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Many integration companies that are beginning to mature their business management practices go through a process of determining who to select as their project managers, and how to nurture their competence and capabilities.

As someone who has taught more than 15,000 students in project management worldwide, I have seen many of these selection cycles across many different business markets. I’ve seen it at IT and AV integration companies, construction companies (especially smaller firms), as well as at financial services organizations and many others attempting to improve how they manage projects by using their own internal resources to manage and staff those projects.

Why is it important to use a consistent vocabulary in your integration business?

On this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone and Joel Harris join our CEO, Brad Dempsey, to talk about why integrators need to develop a consistent vocabulary.

What are the best estimating methodologies?

In Part I of this series, we looked at the myth of the perfect project estimate and discussed how assumptions and risks factor into an estimate.

From all the conversations we’ve had with integration owners, the one challenge we hear about a lot is “busy season.”

There are no hard-and-fast rules in the systems integration industry – mainly because no two businesses are exactly the same. But there are still certain consistencies that integration companies face: the cyclical nature of the business.

What does it mean that Q360 is a business process management and workflow tool?

When you look at an integration business in terms of workflows, Q360 helps to organize data so processes can be standardized across the organization. This allows integrators to reduce risk and create predictable outcomes.

Welcome to another episode of the Solutions360 ClearTalk Podcast. Today, our Executive Vice President, John Graham, joins us for an introduction to Q360, and to discuss how it is different from other ERP software platforms.

Is it better for a project estimate to be precise or accurate?

It’s my experience, over hundreds of AV integration projects and hundreds more in numerous industries, that most people believe a precise estimate is more accurate — and that most of the time, “precise” and “accurate” are considered synonymous.

Culture can be difficult to define, but it embodies who we are as a company.

Welcome to another episode of Clear Talk. Today, our CEO, Brad Dempsey, is joined by Brad Malone from Navigate Management Consulting, to discuss how culture is the soul of your integration company.

Imagine having the ability to accurately forecast cashflow in your integration business!

Cash flow management has never been more important to integrators than it is now.

Is the Systems Integration industry ready to fully acknowledge the value of women in the project management role and support their growth?