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Mastech provides Project Management consulting services to support your organization in many different ways. Our certified Project Managers design, analyze, implement, and test project plans and all other phases of the software development life cycle. This is achieved through:

• Mentoring and improving organizational processes and disciplines
• Providing assessment services
• Program Management Office services delivered through our "co-managed" delivery solution
• Organizational change management, business and requirements management through business analysis

All Mastech Project Managers bring a wealth of experience to their projects, but what sets our organization apart from many others is the wide exposure to Best in Class methodologies and specialized project managers by industry.

Our organization believes vertical and industry specialization offers a distinct advantage to clients by having individuals with an understanding of the specific business challenges in a given industry, in addition to various methodologies and processes.

MastechBest
All Mastech Project Managers bring extensive experience to our client engagements. We distinguish ourselves onsite by adhering to Best Practices and processes refined over many years, which transcend various technologies.

MastechBest is an established set of principles we impart to our consultants and share with your team members.

MastechBest Best Practices focus on building momentum and consensus around the IT solutions that achieve your business objectives. We strive to achieve and incorporate these with every engagement:

• Team Norming and Team Dynamic Control
  This process allows our project manager (and onsite consultants) to clearly define project roles and responsibilities, take ownership of critical pieces of the project management process, and take accountability for their own area of expertise. Our Project Managers also understand the culture of a successful project. They are adept at bringing control to the initiative by assimilating quickly to our client environments and controlling team member dynamics. We welcome your team's participation in this process.
• Sunset Reviews
  After each phase of your project, Mastech Project Managers and your staff take one day from the schedule for a Sunset Review. The Sunset Review process offers insight into what went well during the previous phase, and what can be improved moving forward. This process is part of the Checkpoint Process in the next section
• Daily Checkpoints (Business Analysis Phase through Design)
  After each day's work, Mastech Project Managers and a few members of your team will quickly review the status of activities that went well during the day's session, and what can be improved moving forward. These brief sessions are critical to the success of your effort. They offer an opportunity for sharing technical and non-technical practices. (Since not all projects are the same, our Project Managers will work with your team to determine if weekly, or bi-weekly checkpoints are more appropriate, given your project scope).
• Empowerment
  Mastech believes in empowering individual consultants in their areas of expertise, as well as empowering client teams in our methodologies and processes. Team members, consultants and clients are treated as equals. Mastech Project Managers recognize the goal is to involve the client team in all aspects of project activity. The transfer of knowledge from day one ensures the application can be maintained and enhanced for years to come, without relying on Mastech's assistance.
• PMI Certification/APICS Certification/Six Sigma
  Mastech Project Managers typically bring a wealth of relevant certifications to each project. Due to the volume business Mastech completes annually with the largest early adoptors of Six Sigma and other quality assurance methodologies, we have great depth across our service lines in this area.
• Microscoft Project ® Experience
  Mastech consultants are familiar with a wide array of the leading Project Management tools available today. Many of our senior project managers lean toward Microsoft Project as the Best in Class tool, and have extensive experience in applying the tasks appropriately. Control and order is critical. At any point during projects, clients can obtain an up-to-date 'executive dashboard' of which consultants and team members are working on various sections or get an overview of the entire project.
• Resource Planning
  Mastech project managers have an in-depth understanding of the specific functional roles required for your project to succeed. They can readily determine how many visionaries, technical resources, functional resources, SMEs, etc. are needed for your particular needs.

Our project managers possess extensive 'C-Level Management' exposure and experience. Seniority and experience in working with executives of this type also ensures that we can manage "scope creep" and project changes, and also provide high-level technology recommendations for future applications as well.

 

For more information on how Mastech can help your organization, contact us.