Busy teams, shrinking margins? These are the staffing decisions that erode project profitability, why they happen, and how to catch them before month-end.
Discover practical ways to keep consultants productive between projects, from training and business development to internal work and project preparation.
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”When new work comes in, we have the right people, ready to go. Winning work and protecting the team, we never have to choose just one.” How often can you confidently say the same? Facing resourcing questions about upcoming projects can sound simple, but if your schedules are built on assumptions and capacity is only estimated, face it, your resource planning is under-engineered!
Of the many hats you wear as the owner of a growing consulting firm, perhaps the most time-consuming one is “data-wrangler”.
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Boutique consulting firms depend on careful planning and scheduling to grow their business. Project start and end dates are set to ensure that certain resources are available to start on a new project immediately after the completion of the current project. The limited size of their “bench” – resources available but not assigned – means that project plans must be airtight and utilization consistently high.
When a new RFP lands in your inbox, your primary thought is, “How do we win this business?” After all, new business is the lifeblood of any growing consulting firm, and there is no growth without new business.
Learn how resource planning software like Projectworks provides the forecasting data you need to know exactly when to hire your next consultant and protect your margins.
Learn how resource planning software like Projectworks can help you visualize resource availability and maximize your firm’s utilization.
Learn how PSA software integrates automated time tracking and resource management to help you scale your business and make more money.
Learn how assigning work to whoever is available rather than who is best suited to the work hurts your margins, and how resource planning software addresses this issue.
Learn how to calculate the daily cost of unassigned consultants and how to optimize your resources for higher profits.