When managing people, competence and behavior are often indistinguishable ā and thatās a problem for integrators that want to maximize performance. Many managers automatically link competence and behavior together. As a result, when an employee is doing something incorrectly, … Read More
Business Process Improvement
Solutions360 Releases New Interactive Dashboards
Interactive dashboards in Q360 allow individuals at different levels of an integration business, to influence change, and make better (more profitable) decisions. Tofiq Indawala, Director of Product Management for Solutions360, recently joined Brad Malone on the Navigator Podcast, to announce … Read More
Communicate Assumptions and Risks to Create Common Sense
Common sense is when everybody around me agrees with my perception of reality, without my having to tell them. Working on hundreds of projects and training thousands of project managers, Iāve often wondered why so few people around me have … Read More
The Power of Forecasting for Your Integration Business
Welcome back to our series of discussions about metrics and how to build the principles of maturity into your integration business. We’ve talked in a number of these sessions about mature companies versus younger companies or immature companies. And what … Read More
Labor Burden Is a Crucial Concept for Running a Profitable Integration Business
If you hear the term āLabor Burdenā and you want to glaze over a bit, donāt! Understanding Labor Burden, as applied to the direct hourly cost of your billable labor (Technicians, Engineers, Programmers, Project Managers, etc.), may just change your … Read More
Make Your Scope of Work Statements Stand Out
Good Scope of Work Statements Establish Boundaries and Responsibilities A well-defined and communicated scope statement is one of the primary methods of managing a clientās often-changing expectations of what they will ultimately receive from a project. This is developed during … Read More
Better Processes Equals Better Projects
When was the last time your integration business focused on process improvement? Process management is an exercise in efficiency ā it is all about doing the correct things while minimizing waste. There are a lot of programs out there that address … Read More
Video Demo: Q360 Cash Flow Forecasting Dashboard
We are excited to release the newly updated cash flow forecasting dashboard in Q360 Why is cash flow forecasting important? The object of cash flow forecasting is to compare how much cash you receive each month to how much cash … Read More
10 Critical Reports in Q360 to Help You Make Informed Business Decisions
Author: Tofiq Indawala, PMP As businesses face this unprecedented time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having access to critical business data has become even more vital. Businesses need critical data faster and more reliably then ever before to help make … Read More
Q360 Helps Integrators Develop Best Practices for Access Control
What is the best way for integrators to track of all those customer passwords? One the of questions Solutions360 always hears from integrators is how to store all their access information. Access control is a problem across the integration industry. … Read More
