Could Outsourced Project Delivery Be the Key to Delivering Projects More Cost Effectively?

Why outsource Project Delivery?covering objectives, resources required, budget, the
Many organisations have insufficient trained,plan, risk, business requirements. From this document,
experienced people to deliver key projects and oftenthe detailed plan is created breaking down the project
delay them until the right person is available, causinginto stages and deliverables, which ultimately drive the
the business to suffer through the delay in deliveringproject costs. It is important that an agreement is
benefits. Alternatively, contractors are hired and, whenreached on what the project is going to deliver and
project delays are encountered, the hired contractorhow much those deliverables will cost to produce in
and their agency earn more money, often diluting theorder to arrive at a fixed cost. In addition to the
business case. Outsourced Project Delivery enablesexpertise necessary to deliver the project, the
the client to meet the resource needs of the projectImplementation Partner will also provide an account
portfolio whilst reducing the financial risk to the projectmanager to participate in the project steering group to
and to the organisation by engaging an implementationoversee the suppliers' project manager, ensuring both
partner to deliver the project on behalf of the client.the suppliers and clients' interests and taken care of.
For example, in the event that additional resource is
What is outsourced Project Delivery?required or issues cannot be resolved both the client
Outsourced project delivery is where projects areand supplier are represented in the decision making
delivered either in their entirety or in stages by anprocess.
implementation partner, usually for a fixed cost. ThisWhat if?
enables the client to meet the resource demands ofThe cost of your project was dictated by the
the project portfolio, to their plan, budgets and qualitydeliverables, where the project was completed to
expectations and ensures that the Implementationmeet your time scales and to your budget, minimising
partner is accountable for delivery.your financial risk, your costs remained fixed for the
How does outsourced Project Delivery work?duration of the project and where the implementation
The client engages with an Implementation Partner andpartner bore an equal share of the risk by retaining
creates mutually acceptable terms of referenceaccountability for the quality and delivery of the project.