Our program and project management experience underpins a pragmatic yet disciplined style to how we understand risks and define actions to avoid or mitigate. We have extensive experience in risk assessment services across multiple industries and in both the private and the public sectors. Our solutions include risk identification, risk analysis, risk assessment, risk control and developing strategies to manage risk.

Our particular expertise in managing large technology based change is reflected in our broad view of risk and the mitigations available. These extend into governance, compliance, process and quality related areas. Our capability encompasses all major project management methodologies including PMBoK, PRINCE2 and MSP.

At Information Professionals, we promote a commitment to quality through both quality assurance and quality control methods, and the application of established procedures, standards and tools throughout the life cycle of initiatives.

We can assist with developing and implementing practical plans, systems and strategies that address the issues of quality. It is our belief that that at the heart of all good quality is the commitment to progress, to learning, and to sustainable and continuous improvement.  This is then underpinned by appropriate procedures and methods to capitalise on the learnings generated from the organisation.  These methods and procedures can be based on a range of standards including PMBoK, PRINCE2 and MSP. 

Our vendor management services helps organisations to understand their purchasing needs, select the most appropriate vendor or supplier to meet these, assist or lead negotiation and establish an agreement, along with any required performance management, that maintains a strong and mutually beneficial relationship. 

Performance management can help reduce costs through better integration and management of processes and applications; increase productivity and reduce cycle times by linking programs to corporate processes; maximise ROI by speeding time-to- market, establish best practices, assess risk and improve overall visibility of the client-supplier relationship.

Whether it is a complex enterprise system selection or a consulting services need, or anything in between, our vendor-neutrality, independence and objective advice ensures the interests of our clients are always the first priority.

From early review of a business case and project estimates, through to post-implementation reviews, Information Professionals’ capabilities span the entire life-cycle. Our capability encompasses all major project management methodologies including PMBoK, PRINCE2 and MSP, allowing us to assess behaviour against these and other standards.  Our vendor-neutral independent status allows the provision of objective advice in the best interests of client outcomes.

We have expertise ranging from stage-end reviews to overall reviews of large and complex initiatives for organisations that contain a matrix of factors in their successful management.  Our services include Business Case, Costing, Benefits and Estimation Reviews, Stage End Reviews, Quality Assurance Reviews, Post Project Reviews and Post-Implementation Reviews.

Information Professionals is a team of professionals knowledgeable in program and project management, large-scale information technology projects including enterprise systems, systems integration, implementation failures, supplier contracts and performance and IT intellectual property.

This background, coupled with our vendor neutrality, underpins our capability to act independently in various disputes, either in a direct capacity to an involved party or to assist legal teams to untangle the facts of a particular situation.

While we can and do match specific situations to the relevant standards, such as PMBoK, PRINCE2 and MSP, we also recognise that most situations also require a pragmatic practitioner’s based view to progress towards resolution.

Information Professionals’ test management and delivery verification reduces the risk of having software go into production with an unknown or unpredictable level of quality. 

We provide objective and accurate information on the risks, and potential deficiencies that you may be carrying prior to exposing the organisation to the risk of some form of software failure.  Pro-active services include expert advice on the right testing approaches and tools for your particular needs.