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Successful project management requires dedicated resources. Most
organisations will, from time to time, need to draw in additional
resource to ensure the project goes well.  soa development project
managers will work with you at every stage of a project’s
development and delivery.  Our approach is founded on understanding
your organisation, building relationships with your people and
helping them to lead successful project teams.  We aim to be
hands on and involved and, if necessary, will embed our team fully in
your organisation.

All projects have risks but planning a project without a risk assessment is starting a project that will only be successful if everything goes perfectly!  soa development has designed a risk management workshop that will not take the risks away…….but will help you to produce a plan that will:

• Identify risks

• Communicate and manage the risks

• Aid decision making

• Improve the success of projects

• Safeguard stakeholder assets

• Give you competitive advantage

"The whole project was exceptionally well run from start to finish.  Our project manager was highly professional throughout" Ian Burns, Business Link for London

How we work

We believe that it is the people in an organisation that make it successful.  Whether dealing with projects, processes, procedures, risk or technology our approach will always give high profile to the people factors.

What we will do for you

Project Management:

• Help develop project protocols

• Work with your people and providers to ensure effective delivery

• Develop systems to ensure your project stays on track

• Develop your own project management capacity

• Project risk assessment to identify problem areas in advance

• Support and guide your staff, supplying leadership and momentum where required

Project Risk Assessment:

• Discuss your needs and develop a one-day workshop tailored to meet those needs

• Agree an agenda and write to workshop participants with a briefing note

• Facilitate a risk management workshop with up to ten members of your staff

• Guide staff through the development of a risk management plan

• Present the outcomes of the workshop and provide you with a draft risk management plan

Key aspects of service

• Clarification of project aims

• Develop strategic and tactical objectives

• Develop project schedule and project management plan
• Identify, communicate and manage risks
• Aid decision making
• Safeguard stakeholder assets
• Give you the competitive advantage

Benefits for clients

• Helps clients to be clear about what they want to achieve

• Aids planning, saving time and money

• Events that could prevent delivery can be foreseen and managed

• Help managers and stakeholders make key decisions

• Clearly meet funders' requirements

• Additional help when resources are tight

• Lends confidence, experience and expertise to ensure projects are delivered

• Regular objective reporting on how things are going

Click here to see some of our project management and risk assessment assignments.

Contact us

We hope you have found this product sheet helpful.  If you have any questions or would like to discuss your project management needs then please contact Ian Parkes on 07768 993704 or by email at ian@soadevelopment.co.uk.