Mariposa Consulting Group | Project Management
Information technology management consulting group that handles infrastructure audits, project management, vendor/software selection and other services.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Management

Brenda McDougall is a certified Project Management Professional with 20+ years’ experience in managing information technology projects of all sizes – from $10K to $2M+.  In addition, Brenda is also a Certified Change Management Practitioner which adds another facet to her skillset.  Brenda, and her team, bring over 30 years’ experience in successful project delivery.

Brenda has successfully managed projects in the following areas, to name a few:

  • ERP implementations
  • CRM implementations
  • MS SharePoint intranet design and implementations
  • COTS roll-outs
  • Hardware roll-outs
  • Telephone system implementations
  • Server upgrades/replacements
  • Business Intelligent implementations

 

Why is project management important?

Without project management, teams and clients are exposed to disorganized management, vague objectives, resource planning issues, increased risk, reduction in quality, project budget overruns and missed or delayed delivery dates.

Good project management mitigates risks and issues and supports the successful delivery of projects and helps to ensure that the projects meet the strategic goals of the company.

  1. Strategic Alignment – is the project meeting, or exceeding, the strategic business goals that it was intended to meet at the outset of the project?
  2. Leadership – the project manager brings guidance and direction to a project and ensures accountability from all team members.
  3. Clear Focus and Objectives – project management ensures that there are well defined goals and objectives that lead to the success of a project and allows the team to focus on their tasks.
  4. Realistic Project Planning – effective project management negotiates reasonable and achievable deadlines and milestones across stakeholders, teams, and management and provides a realistic project schedule.
  5. Quality Control – project management is key to quality assurance and control to ensure that tasks are not underestimated and schedules and processes rushed to the detriment of quality.
  6. Risk Management – risk management is critical to project success as it ensures that risks are managed and mitigated to reduce the possibility of a risk becoming an issue.
  7. Orderly Process – project management ensures that the right people do the right things at the right time.  Proper process allows for clarity in roles, streamlined processes and inputs, anticipation of risks and ensures that the project is continually aligned with the overall strategy.
  8. Continuous Oversight – ensures that a project’s progress is tracked and reported properly to provide transparent insights into the project’s milestones, risks, issues and budget.
  9. Subject Matter Expertise – project management brings necessary skills to the running of any project as they are the hub of the entire project and may be the only person who has insight into the entire project.
  10. Management and Learning from Success and Failure – an important part of all projects is the Lessons Learned – from both successful and unsuccessful projects.  There is almost more to learn from the unsuccessful projects – and to take those lessons into the next project to help keep from making the same mistakes.

Contact us today to find out how professional project and change management can improve the chances for success of your technology projects.