Events

How to Find Great Project Managers  

 

The RoMa Group's Principal Roland Salvato discussed trends in project management that are changing the way your organization locates and hires project managers now and in the future.  Mr. Salvato discusses critical success factors when hiring project managers and ways to find the right project manager for the job.

Mr. Salvato has more than 15 years experience as a project and program manager for business and technical projects of all sizes, and has hired and trained project managers throughout his career.

The program was a free teleseminar presented by Paragon Strategies, a leading training agency in San Francisco.

Please download the Questions and Answers from this teleseminar.


Why Choose The RoMa Group?

You are looking for additional expertise that doesn’t start from scratch.  Your organization has a set of challenges that you want to hand off to trusted collaborators, professionals who have worked in companies just like yours on problems just like these.

You have used consultants in the past and need someone to “cut to the chase”.  You want a small team to come in, quickly assess the work scope and show you—in writing—what the solution entails and how the benefits will accrue.

You can’t waste valuable time wondering whether we understand your business or whether we have the knowledge and skills to start working on your problems.  You want a respected consulting firm with a solid track record, excellent references and the confidence to tell you the truth.

While we will never know your business imperatives to the extent you do, we are very skilled in the translation of your mandates into sound, actionable programs. We guarantee that our consultants are familiar with industry best practices and the latest technological solutions.

We guarantee our work.  A typical RoMa Group engagement meets your expectations or you do not pay for the engagement.   WIth our asisstance, our clients have accomplished a lot.  Are some of their goals on your wish list?

  • Reduce the cost of acquiring new customers 
  • Retain customers in a cost-effective manner
  • Improve the Client Experience
  • Reduce operating spend
  • Enable the training that employees receive to be more effective
  • Implement new products so that they meet the needs of the market and achieve ROI
  • Reduce technology maintenance costs through more effective contract renewals
  • Reduce technology implementation costs
  • Improve communications betweeen marketing and operations
  • Accomplish accurate and timely regulatory implementation

  

Our Consultants

In addition to consulting knowhow and training, every RoMa Group consultant has at least ten years industry experience working directly for companies and organizations of every size, in core functional areas within departments from Sales and Marketing to Operations and IT. Our consultants are mature, independent individuals with a reputation for quality service, attention to detail, strategic thinking, creativity, and ability to work collaboratively with organizations and their clients.

The RoMa Group network of award-winning talent includes certified project managers, process analysts, published authors, accomplished graphic designers, PR experts, market researchers, and implementation consultants formerly with nationally-recognized firms.

  • We are not a staffing agency, we are a team of consultants
  • Our consultants have worked as middle- and upper-management for companies in the same industries as our clients
  • The RoMa Group engagement managers and consultants are principals in our firm
  • Most consulting companies that are large enough to perform this type of business hire junior consultants with just text book experience, while our consultants are mature and experienced in business
  • Our consultants have at least ten years experience in organizations like yours
  • Our consultants live locally
  • We’re flexible – We can work either onsite or offsite depending on your needs; we can work as quickly as you need or phase our work to help you manage your budget
  • We’re self-starters and can get up to speed and moving on your project quickly
  • Our projects are always on-time and on-budget


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How You Can Build Competitive Advantage

We have found that in addition to stimulating growth and efficiency you can leverage operations to build competitive advantage with the customer perspective as the driving force.  Our approach addresses issues that lie at the intersection of operations and strategy, including identifying measures of productivity and process maturity.   You can and should know the effectivness of changes already underway, management initiatives with specific objectives, customer relationship management, sales force effectiveness, and cost reduction activities.

By helping leaders reevaluate the assumptions that limit their operations or marketing strategies, we are able to uncover straightforward solutions to complex business challenges.  Our approach does not rely on the latest management fads; instead we leverage our experience to develop customized improvement practices that endure. We know that the best way to have a big impact and help business leaders unlock value is to create customized ideas; then to roll up our sleeves and get things done.

The Way We Work

In any given meeting, we will be the ones listening, not talking.

There is always one RoMa Group senior partner who is responsible to you for the outcome of the engagement, no matter the size. This individual is involved throughout the life cycle of the project and is your main point of contact.

RoMa Group engagements are structured to generate a return on investment within 90 days. We focus on one client at a time. Our no excuses guarantee reflects our commitment to generating extraordinary results for your business.