Project Management

Project management is an integral part of any business that wants to develop rapidly and retain control over costs and resources.

IT development often fails through a lack of protocol applied to IT projects; the big one being the old favourite of communication breakdown!

Project management is often pigeonholed for larger businesses and ignored by the smaller ones for the red tape it causes. Please don't accept this as the case. In many circumstances its more important for the small business as they have limited funds and resources and need their projects to be right first time.

Its good practice to invest some money in project management training preferable under a recognised standard like PRINCE2. Careful where you spend the budget though as there are several companies out there that charge handsomely for this.

I used Vi2dus , a training consultancy based in Camborne. They are an excellent bunch and give great service at a great price.

As far as IT services go Piran Technologies has used Prince2 from its inception as I was an advocate of this from my last company.

If you are buying IT services, its unlikely that your provider would spend the time and money to implement PRINCE2 fully as part of their quality manual but don't be afraid to ask them what methodology they intend to use or how they will control the costs, resources and communication.

This could save you money and will help to ensure the supplier meets your expectations.