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10 years ago, on Monday 6 December 2010 Rebecca pulled up in her ute outside a client office. I dashed out to sign the contract on the bonnet of that ute, that would pass 6R over to us. It was a memorable moment. A hot north wind blowing and the skies were menacing, a storm on the way. Rebecca was in the last days of her pregnancy with her second child. It felt a bit wild and crazy to be starting out in these circumstances.
10 years ago, on Monday 6 December 2010 Rebecca pulled up in her ute outside a client office. I dashed out to sign the contract on the bonnet of that ute, that would pass 6R over to us. It was a memorable moment. A hot north wind blowing and the skies were menacing, a storm on the way. Rebecca was in the last days of her pregnancy with her second child. It felt a bit wild and crazy to be starting out in these circumstances.
We’re opening up our templates for sharing and our brains for picking in this 5 part series (over 5 days). Downloads and Templates included.
We deliver projects, but we focus on more than getting the technology working. We go beyond the implementation of tech and focus on business benefits to the client and their teams. We work in partnership with our clients to manage and deliver projects with a focus on strategy and business benefit.
We work to build good relationships with our clients and the project teams we work with. It’s incredibly valuable to get feedback on what’s working (and what’s not). We build that into our working process to continue to improve.
“Thank you and Rob, you have been such an important difference in launching our United Ecommerce project, we could not have got there without your efforts. We appreciate all your hard work, sanity and advice. We really have enjoyed working with you and I am sure will work with you again on future projects. Keep well through these difficult times and stay in touch Thank you again for everything – working with you made all the difference and guaranteed its successful launch”
“We started work with 6r during a challenging period where to maintain the businesses revenues we needed to implement Ship from Store processes in a very short time frame. 6r oversaw the whole project and ensured that all stakeholders understood what needed to be done while meeting a deadline of 11 days“
“I wanted to share thanks and appreciation for all the planning, diligence, care and intelligence you bring to our team every day. You are a driving force in supporting our strategy and vision and we are all the richer for having you in our team. We are truely thankful for your relentless dedication to our people and projects.”
Maybe you have worked with external project managers before and it didn’t work out? Software vendors like to win clients through partners who recommend their product or service. In return they pay commission.
We don’t take commissions from software vendors, we are 100% software agnostic and can work with whichever systems you have chosen.
If you’re looking for a system, we can help you.
We can guide you with things to consider things to look out for, but in no way, will we ever seek to influence your choice.
It’s your team and your business that must work with the system long term.
That means it’s your choice.
Project management used to be all about Gantt charts, timelines and procedures (and very long documents).
Whilst these tools (and documents) are important, the underlying alignment to strategy is what makes a project worthwhile.
If people see the value and the vision they’re more likely to put effort into making the project work.
At 6R we are focused on delivering systems that work well and sharing knowledge about process with businesses in ways that help to leverage technology and improve profit.
How does a project get to be a year late?
One day at a time.
You can tell a project is working well when Sponsors, Experts and Project team are aligned, motivated, accountable and pulling together.
We all need accountability to stay on track.
Our way of creating accountability, keeps everyone engaged and motivated.
We’re here to help you as the client stay on task and get your part of the work done.
We’re here to help the vendor get clarity on what they need to do to ensure that your business outcomes are met.
Maybe you have worked with external project managers before and it didn’t work out? Software vendors like to win clients through partners who recommend their product or service. In return they pay commission.
We don’t take commissions from software vendors, we are 100% software agnostic and can work with whichever systems you have chosen.
If you’re looking for a system, we can help you.
We can guide you with things to consider things to look out for, but in no way, will we ever seek to influence your choice.
It’s your team and your business that must work with the system long term.
That means it’s your choice.
Project management used to be all about Gantt charts, timelines and procedures (and very long documents).
Whilst these tools (and documents) are important, the underlying alignment to strategy is what makes a project worthwhile.
If people see the value and the vision they’re more likely to put effort into making the project work.
At 6R we are focused on delivering systems that work well and sharing knowledge about process with businesses in ways that help to leverage technology and improve profit.
You can tell a project is working well when Sponsors, Experts and Project team are aligned, motivated, accountable and pulling together.
We all need accountability to stay on track.
Our way of creating accountability, keeps everyone engaged and motivated.
We’re here to help you as the client stay on task and get your part of the work done.
We’re here to help the vendor get clarity on what they need to do to ensure that your business outcomes are met.
How does a project get to be a year late?
One day at a time.
Way back in January 2020, we wrote about re-planning through projects (click here for that post on 'Planning and Re-planning'). I shared my experience hiking the Kokoda Track. Of how changes come out of left-field, and the need to adapt plans as circumstances change....
Project Recovery Premise In conversation with an ex-Olympic athlete who was building out a performance recovery range of clothing, I remember him very clearly explaining that at the top level of athletic performance and competition, all things being equal, it's the...
Thank you Projects by their very nature are often more like a marathon than a sprint. Having water stations along the way in a race creates smaller milestones to look towards and keeps everyone hydrated and less likely to quit from exhaustion. In projects, every win,...
Way back in January 2020, we wrote about re-planning through projects (click here for that post on 'Planning and Re-planning'). I shared my experience hiking the Kokoda Track. Of how changes come out of left-field, and the need to adapt plans as circumstances change....
Project Recovery Premise In conversation with an ex-Olympic athlete who was building out a performance recovery range of clothing, I remember him very clearly explaining that at the top level of athletic performance and competition, all things being equal, it's the...
Thank you Projects by their very nature are often more like a marathon than a sprint. Having water stations along the way in a race creates smaller milestones to look towards and keeps everyone hydrated and less likely to quit from exhaustion. In projects, every win,...
Software Project Implementation There are 3 significant phases of software project implementation. The first big piece of work is software selection. The next big piece is the software implementation, which lots of people think that once software implementation is...