In today’s rapidly evolving IT landscape, small businesses face significant challenges in maintaining a competitive edge. One of the most pressing issues is the scarcity of skilled IT professionals. At Proper Connections, we understand these hurdles and offer a solution tailored to your needs: staff augmentation. Why Staff Augmentation? Staff augmentation allows businesses to temporarily… Read More
Understanding the Role of an IT Project Manager
Project management is essential to the success of any IT project. Whether transitioning to a cloud-based platform, implementing a new system, or making changes to your infrastructure, project management is vital. By having an experienced and knowledgeable project director on your side, you can meet objectives on time while minimizing delays and risks. What is… Read More
3 Benefits of IT Project Management
If you operate a small- to mid-size company, you may have yet to invest in IT project management. But as your business grows, you may find it beneficial to have a designated person or team in charge of planning and executing your IT objectives. Project management can cover technology projects such as software development, cloud… Read More
5 Common Challenges of IT Project Management
IT project management plans and develops technology implementation and management projects. An IT project manager generally follows a consistent path that includes five phases to complete a task: While the above list encapsulates the role of project management, each phase can last months or years, depending on the circumstances. Some delays are unavoidable and unanticipated,… Read More
The Trends Now Driving IT Outsourcing
As IT teams deal with talent shortages, major IT project management demands, and a competitive push to offer the best customer experiences, companies are embracing IT outsourcing to meet objectives. While IT staff augmentation has been utilized in the past, there are new trends driving its adoption. Companies utilize IT outsourcing for a wide variety… Read More
IT Project Management: Call In the Experts
New technology and changing standards are important factors that can complicate IT project management. If you’re fortunate to have particularly forward-thinking people on your team, you can anticipate the changes and plan accordingly. However, for the vast majority of organizations, outsourced IT is the only way to gain access to experts that can help strategize… Read More
Project Management 101 – Getting Started
By Mare Levine and Karen Dapper Businesses know projects need project managers if they want their project to meet their goals, remain on time, and stay within its budget. While no one knows for sure how many Project Managers (PM) there are in the United States, ProjectManager.com, estimates there are 9-11 million, while DataUSA.io puts… Read More