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Rhombus Consulting is proud to offer experienced project managers, including PMP* certified resources, to lead your technology development and implementation initiatives. We have a solid track record in delivering IT projects on-time and on-budget across various types of technologies. Rhombus Consulting also provides a proven software development life cycle (SDLC) methodology, as well as the necessary tools and templates, to guide our clients through their technology projects. Our overall approach and successes are driven by our years of expertise as well as our ability to balance the scope of work with the available time and resources to work on the project. As Steve McConnell wrote in Software Project Survival Guide back in 1998, software projects fail for one of two general reasons; the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or the project team lacks the resolve to conduct a project effectively. Additionally, McConnell reported at the time that in the United States, the software industry employed 2 million people who worked on 300,000 software projects. Unfortunately, nearly 60% of these projects exceeded budgetary or scheduling constraints. Furthermore, of the most expensive projects, roughly half were cancelled altogether because they are perceived as being “out of control.” |
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A large factor that drives software projects over budget are project stakeholders not understanding the bottom line impact of errors made at various stages of a project. Because large, critical decisions (which development tools to use, what technical path or approach to take, etc.) are usually made in the beginning stages of a project, followed by incrementally smaller decisions as the project progresses, errors made in the initial phase can be very expensive to fix. In fact, the data show that errors made up front can cost 50-200 times as much to correct at the end of the project. Proper planning at the very outset of the initiative, as well as buy-in from the stakeholders before proceeding to subsequent phases, will minimize the opportunity for costly errors during the project. |
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Now several years later, in this post-bubble economy, companies have little if any luxury to experience technology projects that are labeled “exceeding budget”, “behind schedule” or “out of control”. In concert with our eLLISPE e-Business Strategy methodology and PI-Cycle approach for Process Improvement, Rhombus Consulting is uniquely qualified to help our clients identify technology initiatives with the strongest ROI, insure they are implemented on-time and on-budget, and deployed these initiatives in parallel with process improvement measures to maximize operational and financial success. Contact us at info@rhombusconsulting.com to find out more about our methodology and approach to success software implementation project management. |
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Rhombus Consulting resources are proud to
be members of the Project Management Institute (PMI), a recognized
leader in project management best practices. * PMI and PMP are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute |
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