped our clients increase revenues, avoid wasteful spending, reduced product time-to-market, met compliance standards and created overall efficiencies. Assessments completed using the PMI's PMBOK as the foundation for delivering success in these areas.
Program / Project Management - We have set up and assisted corporate clients in the integration of Project Management Offices (PMOs) to provide oversight for mission critical initiatives. Our tools and techniques pointed out methods for utilizing their current resources and personnel efficiently to:
- create effective and executable project plans
- determine "real" estimates for plan tasks
- place key metrics within plans for effective project monitoring
- ensure risks are identified and managed
- change management processes
- quality gate adherence
- effective "multi-level" project status reporting and communication
- executive management reporting models and dashboards
- visual information management
Vendor Management - We have set up and
assisted corporate clients in the integration of Vendor Management Offices (VMOs) to provide oversight for successful vendor partnerships in delivering corporate objectives. Our expertise has created a "value add" when it comes to defining the RFP (Requirements, SLAs, Incentives), Establishing Selection Processes, Evaluating Proposals, Final Vendor Selection and Vendor Oversight. We employ a 5 - step process in ensuring a successful vendor partnership for long-term success.
Project Level Assessments - It is quite alarming that many projects end up behind schedule, over budget and do not deliver on requirements. We have helped many of our clients to uncover potential areas of concern within their projects during the planning phase of the project. Caught early enough, we have successfully implemented our recommendations for increasing project success predictability. Let us show you how using the "Diamond Process" our "10 Step Checkpoint" and our "Let's Get Back to the Basics" methodologies can uncover otherwise undetected issues lurking within your projects.
Project Estimating - This is a very challenging area for managers to tackle. Every manager estimates work differently. Let us show you our process for estimating project tasks with consistency throughout your organization.
Team Assessments - Sometimes projects are doomed from the start because of the make-up of the project team. If you have a team full of Planners, very few Executors, enough Type A task masters and no Creative Thinkers, you will definitely be on your way to failure. Let us perform an assessment of each of the team members and show you their strengths and weaknesses when put together as a team. From this, we can suggest adjustments to bring out the most team effectiveness and ensure their path to success.
Additional Services - These are just a sampling of the services we offer. Other core competencies include; Process Improvement, Change Management, Organization Transition, Software Release Management, Increased Customer Service Effectiveness, Mind Mapping Strategies and much more. Just contact us, explain the types of challenges you/your teams are facing and we can customize solutions to assist you on your journey in delivering successful projects initiatives.