APPROACH
"Vision without execution is hallucination"- Thomas Edison.80% of projects globally fail.
That can be an intimidating statistic if you don’t understand execution requires structure, discipline, and organization. This is our speciality: our methodology puts the necessary framework behind your initiatives – building that bridge between vision and implementation – ensuring that you’re able to realize the benefits of your investments.
You can dream. We will help you to execute.
You’re probably tired of hearing all the buzz words out there. You’ve tried to be Agile in a Matrix environment, navigating over a Waterfall in an Iterative fashion. And you still ended up with a kayak full of water, and a ton of bruises from all the rocks you were personally introduced to on your way down.
In a nutshell, there're a lot of project management methodologies and frameworks to choose from, and understanding them all is a challenge by itself! Which one to use? Which one is better? The truth is: each was created to address specific issues in different environments and industries; they all use different tools and require different skill sets. They all have advantages and disadvantages. They all have similarities. But they don’t all work in every environment or for every project.
11-43° simplifies that for you. From Agile to Waterfall, or a Hybrid of multiple, we have the experience to identify what’s best suited to the initiative, your company, your team, and your goals – to design the approach that’s going to work for your unique project.
"Let the wild rumpus start!" - Maurice Sendak from 'Where the Wild Things Are'.
This is when we really start to push towards the finish line. From Discovery and Planning, through Testing and Optimization, we work alongside you and your team to manage and guide Implementation, using the framework that we’ve defined together.
We ensure full transparency while we closely manage the key success factors that matter to you – whether it’s money, time, scope, quality or risk – throughout this critical stage. As your trusted partner, we ensure that there are no surprises, allowing you to focus on the areas that really need your attention.
"Are we done yet??" - Kevin Persons from 'Are We Done Yet'.
Very often, initiatives are considered 'Done' when the main deliverables have been completed. Projects are defunded, the team dissolved, and the world goes back to ‘normal' - frequently without the handover needed to sustain the benefits beyond project close.
In our approach, we don’t consider our projects ready to be closed until whatever improvements brought by the project are fully documented, supported and transitioned to your day-to-day operations. This ensures that the benefits that you envisioned achieving at the start are maintained in the future.
Only then will we conduct an overall 'Lessons Learned' exercise, to continuously improve the way you manage projects, conduct final signoffs, and disband the team.
"A body at rest remains at rest until acted upon by an external force." - Newton’s First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia).
Projects drive change. You can’t escape it. That’s why it's our firm belief that while projects can be successful without change management, they can be even more so, with. When people are provided with the tools they need to adapt, they can truly embrace the changes, and you're able to deliver the desired results much faster.
At 11-43°, Change Management principles are incorporated into every project, at all stages.
SERVICES
Every business has its core competencies: those products, skills, or services that you do really well - that make you different and set you apart from the competition. Your competencies make your company or business what it is, and it's where you need to focus your time and attention.
When engaging 11-43°, you get to focus on the things that you're good at, while we focus on the things that we're good at. You can trust us to ensure that your initiative is set up for success, with best practices and regular updates to ensure that you’re always in the know.
No matter the size or scale of your initiative, we can partner with you to help you to achieve your vision.
Project Management
Using our adaptive framework, we provide project management and leadership services throughout, or at any stage of your initiative, regardless of project size, complexity, technology, infrastructure, or organizational culture and environment.
Change Management
Transformative or highly complex initiatives may require focus on Change Management as a separate discipline. We can provide that specialized focus to ensure stakeholders are provided with what they need to fully embrace changes driven by your project, speeding up the realization of benefits, and making your project even more successful.
Project Management Office
From defining your project management framework, to structuring and creating your PMO team, 11-43° has the skillset to guide you through that process to set you up for future project delivery success.
TESTIMONIALS
ABOUT
Our clients are our partners (no, really - we actually mean it!). This is why we lead your projects with the integrity, transparency and passion needed to drive results.
Your success is our success.
Suzanne Mohammed, B.Sc, MBA
Founder and Principal Consultant
With more than 20 years experience in technology and financial services, leading and managing teams and projects of varying sizes, Suzanne brings a wealth of hands-on Project and Change Management experience, and a unique perspective, having both Business and Technology backgrounds.
She spent many years working in the Information and Communications Technology consulting industry in the Caribbean, with many of the biggest firms in the region, acting as a trusted advisor to these institutions in the attainment of their goals and objectives. After migrating, she continued to work in project management for some of the leading Financial Institutions in Canada, on a wide range of business, technology and transformational projects.
She’s augmented her real-world experience with continuous learning, achieving multiple certifications in her field, including PMP®, Agile, CMP™, Scaled Agile, Lean and Six Sigma. She has lived many of the reasons that initiatives succeed or fail and is determined raise the calibre of Project and Change Management services available to organizations of all sizes.
This is her way of trying to change the world and add value, one vision at a time.