Internal or external, large or small, projects are the way companies get things done. There is hardly an organization whose productivity, and ultimately its profitability, isn't impacted by its ability to effectively manage projects.
Work Systems Affiliates works with clients on a number of levels to achieve superior project performance including:
Benefits and Examples of Work Systems Affiliates Project Management Consulting
Whether your organization is in the business of delivering large scale projects or if effective projective execution is an internal issue, Work Systems Affiliates' Project Management Consulting Services provide significant benefits.
Increase Your Win Rate
The first step in winning more projects is to bid only on the projects that are a good fit for your firm. Work Systems Affiliates can help you develop a process to make a better and timelier bid – no bid decisions.
Decrease Your RFP Response Cost
With the high cost of answering RFPs, it is critical to optimize your RFP response process. We can help you implement a coordinated, efficient and effective bidding process that will reduce response costs and increase your hit rate.
Work Systems Affiliates helped CH2MHILL win a long term contract with Dupont. The client said it was the “seamlessness” of the RFP team that caused them to select CH2MHILL.
Leadership On Demand
In the early stages of team development, it is very difficult for strong leadership to emerge. Work Systems Affiliates can provide leadership during this difficult period and accelerate the team's transition to Norming and Performing. As the team jells and roles are defined, the leadership mantle gets passed back to the team and our role diminishes.
“Lack of leadership and alignment of goals are major reasons why teams fail. These are probably the most difficult things for those deeply involved in a messed up project to fix without some outside help. Work Systems Affiliates gave us the help. Without it I don't think our project would have had a chance.”
- Dean Williamson, Project Manager, CH2MHILL
On-Time – On Track Project Kickoffs
Work Systems Affiliates has a proven methodology for setting project teams up for success from the start. Pre-launch efforts provide you with a well defined scope, clear roles, and commonality of purpose. This translates into improved quality, performance, efficiency and mutual profitability for all involved parties.
Exceed Client Expectations
Our vast experience in project management allows us to move projects forward toward the key objectives. We designed a 7 Phase Project Execution Model that has been used extensively on highly successful projects around the world, which has allowed us to consistently exceed our clients' expectations.
Our facilitation of a teaming partnership with a Federal, state, and private sector enterprise in Georgia resulted in the completion of a complex Superfund site cleanup for $12,000,000 versus the expected $18,000,000. Further, it was completed in 3 years rather than the expected 7 year duration.
Rescue a Project
Problems that lead to failure attack projects of all size, in all industries. These problems are rarely due to lack of hard work or effort on the part of the project team. However, they can cause financial and legal catastrophe.
Left unchecked, problems can become systemic, causing a once reputable firm to have astonishingly consistent performance gaps with all projects. Work Systems Affiliates quickly and accurately identifies the root causes of project derailment and work shoulder to shoulder with your team to get things back on track.
A large remediation project was “stalled” due to conflict on the project team. We were able to help the team resolve the disputes and move the project forward. We were highly praised by government agencies involved including South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Land and Waste Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Innovation Breakthroughs = Cost Savings
Spending time at the beginning of projects to forge strong alliances between project partners and stakeholders ensures exceptional project performance and cost savings.
We conducted a major partnering effort with Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp and one of their largest customers, Roadway. One of the outcomes of the session was a joint process whereby engineers from both firms worked together to remove $5,000 of cost from the design and manufacture of each truck!