Project Management

Effective management of your organization's projects mean focused resources, manageable budgeting, and productive results.

The UTS Project Management office has certified project management professionals who can help you design, implement, manage and document large and small projects - from enterprise level infrastructure changes to departmental workflow improvements. We can even provide you with Independent Verification and Validation services on existing projects.

We work with diverse types of organizations in the University of South Carolina system, and South Carolina State Government.

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Project Management Services

UTS can manage your projects, or assist your existing project team with process methodologies, and documentation procedures. We also have extensive experience in integrating systems and organizational architectures into the University environment. We can help your organization:

• Document and communicate requirements throughout the process
• Plan a project with achievable cost, schedule, and performance goals
• Build a project team with trained, committed, and empowered members
• Maintain consistent communication with and feedback from project sponsors
• Proceed incrementally on the project plan - require review and approval at milestones

UTS Project Management is based on proven criteria and methods, and broad professional experience in bringing projects to successful conclusion on time and on budget.

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Independent Verification and Validation

UTS offers an Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) service for clients needing third party audit and assurance of project compliance. IV&V is particularly important to ensure and validate contract or regulatory compliance for state or federal government projects, or those that fall under the ISO 9000 series. Our UTS specialists will conduct a professional and objective IV&V audit for any stage in the life cycle of your project:

• Prospective, concurrent, partial, or retrospective validation
• Selective or general verification based on project or compliance specifications
• Project, process, and/or workflow audits

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Business Process Improvement

In today's ever-changing business environment, it is essential to make your business processes as efficient and effective as possible. Business Process Improvement (BPI) can help you assess your current business procedures, develop a flexible strategic plan, and ensure that workflows and resources are used efficiently. We can help your organization:

• Evaluate business goals and develop a flexible and effective strategic plan
• Assess resources and team compositions
• Examine work/information flows and align them with strategic goals
• Identify technology levers that will improve work/information flow
• Appraise customer needs and coordinate customer service objectives

UTS can provide BPI services that can help you with assessing, planning, and implementing productive organizational practices.

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Contact US

For more information on UTS Project Management services, contact us at 803-777-1800 and ask to speak with the Project Management group. Or email us at: servicedesk@sc.edu.

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