A project sits neatly between an idea and its realisation, regardless of whether it has specialist or IT driven origins. Successful project management is the key to any project regardless of field where an idea is being turned into reality.

Usually great change takes place during any project and this is why most organisations invest considerable amounts of financial resources and manpower into them. Many studies reinforce the view that very few projects are realised with the desired results, within the timeframe set, and to budget. Delays, replanning, renegotiations – all these things cost money. Project management which is target driven and efficient from the very start can help an organisation drive down these unnecessary costs.

Firstwaters value structured, pragmatic and specialised project management. Our Consultants are armed with a comprehensive skill set showcasing all modern planning, control and reporting tools in the project management arena. Since all these skills have been tested hands on, Firstwater Consultants are able to demonstrate project critical people skills too. We understand feelings of resistance and uncertainty brought about by change, and our team is more than skilled in positively dealing with these situations.

Our range of services in Project Management follows (by no means a definitive list):

• Management of interdisciplinary teams of experts
• Support during complex change processes
• Support of specialised control of project work
• Use of „state-of-the-art” planning, control and reporting tools
• Use of traditional procedural models such as waterfall, rational unified process (RUP) and agile procedures such as ‘SCRUM’ (derived from a Rugby scrum when a game restarts after a minor infraction)