Implementation of an Agile Project Delivery Methodology – 7 Lessons
In 2014, Agile crossed the chasm and went mainstream after years of use in a predominately IT based community. Then, it rapidly became a buzzword associated with Digital Transformation as numerous organizations examined the benefits of failing fast in an effort to compete in our new digital enterprise. While Agile may have become old news, […]
Smartsheet’s Strategic Impact Award
Seattle – CORTAC Group, a Gold level Solutions Partner with Smartsheet, was awarded the Strategic Impact Award at the Smartsheet Engage Conference 2019 in Seattle, Washington. “CORTAC Group is a stand-out team in our North American market. We are really proud to continue to partner with them as they drive unique and complex collaboration solutions […]
Organizational Change Management within the Financial Services Industry
The financial services industry is constantly changing and companies must adapt. Companies within the sector are continually assessing how they can improve their systems and organizational structures to be better able to respond to disruption. The uncertainty of Brexit notwithstanding, financial services firms must be able to adapt and respond on all sides: regulatory changes, […]
Change Management Best Practices: 10 Lessons Learned
Home > Blog > Change Management > Change Management Best Practices Change management is a discipline used across industries and geographies to ensure the adoption of change. Whether driven by pursuit of competitive capability, revenue growth, new market share, regulatory changes or something else; getting people on board for change is the most important determinant […]
Maturing PPM to Improve PMO Confidence
Application software today is in a state of constant evolution. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Solutions demand an engaged state of mind both to maintain the configuration, and to ensure alignment of the tool to the evolving practices of the PMO. When these fall out of sync the impacts are felt throughout the business. MIGSO-PCUBED was […]
Schedule Development – 5 Steps to Success
The railway industry has been growing over the past few years. With increasing investments in new rail lines supporting increased tourism and manufacturing, along with upgrades to existing lines supporting enhanced mobility, the future for rail is rather optimistic. And with a focus on new rail lines, there is a renewed focus on schedule development. […]
Sellafield Lean Project Delivery
Sellafield is a pioneer for the UK’s nuclear industry and the world’s first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale. Today, Sellafield Ltd. runs the largest nuclear decommissioning site in the UK where they are focused on cleaning up the world’s largest inventory of untreated nuclear waste. MIGSO-PCUBED was asked to […]
Implementing Lean Process Improvement within Pharmaceuticals
Lean is a concept originating around Toyota’s manufacturing process dating back to the late 1980’s. It is commonly thought of as an Automotive Manufacturing specific approach. However, as defined by Lean.org, it “simply means creating more value for customers with fewer resources“. Lean Process Improvement consulting is regularly applied to other industries to help change the […]
Why industrial organizations adopt Agile manufacturing
MP Blog Agile Why industrial organizations adopt Agile manufacturing In March 2019, MIGSO-PCUBED participated in a networking session in Paris, with Alstom, to discuss the subject of Business Agility. Teams highlighted their individual’s journeys in adopting agile and key points in making the transition. The 12th state of Agile report shows “that agile adoption is […]
UK Team is Headed Back to APM Awards
After winning the APM’s Project Management Consultancy of the Year two years in a row, the UK hub has now been named as finalists in two categories for the 2019 Awards. Transformation Project of the Year First up, we’ve been nominated alongside Sellafield Ltd. for the innovative Lean Project Delivery Improvement Project we’re carrying out […]
Your Guide to Establishing a PMOaaS
Home > Blog > PMaaS > PMO as a Service In our previous article, we discussed why companies move to a Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) approach. Because PMOaaS impacts both how those services are procured and project management processes are delivered, its important to understand what a PMOaaS is. The decision to move […]
PMaaS
Guide What is Project Management as a Service (PMaaS)? Table of Contents MP Blog PMaaS Project Management as a Service is not a new concept. Although it is but one solution in our project management services offering, it is rising in popularity. Over the past few years, we have seen the market shift from pure products-based […]
