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Project Management for Charities Series: Charities <\/a>Project Manifesto\u2026.lessons learnt in the last year.
\nThe Charities Project Manifesto was published nearly two years ago. I have been looking at the content in the manifesto and asking is it still relevant and is it being applied in practice.<\/p>\n

Part 5 -Give projects the same respect as business as usual<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Quote from a Charity IT project lead\u2026\u201dCharities have access to great enterprise software systems at no cost or at greatly reduced cost\u2026this is a great potential benefit but there is never a \u2018free lunch\u2019\u2026you have to up your spend on operational support too.\u201d<\/p>\n

An enterprise system project needs enterprise level support to be effective. If you cannot provide the level of support needed to run the system well i.e. the trained staff with the new application development skills and the budget to run these systems then the value that charities derive from the use of enterprise systems will be low.<\/p>\n

Charities have always had an issue with projects and operational support. I have seen significant IT projects well managed and resourced but when they have been completed and released to production there is a huge issue\u2026.no one in the charity had included the real ongoing maintenance and support of the application<\/a> apart from the capital costs for equipment and ongoing licencing support costs\u2026.there was a huge disconnect between the \u2018business as usual\u2019 operations and the management of the new project that had been introduced.<\/p>\n

Quote from a Charity IT project lead\u2026.\u201dWe have had blended application development and operational maintenance & support contracts for years\u2026.DevOps is not new to the charity IT sector\u201d<\/p>\n

This may be true for one or two of the larger charities who can see the benefits of application management contracts which cover the project and ongoing operational needs for the application but this is not typical in the sector.<\/p>\n

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There is an increasing trend to develop new CRM systems on Salesforce and Microsoft<\/a> platforms. These skills are in ever increasing demand across all sectors \u2026not just charities and not for profits. It is unrealistic to think that in-house skills will be retained for too long in such strong commercial markets and that the people involved in the project will move to a support role to maintain and develop the system.<\/p>\n

Charities should consider the right partner for application management \u2026a partner that can maintain the technical skills of their staff (certification, training, rich technical experience) and that can provide a consistent level of service that an enterprise level system demands.<\/p>\n

From a price performance perspective the offshore model has proved effective for a number of charities and can be effective for more if the lessons learnt from the successful examples are followed.
\nLet me know if you would like some help in finding the right partner to manage your core applications.<\/p>\n

About Areten:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We provide services for Charity and not for profits including Cloud & CRM implementation, customisation and consulting services. We offer needs assessment, design, customisation, implementation, and integration and support services.
\nWe are headquartered in the UK and we have a mixture of onshore and offshore expertise and support. We work with some great partners to allow us to provide excellent services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project Management for Charities Series: Charities Project Manifesto\u2026.lessons learnt in the last year. The Charities Project Manifesto was published nearly two years ago. I have been looking at the content in the manifesto and asking is it still relevant and is it being applied in practice. 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