Project Management

IT project implementations are critical and challenging. The value of high-quality project management cannot be overestimated. The quality, timeliness, performance, and budgetary discipline of a project depend on oversight, and good management ensures that results will advance business operations.

Fulcrum has specific experience in IT project management. Our own proven philosophy is based on sound practices, quality technical products and staffing, and industry leading processes. We can deliver:

• Management
  • Insight without the oversight costs.
  • Reduced overhead.
  • Maximize use of online capabilities.
  • Blend of centralized and decentralized control.
  • Decentralized execution.
• Quality
  • Standard Fulcrum and QC processes for program management, content management, and requirements tracking.
  • Monthly and quarterly reviews to ensure processes are followed, new requirements are incorporated, and new stakeholder concerns are addressed.
  • Work delivered on time, on cost, all the time.
• Staffing
  • Shared work vs. work share—Fulcrum cares more about putting the right person on the task than worrying about which firm on a team gets the workshare.
  • Cleared qualified staff.
  • Strong recruiting and retention—Fulcrum has averaged over 97% retention on projects. This ensures continuity, gains client trust, enhances the ability to meet timelines, builds team cohesion, and facilitates effective communications.
• Technical Excellence
  • Established project frameworks such as Rational Unified Method, the Microsoft Solutions Framework Method, or the Information Technology Information Library (ITIL).
  • Innovation—projects are rarely "etched in stone"—new requirements, new stakeholders, new client staff, and new technologies create opportunities to enhance project results. Fulcrum's creativity assists that process when appropriate, and our proactive approach enables us to suggest innovations and add value in areas the client may not have recognized.
• Risk Management
  • Continuous risk management—especially critical when executing complex projects in dynamic operational environments.
  • Effective risk management processes— without them, cost control, schedule discipline, quality control, and effective problem resolution are not possible.