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Project Management   

Hickey & Associates has found that by using project management best practices, we can ensure our projects are completed on time, within budget, and with a high level of quality. Our project and quality professionals can help you and your organization develop your own project management disciplines, benefiting from our years of experience.

Services Include

  • Project Management Mentoring
  • Project Team Coaching
  • Strategic planning and budget creation
  • Building Project Schedules
  • Managing Projects with Software
  • Project Kick-off Meetings
  • Project Close-out Meetings
  • Project Audits
  • Training on use of Microsoft Project
  • Training on use of Project KickStart
  • Customization of our seminars
  • Custom development of new seminars
  • Train the Trainer

Our Consulting Methodology

Hickey & Associates believes in developing your own internal resources so that you are not always reliant on outside consultants. While we can come in and "just do it" for you, we prefer a more long-term strategy that benefits your own organization and people.

In addition to providing project management consulting, we offer several project management seminars and can customize them to fit your organization's exact needs. In fact, fine-tuning our seminars for you is included in our price.

 

Ultimately, our success is measured by your success

 
 
Project Concepts  

Gantt Chart - the project plan on a calendar with data on the left and task bars on the right

PERT Chart - a chart using boxes and arrows to show the overall flow of the project plan

PMI - Project Management Institute - the leading project management professional organization

PMP - Project Management Professional - a designation issued by the Project Management Institute

R.E.P. - Registered Education Provider - an organization that offers PMI-approved training that provides Professional Development Units

Goal - the ultimate end-result of the project efforts - the final product or service created

Scope - the boundaries on the goals of the project

Task - an activity that moves the project towards completion

Resource - anything that is used to accomplish a task

SME - Subject Matter Expert - someone who provides information or knowledge to the project team - someone who talks about work but doesn't do any