If you’re pondering a Project Manager hire, you fall into one of two camps:
1) Your people have been acting as part-time Project Managers and you’re considering your first hire, or,
2) Your firm has Project Manager as a job title and you’re looking to add another.
In either case, here is a relatively new and appealing alternative for you — consider filling your project management needs with a service.
How does this work? Think about services you already “subcontract.” Do you rely upon a service to do your taxes? Perhaps you use a service for cleaning the office (or your home)? Well, now you can use a service to organize your project team and keep them properly focused. This service will let you know what you need to worry about, and when. Here are three key benefits:
1) Your workers focus on delivering the project, NOT on how to manage the project. That’s important, but could be done better and more efficiently by an expert.
2) The “supply” of project management expertise will adjust according to your needs. The payment model of paying a “commission” based on project budget means your project management needs can ebb and flow with your business cycles.
3) You don’t need to take the risk of hiring the right person, nor do you need to provide insurance, benefits or other HR support.
That final benefit is greater when you also have to choose and maintain project management software for your Project Manager to use. Services (like Gargas Project Solutions) provide people, process and the technology (software), allowing you to focus on what’s truly important.
So, do you really need to hire a Project Manager, or do you need the services that a Project Manager would bring, scaled for your project portfolio? Contact Gargas Project Solutions to explore the right answer.
