The Benefits of Adding a
Project Management
Consultant to Your Team
INTRODUCTION
While basic project management skills can be applied across
many fields, firms may find it beneficial to hire a project
management consultant for more specialized areas. This use
of outside expertise can add a new dimension to a project
team's abilities and effectiveness.
If you're thinking about hiring project management consulting
but aren't sure how it will work, we've put together a list of
some of the benefits it can bring to your project.
SPECIALIZED ABILITIES
Depending on the project's needs, bringing in
someone who has only worked in one field to run the
processes can be a huge help. Assume a large
restaurant chain wants to implement a networking
project for stock monitoring and delivery
management. While their internal project managers
may be very knowledgeable about location openings
and restaurant management processes, it would be
more appropriate to bring in someone who has
specialized in IT or similar fields for a networking
project.
The ability to use project management consulting
increases a firm's flexibility and the likelihood that a
project will meet all of its expected deliverables.
MORE EXPERIENCE
While internal project managers can become
very skilled in their field, the fact that they
generally only deal with other businesses
within the firm's orbit can limit their experience
of the broader business world. However,
project management consultants' professional
lives are heavily based on networking and
developing relationships in a wide range of
fields.
This experience and extensive contact list can
often prove invaluable in ensuring business
success, lowering costs, or negotiating better
terms.
OBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVES
Most of the time, a project manager who has been
instilled with a company's values and objectives is
exactly what a company needs to ensure those values
and objectives are enshrined throughout projects or
processes. This is not always the case, and if a
problem arises in those values, it can be very difficult
to pivot quickly in order to deliver or save a project.
Bringing in an external project manager provides a
fresh set of eyes to look at a project and how it's
progressing. Getting that kind of distance can be
difficult for an internal project manager. If your
company is having trouble determining where project
issues are arising, an external project management
company in Dubai may be just what you need.
ABOVE AND BEYOND OFFICE POLITICS
Problems arise within teams all the time; it is a project manager's responsibility to try to balance
personalities and keep conflicts calm, but things can quickly escalate. Bias accusations or clearly
dysfunctional team members can quickly derail a project. At times like this, one of the best solutions
is to bring in an external project management consultant, who will be perceived as neutral and
unaffected by internal politics.
If a project is nearing completion but is about to derail, a short-term "firefighter" may be exactly what
is needed to get it over the finish line.
Whatever the reason, project management consulting can provide your organization with greater
flexibility and a broader range of skills than simply looking internally. When it comes to bringing
someone in, don't be afraid to think outside the box.
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