Project Management

It is said that the only constant in life is change. Every organisation will need to undertake projects to move their IT forward, and yet retaining project management skills in-house is not only very expensive, but very difficult – to the extent that it is estimated nearly 60% of IT projects fail due to a lack of confidence in project expertise, fuzzy business objectives and out-of-touch stakeholders.

At Smartdesc, our dedicated Professional Services team will ensure that your IT projects do not fall into that category. We have helped countless numbers of customers deliver projects either from scratch, or by rescuing a project or programme that is off track.

We have extensive experience delivering projects in challenging environments, to tight budgets and timelines. Our Project Managers benefit from a wealth of knowledge and lessons learnt across many different industries. We have successfully delivered hundreds of projects ranging from small roll outs of new PCs up to £2m+ nationwide IT migrations for 700+ staff members. All that experience goes towards ensuring we manage IT projects through to a successful delivery – even when requirements flex or issues crop up.

We start by agreeing critical success factors, produce business cases and cost v benefit analysis before moving to product selection, and work with all stakeholders and staff involved to stay strictly requirements focused not skip to a technology tool or application choice.

When we move to the project execution stage, we adopt the Agile approach of delivering prototypes, demos or pilot systems as early as possible to allow business users to sense check and re-prioritize their original requirements if required – ensuring the end result remains fit for purpose.

To ensure projects are kept on track we employ a robust governance and executive sponsorship framework that ensures our PMs and the project team benefit from proactive checkpoints and support from senior sponsors and stakeholders throughout.

The Smartdesc Project Management Service runs projects with agility and control; our overall aim is to respond to organisational demands and ensure projects align to business objectives – ultimately IT is an enabler and supporting the organization to achieve it’s goals is our number 1 priority.

Digital Transformation

Smartdesc have a growing reputation for successful IT & Digital transformation programme delivery. Rather than focusing purely on IT infrastructure, Smartdesc act as strategic partners to organisations in the UK overseeing IT & Digital transformation right across all departments. We have a breadth of knowledge that includes; policy & procedure, training, programme management, supplier selection and management, mentoring internal staff and reporting directly to CEOs and Exec Directors.