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Leading
Projects to Successful Completion
In
today’s complex, challenging, and ever-changing business
environment, delivering projects on time, within budget, and
with the promised functionality is harder than ever.
Studies have shown that 80% of projects are not
completed on time, 52% of projects exceed original estimates
by 189%, and 75% of projects completed by large companies have
less than 75% of the original features.
These issues are even more prevalent for software
development projects. It is also known that there is a direct
correlation between a company’s return on investment (ROI)
and its level of project management maturity.
To remain competitive and thrive today and in the
future, it is critical that companies use proven best
practices to plan, manage, and control their projects.
At SMS, not only can we help you improve your software
project management practices, we can work with you to fit them
within your particular project environment.
Why
SMS?
At SMS, we work with you to implement the
software project management practices that will bring you the
greatest return quickly.
Our strategic project approach combines your own
project management best practices with industry best practices
to match the needs of your business.
The SMS approach is built on the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), the Project Management
Institute’s (PMI®) internationally-accepted standards for
professional project management.
This ensures that the best available knowledge is
available to you. SMS
actively participates with other industry experts in refining
and evolving PMBOK standards and has nationally-recognized
expertise in project management. SMS specializes in helping
companies improve their software development practices, so we
can optimize the application of industry best-practices in
project management to your software development activities.
SMS experts have managed projects of
all sizes and complexities and have defined and implemented
software project management practices in many industries. Our
experts each bring an average of over 25 years of industry
experience to our clients. Our staff includes project managers who have been certified
by PMI as Project Management Professionals (PMPs®).
Project Management Consulting
Your organization can benefit from a full range of
project management consulting services from SMS.
We start by reviewing your existing practices
identifying strengths and weakness, and prioritizing areas for
improvement. We
work with you to develop an action plan that includes one or
more of the following:
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Methodology development and
implementation – We will work with you to define and
implement project management practices that reflect your
organization’s specific priorities.
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Mentoring -- We
will walk your Project Managers through applying project
management practices to their specific projects.
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Project Jumpstarts – We will
help you get your new projects off to the right start by
facilitating project planning workshops with project
teams.
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Problem solving --
Having problems on a project?
We will analyze your project and help you put it back
on track quickly.
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Project Management Office (PMO)
-- We
will guide you in setting up the right kind of PMO for
your needs.
SMS can also help you fill gaps in
your project management know-how with our staff augmentation
services. By
providing top-notch talent from our pool of highly-skilled
professionals, we can help you meet your resource needs for
project management.
Project Management Training
Tired of paying for days of project management
training, only to spend even more time trying to rework
general PM skills to fit specific software development needs?
Get it right the first time with training from SMS. Our curriculum offers a series of
flexible, affordable sessions that equip project managers with
the exact skillset they need to optimize their software
development projects.
Choose from over 30 courses made up of half-day, full-day,
or two-day sessions that zero in on the topics you need to
focus on, without draining your time or your budget. Our
modular format lets project managers create customized training programs
that address their most pressing software development
challenges – from software project management, to related
courses on estimation, process improvement, requirements,
testing, and more.
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