Our consultancy focus
Magpie offers project and technical management consultancy, staff mentoring and development, and process improvement.The problems we see
Magpie Applied Technology understands and acts on fundamental research and observations:- projects fail ¹ despite competent project management;
- no type of project is immune to failure; and
- mistakes, omissions and conflicts become increasingly expensive and time consuming to rectify as a function of time ².
The Reasons for the problems
A majority of projects fail because of ³:- poor or non-existent relationships between stakeholders, clients and contractors;
- a poor understanding of stakeholder expectations and requirements;
- an inability to accept the fact that requirements are subject to change;
- poorly written documentation and specifications;
- use of inappropriate systems development strategies; and
- failing to address these issues promptly.
How can we help?
Magpie Applied Technology helps clients to address these problems at the most cost-effective stage in clients' projects; during the earliest stages.Most of Magpie's consultancies involve:
- project and engineering management;
- stakeholder requirements elicitation, development, and review;
- functional and business analysis;
- options and feasibility analysis;
- acquisition and system development strategies; and
- tender preparation, evaluation and negotiation.
- process review and improvement,
- review of technical contractual deliverables,
- independent technical review and audit, and
- independent validation and verification activities.