Facts
Velvet Systems has been delivering IT projects successfully for decades
At some point your organisation will need to execute an IT project:
As your business grows and evolves you will need new information technology capabilities – things like new applications and new infrastructure, or perhaps cloud migration with new workflows, etc.
As time passes, some of your existing infrastructure and applications will need updating – physical servers, virtual servers, storage and backup systems, intrusion prevention devices (firewalls), switches and routers (LAN/WAN), workstations / computers, printers and other peripherals, email, etc.
The most effective approach to delivering IT projects is to use a proven methodology. Velvet Systems has decades of experience using our in-house methodology that is based on the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (the “PMBOK”) and selected parts of Agile.
Velvet Systems has the methodology, the technical expertise and the project management expertise. Working with our clients we have recently delivered:
- Migration of documents and information to the cloud (SharePoint), and migration of applications to the cloud (Office365, email, exchange, etc.).
- Server and network upgrades.
- Server and network new implementations.
- Hyper-converged infrastructure implementation (HP SimpliVity).
- Network security upgrades and testing.
- Server virtualisation.
- Backup and disaster recovery solutions.
- New office IT setup.
- Office moves.
- Email migrations both to on-premises infrastructure and to the cloud.
- Remote working solutions.
- Site office IT.
Warning signs
How to tell if your IT project is bogged down
- Unexpectedly high amounts of overtime.
- Resources continually diverted away from the project.
- High cost variance and schedule variance.
- Milestones consistently not met.
- Many unexpected scope and deliverable changes.
- Absence of clearly defined deliverables.
- Absence of a clearly defined end-point (no agreement about what “done” means).
- Absence of a detailed work break-down structure (WBS) and schedule, for example an MS Project plan.
- Risk events unexpectedly happen (risks are not managed).
- Vendors and sub-contractors cost more than expected and/or are confused about their deliverables.
- Lack of team focus and cohesion, lack of interest in the project.
- Disinterested and unsupportive stakeholders.
- Consistently poor communication.
If you see these warning signs in one of your projects Velvet Systems can provide you with a no-cost project assessment and recommendations.
Get in touch today
We have been helping clients in Brisbane (and beyond) with IT projects for over 20 years. Contact us now for expert advice.
