Consultancy Blogs

In the high inflationary world that we live in today, business owners are more driven than ever. They are searching for ways to reduce costs, without losing quality. Often the view is that recruiting permanent salaried staff to deliver change and develop new processes or solutions will result in a lower monthly cost as well as greater control. However, there is a value and productivity angle to this.  By partnering with outsourced consultancy services, especially where specialist capability is required, one can achieve greater productivity. You’ll also save money without sacrificing quality. You effectively get expert knowledge without having to employ several people or setting up your own internal departments with all the overheads that entails.

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For our latest feature, we caught up with Swapnil Ruparelia to talk to us about Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and their impact on business projects.

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The 4-day week is something that as this article by The Mirror refers to has been trialled before and in different countries and every time it has shown to improve productivity.

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In business, transitions take place all the time. Sometimes they can be formal affairs and other times they just ‘happen’. So what is a transition, and how do you get a business transition in shape?

Louis Pisacane takes us through the 7 key elements to ensure a business transition is successful. Read More

A project “go-live” is usually eagerly anticipated. Often the culmination of months of preparation enables exciting opportunities for the business and its customers. It is key that this transition goes smoothly as it can have a bearing on the perception of the entire new capability and the worthiness of the business change.

Article by James Open.
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With Christmas fast approaching we will all be looking forward to a break and the New Year. Recent months have seen an acceleration in business activity which has led to a further drop in unemployment as well as sudden shortages as the growth has in some cases outpaced the ability of supply chains to boost capacity. The IMF and OECD both have very similar GDP growth forecasts for 2021 as published recently in a briefing for UK Parliament. Read More

Every winter is the same… the clocks go back resulting in shorter daylight hours, affecting everyone’s mood and dampening the urge to do different things after work.

This year is no different, but with the added challenge that we’re facing a second winter with some sort of restrictions and further limitations. It means that this winter, the likelihood is the impact on our workforce is likely to be greater.

Doing nothing is an option, but a workforce that has lower energy will inevitably result in a less happy work environment and in lower productivity.

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We have all been impacted by the changing of our working environments during the pandemic. A survey carried out by RSPH reveals the mental and physical health impacts of full-time home working during Covid-19. Key results show:

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Projects and programmes are the vehicles to achieve Business Objectives and Business Outcomes which in turn deliver Business Benefits. A Business Case describes and justifies the reasons for the project or programme, along with the expected business benefits across the organisation. So, when we talk of ‘proposed business benefits’, we can’t do this without considering the wider trade-off between risk and reward. In our latest blog, Dean Isbitt, covers the impact of not realising benefits and how to turn theoretical benefits on paper to real benefits, the outcomes, and why this is so important. Read More