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Case Studies

Our Case Studies are not fictional and are real-world scenario, as you would expect.

As much as we believe in the benefits of the traditional approaches to Project Management using Prince2; Service Management with ITIL; or Agile for software projects, there are times when even these come up short and new approaches are needed.  We have highly-qualified NLP and Change Management people on-board to help not only you, the client, but us too when needed.

We believe in following the Problem : Reaction : Solution method and have become (in) famous for using our analogy with motor cars to help explain certain things.  Everyone can associate with cars and, amazingly, lots of  issues which occur in our business have exact parallels that the client, usually, is able to personally identify.  We don't mean to be patronising... it's simply a great way of cutting through the technical guff for the non-technical.

Problem

To us there are two distinct problem themes: Solving or Resolving.

Solving or Resolving might seem similar, but they're hugely different to us.  How?  Well, let's say a project is in start-up and needs specialist skills to meet the stakeholders vision; then we go into Solving mode to find the needed solution.  On the other hand where a project gets bogged down for whatever reason; poor project management, supplier or product failure then we engage with our Resolving methods.

We do have a philosophy here at uniCenta which turns "Problems" into "Challenges".  In fact, on reflection, there's very little we've found that couldn't be redefined as a "Challenge".

Reaction

How we appraise the situation. Each one different.  Each one needing a different approach.  Great care is taken to understand the project, its strengths and weaknesses, which exist in every project, so we can restore a balance.

Many times our first question to you when you engage us will be "What is it you really want from the project and what will it take for you to feel the project is a success?"

Solution

This could be the simplest part; Achieving what you answered to our first questions!

Here's some companies who we have helped:

Retail Revolution

Market:

Radical Retail and Hospitality mix

Involvement:

Leading edge technology requirement

Remit:

Project Management. Research, Guidance & Advisory

The Apartment Service - Wimbledon

Market:

Property Lettings and Management

Involvement:

B2B/B2C e-commerce Project rejuvenation

Remit:

Project Management. Infrastructure Design.  Guidance & Advisory

The Portland Spa - Dorset

Market:

 Resort - Hotel, Conference & Events centre, Leisure club & Restaurants

Involvement:

Integrations with PMS, Conference & Events, Reservations, Club Management and IP-TV

Remit:

Technical. Advisory

Yotel - London

Market:

Hotels

Involvement:

Technology Project Team management and total solution delivery

Remit:

Project Management. Technical Leadership & Advisory

Aspria - Berlin, Hamburg & Brussels

Market:

Leisure Clubs

Involvement:

Executive Head of Group IT. Complex Systems Integration

Remit:

Project Management. Technical Leadership & Advisory