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Project Management – how important is it anyway?

August 2, 2011 in Featured News, Logical Choice, Project Management

Well, if you’re reading this, you were intrigued enough by the first installment of this blog to come back for more. Last time, I promised to fill you in on why Project Management is so important for customers and for the companies that provide it. The first lesson in effective project management is delivering on promises, so, here goes.

The Executive Summary:

Project Management is important for customers because it helps ensure they get exactly what they asked for—delivered on time and on budget.

Project Management is important for companies because it helps them organize workflow to maximize capacity. This affords the opportunity to take on more business at higher profit margins, all while increasing customer satisfaction. Read the rest of this entry →

Someone You Can Count On…

July 21, 2011 in Featured News, Logical Choice, Professional Services

When it all goes wrong–all at once–and you are in way over your head, you need to be able to rely on someone that you know will get the job done. A single point of contact. Someone who is competent and will execute according to what is necessary to get things back on track. Relationships like these are very hard to come by and are becoming more rare as the technology in our lives gets more complicated.

If a company could offer this type of individual service–a professional relationship that allows me to lean on one person for support, before, during, and after my purchase–they would have me as a customer forever. Lets run with that for a minute… Read the rest of this entry →

Project Management – you’ve heard the term before but do you really know what it is?

July 8, 2011 in Logical Choice, Project Management

Let’s start with the basics…the formal definition given by the Project Management Institute (PMI) is below (PMI is the organization responsible for creating and maintaining the global standard in Project Management methodology).

Project Management – “is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet project requirements.”
(PMI*, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 4th Edition, p. 6) Read the rest of this entry →