5 Reasons Why You Need an IT Project Manager
If you’ve ever built a house, you know the value of a reputable and experienced contractor. A house contractor must manage various vendors effectively and efficiently to complete the building project on time, on budget, and without disaster. From pulling permits to working with engineers on the blueprints to contracting the right plumbers, floor layers and electricians, the amount of professionals a home builder must work with, manage, and supervise seems to be endless. Just like most homeowners don’t typically have the time to be their own contractors, most business owners and IT professionals don’t have the time or resources to be their own IT Project Manager while operating the business.
Why You Need an IT Project Manager
From developing project schedules and budgets to monitoring risks and issues, contracting with an IT Project Manager enables you to either hand the project over entirely and focus on your day-to-day operations, or hand off pieces of a large and complex project that is outside of your organization’s wheelhouse. IT Project Managers oversee projects for systems integrations, hardware deployment, network upgrades, and hire contract IT staff to supplement your existing department, all with the focus of delivering a project on-time and on-budget. At Darby Consulting, not only do we deliver projects on-time and on-budget, we do it with the best people for the job, pulling from our top-rated PMI-certified network of over 1,000 IT professionals.
Reason 1: An IT Project Manager takes the pressure off your IT department
If there’s one thing we hear over and over again from our oil and gas clients, it’s that they’ve bitten off more than they can chew and they need help last week. Contracting with an IT Project Manager can help you avoid this high-pressure atmosphere to manage both a major IT project and keep up with normal, day-to-day tasks.
Reason 2: Guarantee an on-time IT project with an IT Project Manager
From complex IT systems integrations and upgrades to simple hardware upgrades, IT projects affect every employee in the company. Delays result in lost productivity, higher costs, and in some cases, loss of contracts. Contracting with an IT Project Manager ensures that you have someone who is 100% dedicated to delivering your IT project on-time.
Reason 3: IT Project Managers deliver IT projects on-budget
One of the initial hurdles with hiring an IT Project Manager is the cost of doing so. However, the right project manager will not only ensure your projects are delivered on-budget, they’ll also identify different avenues to cut costs or implement new systems for long-term efficiency. At Darby Consulting, we’ve built a cost-effective operating model so we can offer exceptional IT project services at prices that will surprise you.
Reason 4: IT Project Managers illuminate new opportunities for more efficient operations
The right IT Project Manager will analyze the project and suggest new and better ways to complete the project, taking into consideration all areas of operation, planned projects, and projected company growth. The value of this is immeasurable. Rather than quilting together your oil and gas IT projects as systems break or become obsolete, the right IT Project Manager will help you formulate a project master plan that uses your current assets, your projected growth, and identify the best technologies for the job.
Reason 5: Darby Consulting IT Project Managers offer specialized training
Finally, contracting with a Darby Consulting IT Project Manager ensures that you’ll get more than the project delivered on-time and on-budget. You’ll also get access to Darby’s Quick-Start Workshops, designed to help your IT Project team get more done in less time. Not only that, but we’ll work with you to develop a training plan to equip end-users with the new skills and to adapt to the change in technology. Training is the final piece that a great IT Project Manager offers to guarantee a smooth transition and project success.
Hiring the right IT Project Manager
Hiring the right IT Project Manager is imperative to your project’s success. If you’re ready to talk about your project and how Darby Consulting can help, contact us today. If you’re still in the planning process, make sure you sign up to receive premium access to content like “Making the case for new IT Projects.”