Project Management

ACG  provides experienced, turnkey project management
to cost-and time-effectively achieve your program objectives, while
achieving immediate gains in productivity and process efficiency.   

Outsourcing project management has numerous advantages,
several of which have become more relevant as the US economy
has become less predictable:

• Cost reduction – bringing a qualified outsource partner
  on board for project management is an agile, practical
  alternative to adding staff, or training employees.  It also
  allows companies to run parallel projects, fully staffed
  with project management professionals who work only
  on an “as needed” basis.  Avoiding both overworking,
  and  under-committing, permanent employees helps
  retain top talent -  and is most cost-efficient.  

• Avoiding “wheel re-invention” – leveraging the
  “best practice” skill sets, knowledge base, templates
  and tools of project managers who have proven track
  records is the single most important step you can take to
  make a project move forward quickly, manage the
  inevitable obstacles, reach the stated objectives,
  and produce the ROI you’re seeking.

• Fresh thinking – an experienced outsource partner
  offers the dual benefits of providing new ideas for
  goal-setting, structuring, tracking and scheduling,
  and a specialist’s hands-on knowledge of the
  pitfalls of various techniques as well.   

Getting Started

ACG’s project management work generally begins with a
feasibility appraisal, and development of a detailed project
plan that defines program objectives, risks, and benchmarks. 
Subsequent phases include creation of a roadmap for how
goals will be reached, and management’s commitment of
the talent, facility space, material resources and administrative
systems that will be needed for success.

The tasking of individuals and departments, (including
cross-functional assignments), scheduling to the available
timeline, and budgeting, follow.  ACG project management
includes tools for motivating, managing changes, solving
issues, procurement, and communicating effectively
throughout the organization.

ACG project managers monitor, measure, control and document
the process in real-time in order to remain precisely “on plan.” 
In-depth evaluations or audits are completed post-project, and
often include forecasting.  Support is often provided on a
short or longer term basis.

External sourcing for project management lets your organization
focus on mission-critical business goals. It enables company
project management professionals to focus on greater continuity,
consistency, and accuracy.   It is the ultimate “lean” technique
for companies who want flexibility to scale up or down, or to bring
in highly sector-specific specialists, without ongoing overhead.  

ACG developed its project management program by
combining time-proven, classic business methods with
innovative new strategies that:

• increase collaboration
• are transparent, and help train employees
  for future project management
• maximize the creativity, and productive
  contributions of team members
• improve the usability of documentation   
• advance the client company’s progress
  toward greater profitability  

ACG has a quarter century of experience in providing project
management for the manufacturing and service sectors, and for
charitable and public sector entities as well.