Your challenge:
You’re involved in a multi-disciplinary project to refit a large-scale, prominent research and teaching laboratory within your organisation.
Significant external funding has been secured for this project and there are many contributing factors to manage including finances, health and safety, estates management, operational requirements, staff training, sustainability and much more.
There have been several project meetings already, but there’s a concern amongst project members that necessary progress is not being made and there are deadlines in place on when external funding can be spent.
You reach out to ITSS Consulting to explore if project management services are offered to help get this project back on track.
Your solution:
We spend time speaking directly to people involved in project delivery to understand the specific technical working environment challenges.
After building relationships with project members, we identify clear differences in opinion surrounding which key stakeholders to involve and on delivery approach, causing avoidable delays.
People and project management sessions are delivered by our team of experts, focusing on tools and techniques to work better together and operational project timelines, inputs and outcomes.
We facilitate conversations between core project members to co-curate practical solutions that are realistic and sufficiently planned and resourced.
Now, with a solid and comprehensive project plan to enhance and refit the research and teaching laboratory, there is a clear path forward with the project team and wider stakeholders. There is also clarity on when the team should consult with wider subject specialists.
Potential impact:
- The project team recognise the benefit of working with an independent advisor on such a large-scale project to objectively assess all elements and advise an industry-standard, best practice project management approach.
- Other colleagues who are working on smaller projects within technical working environments, learn about ITSS Consulting too and start the conversation about troubleshooting early.
- ITSS Consulting offered light touch consulting advice as and when to keep progress moving, providing independent advice when any issues arose.