Technology & Project Management Consulting
We help you organize and manage your IT backlog through our knowledge of best practices and our understanding of your business. Working with you, we help establish a Program Management Office (PMO) and implement technology project and application lifecycle management (ALM) processes. Whether you must be compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley or you just want to streamline your project portfolio, Our Technology Management Consultants can customize the right programs for you.
Project Adoption & Transition Protocols
You cannot feasibly accept every project that comes your way and work them all concurrently. We know, we've been there. We will show you how to organize your project portfolio and schedule projects based on stakeholder-defined priorities. There is a formal procedure for chartering and initiating projects and following them helps you manage expectations and obtain resources. At some point you must transition the product of the project to the users and start a new, maintenance project for that product.
Our consultants have experience (good and bad) in dealing with IT backlog issues, establishing PMO's, and setting expectations with stakeholders, customers, team members, and upper management. We work with you to customize protocols that fit your business culture and work habits, and we will continue to support you in updating the protocols as you learn what works best for you.
Change Management & Governance Framework
Once a project is started, it must be maintained properly or it will be at risk of failure. We know how to help you continue steady project execution amid the changes in the business. It is rarely your option to say "No, we won't do it." You have to determine how to accept projects without over-extending yourself and your team. You have the unenviable task of doing all of this within constraints such as SarbOx.
We show you how to say "Yes." with conditions that require stakeholders to set priorities. Our team helps establish formal procedures for managing change requests at the program level (that is, dealing with new and cancelled projects) and for each project (such as requirements changes). We teach you to set and manage expectations so that there are few stakeholder surprises, all while adhering to governance constraints.
Hiring Technologists & Organizing Technology Teams
You must hire and retain team members appropriate to your business vertical, organizational culture, and selected technology platforms. Once aboard, teams must be organized and allowed to do their jobs so that you may do yours. All of this occurs while the business environment is changing.
Lotic Factor creates customized technical interview processes and questions and will interview candidates for you. We assess the team's skill levels and recommend training plans to help establish, maintain, and grow their skills to meet the changes in the organization.