IT Project Management

We have managed hundreds of successful projects over the last fifteen years using simple and straightforward tactics to deliver projects on time and under budget.  We realize that the success of your project is directly related to the engagement level of all project team members (internal, external and business champions).  We foster a collaborative environment and utilize communication plans/tools to ensure all team members are focused on the common goals of the project.

Listed below are typical deliverables during our engagement:

  • Project Charter Documents
    • Clearly identify goals, objectives, team members and roles
    • Establish project budgets and business champions
    • Outline project communication plans
  • Realistic Project Plan/Schedule
    • Schedule with clearly defined phases and timeline (Task and resource assignments)
    • Defined options/ideas for acceleration (if needed)
  • Weekly Status Reporting – simple, clear and highly visual (red, yellow, green)
    • Risk and Issue tracking
    • Two week look ahead for tasks and resource assignments
  • Issue/Risk Tracking
    • Identify “early warning” signs
    • Discuss all potential impacts and mitigation
  • Project Closeout Procedures
    • Document lessons learned
    • Knowledge transfer to internal staff members
    • Final status report with project statistics

Below is a sampling of the types of projects Sparkline has managed:

  • Email Migration and Upgrade Projects (50-5,000 users, 2 months to 18 months)
  • Digital Records and Retention Solution (1,200 users, 12 months)
  • Executive Level Dashboards (Business Intelligence, Application mock-ups)
  • Windows Platform Upgrades (100-2,000 desktops, Windows XP  and 7)
  • Website Re-design Projects
  • Custom Application Development
  • Email Archive and Retention Solutions
  • Server Consolidation and Virtualization Solutions (5 servers to hundreds)
  • Various Industry specific Enterprise Application rollouts (200 to 3,000 users)
  • Data Integration and Synchronization
  • Directory Services Upgrades and Migrations