Project Management Services

Project Management Services can help make IT simple and remove the uncertainty from complex IT system implementations. Project Management Services provides overall project leadership and a single point of contact to work closely with the customer to coordinate the entire implementation from:

• Strategic planning and decision support
• Preliminary site evaluations
• Detailed implementation plans
• Equipment delivery and physical installation
• System configuration and integration
• Testing and acceptance
• Clinical deployment

Apple Project Management Services: Apple Project Management Services provides dedicated, certified Project Managers to lead complex technology projects. Project Managers can be retained for a fixed period of time to manage all aspects of your technology implementation. Project Managers deliver comprehensive services for your far-reaching objectives. Projects are often complex in design, wide in scope, and long-term in commitment. They may include one-to-one laptop deployments or the redesign and implementation of network operations.

Project Management Services include:

• System assessment
• Goal setting, evaluation, and strategic planning
• Technology implementation plan development
• Project management
• One-to-one laptop deployments

Scope of Project Management Services: Project Management Services are applicable in all phases of a project, from the initial concept through implementation, to the final commissioning and handover of an operational project. It is therefore important that a client be aware of the full scope of services that can be provided. Project Management Services would normally include certain basic services such as the following:

• planning and scheduling;
• budgeting and estimating;
• cost control and accounting;
• quality control;
• Regular reporting.

In addition to these basic services, depending upon the particular project, Project Management Services would also include the following items:

• Translating the client's requirements, operational needs and constraints into the language of the technology needed for the project;
• Defining the project requirements, including scope, quality and overall budget and schedule of work;
• Preparing project policies and procedures;
• Assisting in securing project financing and arranging sale/leaseback or other appropriate financial arrangements;
• Advising the client of decisions required in relation to legal and insurance considerations;
• Advising the client as to the suitability of alternative sites or premises under consideration for the project;
• Advising and assisting the client in respect of the approval process with statutory authorities and the procurement of requisite permits;
• Structuring the project into manageable sub-entities;
• Pre-qualifying, recommending, selecting, and negotiating contracts with consultants;
• Managing the design for conformity with the agreed project requirements and budget, and administering design changes;
• Suggesting alternatives, evaluating them, and assisting the client in deciding between them so as to best meet the needs of the client in terms of scope, time, quality and cost;
• Identifying dates when user requirements and decisions or approvals by the client are required, and documenting them. Advising the client of the effect on the project of delayed decisions/approvals;
• Identifying to the client the impact (scope, time, quality, cost) of proposed changes, so that the client may make well-informed decisions whether to proceed with the proposed changes;
• Arranging and coordinating the procurement, expediting and quality control of all required materials, equipment and services, including those supplied by the client;
• Procuring construction/implementation, including pre-qualification, tendering, contract negotiation, contract administration, and expediting, as appropriate;
• Managing construction/implementation for conformity with approved design, including detailed scheduling and co-ordination, management of inspection, administration of construction changes, approvals of progress claims, completion certificates, management of deficiency and warranty work, commission, operating manuals and record documentation;
• Assisting the client in start-up and/or operating procedures including staff training.

In defining the scope of Project Management Services to be provided, the client and the engineer should review the above listing in detail, consider additional items which might be appropriate in the particular case and establish the items, and the related scope, to be included in the services contract between them. Depending on the in-house resources of the engineer, the engineer would either carry out the above functions, or arrange to have them carried out by another party. Generally (but dependent on the particular contractual conditions), the engineer would manage and be responsible to the client for these functions and would advise the client of the functions required to be performed by the client and/or others as necessary to fulfill all requisite project responsibilities.

Project Management Services are targeted to any organization or institution with large development projects; any business managing product development or revenue generators; and any executive with responsibility for a portfolio of projects. Project Management Services are provided to assist clients from the design phase through to final construction, installation, and commissioning of facilities.