In project management, iCONS follows international best practices and takes advantage of the consolidated experience of its consultants and project managers.
iCONS considers project management to be the set of processes, methodologies, knowledge and software solutions necessary to allow organisations to better control all aspects of a project (for example timescales, costs, and quality). There are many factors that lead to the requirement of the constant, effective and efficient control of corporate projects: environmental complexity, lack of resources, high competition between alternative investments, a high number of initiatives, keeping to deadlines, the need to contain risks and achieve increasing levels of efficiency.
The capacity for control is often compromised by various different threats:
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Financial - Non-optimal budget forecasting & control, lack of internal chargebacks, tracking of resources, allocation of costs, inefficiencies
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Process- Lack of consistent methodologies, best practices and processes including: startup, control, reporting, risk assessment, control of issues, project closing-off
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Governance - Difficulty in effectively/efficiently managing processes and elements of internal/external project audits
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Compliance - Intentional and unintentional violation of laws, regulations, accounting principles etc.
iCONS helps prevent these threats from materialising and damaging the organisation, by improving project control capacity.
The principal resources used by iCONS in project management are PMBOK® from PMI® and PRINCE2® from OGC.
The principal consultation services offered by iCONS in project management address:
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Processes and best practices for project management
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Part-finished products (reference DBMS for processes)
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Assistance with ISO certification in the project areas
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Training
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Program Management and Project Office
Its in-depth knowledge of the area of project management and conducting services is what gives iCONS its capability to reconcile operational aspects with project-related ones, for example in specifying the dividing lines between project and change management and the interfaces between service management processes (for example ITIL®) and project management processes (for example PRINCE2®). In a nutshell, iCONS introduces the principle of separation of duties between designing and conducting a service, and combines it with processes and services that are optimised for efficiency and effectiveness.
iCONS completes and integrates its consultations with proprietary solutions created by iSYS – Innovative Systems or, where necessary, products from other vendors. This is also an option considered when the customer company already has systems installed from another vendor.
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