Clients choose Vivid Artisan when their project teams need a proven methodology to plan and control projects.
At Vivid Artisan we partner with our clients to provide mission-critical project management training and project management consulting services. Through our Duration-Driven® methodology, the name Vivid Artisan has become synonymous with trust, reliability and success.
Vivid Artisan is a project management consulting, project portfolio management (PPM) and training firm that partners with project teams to ensure their important projects are planned, controlled and delivered successfully. Watch this brief video to learn more about our proven methodology:
Our most valuable assets are our consultants, methodology, and project management technology. We use these assets to give our clients a competitive advantage in executing their time-sensitive projects. Our consultants are certified through the Project Management Institute and the International Association of Facilitators. They follow our proven methodology to facilitate project teams in creating and maintaining credible plans.
Our technology and tools automate cumbersome project management functions which keeps our cost down and allows client team members to stay engaged without creating an undue burden on their productivity. For each project Vivid Artisan partners with, we provide a custom team of consultants. Based on the needs of the project / urgency, we will assemble a custom team with the level of experience and size that your project requires.
What Benefits Can You Expect?
Immediate Visibility
You will gain insight on day-one on whether the expected finish date of the project is doable.
Promote Buy-In and Commitment
You will have a project plan that is based on team member buy-in and commitment, two essential elements of successful projects.
Trust The Plan
You will have accurate and complete schedules for making informed business decisions.
Assurances on Progress
You will know if the team is making progress each week, positive gains that ensures the expected finish date remains doable.
Early Warning System
You will have an early warning system that alerts you when the team’s progress is slowing to a point that requires corrective actions in order to avoid delays in the future.
Executive Status
You will have access to an Executive Dashboard so you can quickly evaluate the status of the key milestone dates and review the corrective actions the team is undertaking to remedy any delays.
Aligned Execution
You will have a weekly control process that provides the structure to keep the schedule current and the discipline to keep team members engaged and accountable.
A Breakdown of Our Project Management Consulting Services
Our Consultants lead large cross-functional project teams on strategic projects. They regularly facilitate:
Project Pre-Planning
- Review project background information
- Prepare Sponsor Document
Initial Planning
- Develop the Charter & Top-Level Plan
Detailed Project Planning
- Develop network-based plan with the appropriate level of granularity
On-Going Control Process & Plan Revisions
- Maintain weekly updates into the project plan
- Initiate any corrective actions required to keep the project on schedule
- Facilitate weekly Control Meetings and distribute weekly Status Memos
- Conduct planning based on needed revisions or additional detail needed