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Business Initiatives and Projects
July 2, 2015
Organizations establish Business Initiatives to focus on and achieve business outcomes. Examples of business outcomes could be 100% customer satisfaction, [...]
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Create Test Strategies for Business Outcomes
May 27, 2015
From our experience we have seen many test strategies fail to include a focus on testing for business outcomes. Most test [...]
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Procure Service Providers with Business Outcomes in Mind
April 10, 2015
The business outcomes and related service measures and levels should be included in the contract, when procuring a service provider. [...]
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Testing Starts when the Project Starts
March 5, 2015
Building an effective test strategy and approach will have a significant impact on your project’s quality, timelines, and costs. As [...]
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The Business Case – a Living Document
January 13, 2015
The business case is the living document that focusses all stakeholders on the business drivers, direction and desired outcomes. All [...]
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Develop Effective Regression Testing Early
November 27, 2014
The best time to discuss and develop an effective regression test case suite is during the original project test phase. [...]
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Can business outcomes be unrealistic or unattainable?
October 30, 2014
In certain cases the business outcome identified may never be achieved (e.g. no traffic accidents in the city). However, focusing [...]
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Key Business Role in System Testing
September 25, 2014
Business resources that understand the underlying business drivers of the project should be included at every stage of testing. From [...]
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Business Success-not only Project Success
June 10, 2014
When should you measure the success of a project? Is it: On implementation; 6 months later during a Post Implementation [...]
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Searching for the Best Solution
April 30, 2014
INTP consultants look for the best solution for our client, without drawing out the contract through unnecessary steps and extensions. [...]
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Writing an RFP? Start with the end in mind!
March 12, 2014
Writing an RFP? Well start with the end in mind! What is the end? Is it: publication of the RFP; evaluation [...]
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Success? Self-sufficient clients!
February 3, 2014
Success is leaving our clients self-sufficient. At INTP, we do not look to create ongoing project or operational roles for [...]
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Procurement-about ongoing relationship & future business success
January 8, 2014
Focus your procurement efforts on the end of the contract not the beginning of the contract. Getting an RFP published, [...]
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Focusing your Project Steering Committee
December 17, 2013
In the early stages of a project, the Steering Committee meetings are often focused on providing a status of progress. [...]
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Consultant Focus versus Contractor Focus
November 26, 2013
The terms consultant and contractor are often used interchangeably. We believe that there is a difference in what our clients [...]
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INTP Consultants Navigate!
November 13, 2013
Have you ever had contractors that seemed to be with you forever!?! Well, at INTP we really believe and live [...]
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Procurement-Focus on End of Contract Success
November 1, 2013
Focus your procurement activities on the end of the contract-not the beginning of the contract. One “Outcome” should be: the [...]
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Maintain Focus on Business Outcomes
October 24, 2013
“Business Outcomes” are related to future business results! Sometimes project teams focus only on their project deliverables of project completion [...]
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Test Plans using Entry/Exit Criteria
October 11, 2013
Using a set of well defined and endorsed entry/exit criteria is an excellent way to manage moving from one test [...]
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Who runs your PMO?
September 17, 2013
Running a program involves policy, process, and people coming together to effectively monitor and manage the execution of a program. [...]
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Core Qualities of Great Consultants
September 4, 2013
While there are a range of approaches and types of work that consultants perform, we believe that there are a [...]
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Finance business architecture in banking
July 8, 2013
A clear understanding of how your business operates and the critical operational data required for accounting, disclosure, and management reporting [...]
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Consultants – Outcome Focused
June 27, 2013
There’s something unique about a consultant. We’re not driven by traditional employee performance measures, but by seeing an opportunity for [...]
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Project vs. Operating Budget
June 12, 2013
Financial management of a project is different than managing an operating budget. Where an operating budget is usually defined by [...]
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Building Client Trust
May 29, 2013
Building client trust is critical to being a successful consultant. Trust is established by three foundational elements – knowledge, perspective [...]
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PMO – effectiveness controlled by both tools and people
May 2, 2013
The role of a Project Management Office (PMO) is to ensure proper governance and guidance through the execution of the [...]
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Who’s accountable for quality?
April 17, 2013
Looking beyond the project…who’s accountable for quality? Project managers will tell you that successful project management controls cost, time, and [...]
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Escalating Issues
April 3, 2013
How does a project manager effectively escalate issues above their working level team? Establishing communications with the ultimate business outcome owner early [...]
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Procurement Tips
March 22, 2013
At INTP, we focus on the end result of the procurement, which is the operation provided by the contracted service [...]
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Business Case-not a document to sit on a shelf
March 8, 2013
A business case is a tool used to present an evaluation of alternatives and support making a decision. The completion [...]