Programme & Project Management

Project management is a fundamental part of the work we do for our clients. PRINCE2 accreditation is standard for our project managers, but our style is the practical application of this formal methodology. We emphasise the human aspects of project management within the team, and our project managers work hard to build the web of relationships between sponsors, users, other internal client departments, our clients' customers, suppliers, third party software and hardware vendors and other partners that makes project success so much easier to achieve.

And making your project a success is what our project managers are all about.

The purpose of a project manager is to enable you to achieve more from the work of a team of people than that team could achieve without them. This is a statement that DB Consulting project managers hold dear. The only justification for their existence is that the client receives value - that is, that they deliver more than the cost of their presence.

Because of this, DB Consulting project managers are fierce guardians of the business benefits that our clients expect from their projects. It is the benefits upon which the cost benefit case was made that must be delivered, beyond any other consideration. This requires an intense focus on scope, timetable and resources and an inclusive approach that actively builds positive relationships between all project participants no matter whether they are directly or indirectly involved.

Project Health Checks

As an IT director, business systems development manager or infrastructure manager it can be difficult to gain a truly independent picture of a project for which you are ultimately responsible. Project management specialists from DB Consulting can help you to assess the viability of a future project, ensure best practice of an existing project or to propose a rescue plan for a failing project.

Our project health check service has saved organisations many hundreds of thousands of pounds in costs associated with project overruns, delayed project implementation and wasted software license fees. Please contact us in strict confidence for an informal meeting to discuss your project.

Software Acquisition Due Diligence

For organisations considering licensing a software package, our software acquisition due diligence service will quickly report to you on the software vendors' management team, technical team capability, the technical soundness of the product, ease of support and enhancement, the vendor's reliance on key individuals and suppliers and advise on escrow arrangements and other points for your contractual negotiations.

Track Record

DB Consulting has provided programme and project management services to companies such as B&Q, Dunhill, NCH. We have project managed software development projects, package selection and implementation projects (in particular Oracle E-Business Suite implementation) and infrastructure projects as well as a variety of specialist projects such as user training development and rollout, desktop rollout, data centre build and application performance testing.

For more information on our programme management and project management services, please speak to Nick Hill on 01753 626625 or by email at nhill@dbgroup.co.uk