OneDashboard to Rule Them All In today’s video, John Graham, Executive Vice President of Solutions360, is joined by Joel Harris from Navigate Management Consulting, to discuss a big topic. We’re talking about OneDashboard. Integrators have vast amounts of information available … Read More
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Presenting the Estimate
A single precise number does not make a valid estimate In Part 1 of this blog series, we looked at the myth of the perfect estimate and discussed how assumptions and risks factor into an estimate. In Part 2, … Read More
How Do You Spell WBS?
What is a work breakdown structure? In today’s video, Tofiq Indawala, Director of Product Management, is joined by Brad Malone, from Navigate Management Consulting to discuss the whole concept of a work breakdown structure, and how that impacts project management. … Read More
The Importance of Professional Project Managers
Many integration companies that are beginning to mature their business management practices go through a process of determining who to select as their project managers, and how to nurture their competence and capabilities. As someone who has taught more than … Read More
Say What You Mean…And Mean What You Say
Why is it important to use a consistent vocabulary in your integration business? On this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone and Joel Harris join our CEO, Brad Dempsey, to talk about why integrators need to develop a consistent vocabulary. Every … Read More
Estimating Methodologies for Integrators
What are the best estimating methodologies? In Part I of this series, we looked at the myth of the perfect project estimate and discussed how assumptions and risks factor into an estimate. Today, we continue this conversation and examine the … Read More
The Myth of the Perfect Project Estimate
Is it better for a project estimate to be precise or accurate? It’s my experience, over hundreds of AV integration projects and hundreds more in numerous industries, that most people believe a precise estimate is more accurate — and that … Read More
Are You Living Your Values and Ethics?
Culture can be difficult to define, but it embodies who we are as a company. Welcome to another episode of Clear Talk. Today, our CEO, Brad Dempsey, is joined by Brad Malone from Navigate Management Consulting, to discuss how culture is … Read More
Women in Project Management
Is the Systems Integration industry ready to fully acknowledge the value of women in the project management role and support their growth? By Brad Malone, Managing Partner at Navigate Management Consulting I hope so, because whether the job is … Read More
Should Integrators Reward Value or Effort?
I find that people are often rewarded by how busy they are, rather than how productive they are. I was recently working with a company and the president said, “I want people who put in lots of effort.” I asked … Read More