Before organizations decide to outsource project management activities, they need someone to help them think through and resolve following questions:

• Why are you outsourcing project management? Is it lack of employees with project management skills? Is it lack of employee time?
• Does project management outsourcing firm bring skills related to this project or just general project management skills?
• Will project management outsourcing vendor be responsible for cost over runs and time delays?
• Does project management outsourcing vendor have final decision making authority or do they serve in an advisory roles?
• >What is project management outsourcing experience in projects of this size?

• Who will manage project management outsourcing vendor?
• What performance should be written into outsourcing contract?
• What exit clauses should be in outsourcing contract?

Maurice Greaver (Washington, DC): author of Strategic Outsourcing, best selling book on Outsourcing on www.amazon.com. Wrote and taught American Management Association (AMA) seminar on Outsourcing. Writing second book on Outsourcing. Greaver has been actively involved in outsourcing as advisor to organizations who are exploring and/or implementing outsourcing initiatives.

Ken Kipers (Dallas): former Executive VP of Fortune 500 company.  Helps companies with their outsourcing decisions and only gets paid on a percentage of savings that results from outsourcing.  This approach minimizes an organization's risk, but usually ends up with a greater payment to Ken's group. Ken has a Ph.D. 

Call Maurice Greaver or Michael Curran at 972-980-7407 to find out how better Outsourcing can help you reach your goals.