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FCSL Project Management

Business Issues

Competing in today’s global market, particularly in environments where reduced cost is a primary driver, requires organisations to react quickly to market changes, and to be able to proactively drive projects to improve business efficiency. This ability to enable change, while at the same time maintaining the level of service demanded by an ever more sophisticated and disparate user base, represents a significant challenge to IT departments today.

Ensuring that internal staff are trained in the latest Project Management techniques, and have the space and confidence to practice those skills, while minimising project timescales and risks represents a difficult balance. In an environment where knowledge management will differentiate leading edge competitors, this investment must be made.

Most IT Departments are unable to fund the quantity of Project Managers required to address the occasional peak in skills requirement.

The users are more knowledgeable, and have a greater expectancy of project delivery and success.

The FCSL Approach

FCSL Project Managers use a tailored project management methodology to plan, communicate, execute and close out success Project Management assignments.

There are three key phases in this methodology:

Scoping Phase – enquiry and requirement definition
Design Phase – study, analysis and design, proof of concept and pilot
Execution Phase – implementation and close out

FCSL Project Managers have a significant track record in working with clients to achieve their business and cost benefits. This has ensured that IT has been aligned to the business, rather than allowing IT to drive the business which leads to unjustified, costly diversions.

FCSL Project Managers can work as part of a client Project Management team, drive a distinct part of a project, or manage and control an entire, standalone project.

FCSL Project Managers design Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) which are designed to describe not only approach to the project, but also the risks involved at each stage. These PIDs are used to track progress, as well as to review the project at close-out phase.

FCSL Project Managers can manage multiple, integrated projects as one – a skill demanded by many of our clients. They monitor changes, ensure the timely management of exceptions, issues, risks and project dependencies.

FCSL Project Managers can plan and manage the project schedule, resource plan and even the budget. Our Project Managers can oversee FCSL resource, client resource and third part resource to deliver the project objectives on time and within budget.

FCSL Project Managers can run Project Definition Workshops to help define:

The project scope and phases
The resources required
The costs for each phase of the project
Roles and responsibilities of project staff
The associated risks

The outcome of these workshops can then be used to run a successful project, delivered on time and within budget.

FCSL Project Managers can provide a range of Project Audit and Review services, providing clients with objective, unbiased advice and guidance. This includes:

Audit and existing project to highlight any factor that may be causing budget overrun, delays or is affecting levels of delivery
Measure policies against industry best practice, making recommendations for improvement.

Business Benefits Delivered

FCSL Project Managers can be used to deliver projects on time and within budget, improving cost control. As impartial Project Managers, they are able to react flexibly and sensibly to change, ensuring that the project requirements are fully satisfied.

FCSL Project Managers can be employed to transfer skills and experience to in-house project managers who will benefit from extensive industry experience.

FCSL Project Managers can be utilised to smooth short-term demand peaks so that additional investment in the form of full-time employees is not required.

FCSL Project Managers core competencies are based around professionalism, trust, partnership and quality. These core competencies deliver the industry-leading, best-value, best-fit delivery of Project Management skills.