Our Company
Connect Business Solutions (Connect) is a professional Project Management (PM) firm in charge of supervising every aspect of your IT initiatives. The responsibilities of the PM include handling supply deliveries, hiring and scheduling subcontractors like web developers, internet vendors, structured cabling contractors, badge access technicians and audio visual professional. If that sounds like a big job, you are correct – and that is why it’s a good idea to hire Connect Business Solutions to do it all for you.
5 Reasons to Hire Connect
Save Time and Money
IT initiatives/projects can be costly and time-consuming. Connect will help write a needs assessment, business case, help identify resources required, create a budget and time line. Once the project is approved and funded, the real work of Connect begins.
Leave the Project Management to the Pros
As a business owner or department head, you already have a full-time job managing a team, working with customers or just running the day-to-day operations. Implementing IT initiatives can take away from your core business and leave you tired and frustrated.
An expert PM from Connect is a master at juggling various tasks, including deliverables, working with vendors and subcontractors. The PM becomes your single point of contact so there is no confusion as to the status of the work.
Take Advantage of Established Working Partnerships
Connect PM’s have years of industry experience and have strong working relationships with various IT professionals. This is very good news for you as a business owner or department head.
For one, it means that those subcontractor and suppliers are reliable, as Connect has come to know and trust them based on past experience. Reputation is everything in the IT industry, that is why Connect works with IT professionals who are know for keeping their word.
These strong relationships can also benefit the bottom line. Connect is often able to get better pricing on hardware and labor. When the PM is knowledgeable and able to lead, this bodes well for the timely completion of the project.
Enjoy Peace of Mind
There’s a lot of responsibility and liability that goes along with an IT project, and most of it rides on Connect. The Project Manager from Connect will ensure governmental and local privacy and data security policies are followed. If this is a structured cabling project, Connect will ensure that all of the work meets or exceeds industry standards.
Have it Done Once, Have it Done Right
There’s a major sense of accomplishment that comes with the successful implementation of an IT initiative. But there’s a major sense of disappointment should that project stall or remain incomplete.
Having a professional perform an assessment to find out why the project failed to meet it desired result can be a project killer. The simple delay of reconfiguring hardware or software can be enough to terminate a project. Not to mention if the hardware or software spec’d isn’t the right one.
Connect’s experience in assessing the customer needs, creating a project plan and working with experienced, competent IT professional is what sets us apart. We make sure the project will meet the need outlined in our discovery meeting. We will perform a risk assessment, write a recovery plan, write up a project plan, give you a budget and time line. We make sure that all of the IT professionals assigned to the project are up to the task and have the right skill set to successfully complete the project.