The Case for Contract Project Managers from L4 Networks

Projects by nature have a beginning and ending date. From our customer’s perspective, maximizing the return on investment is best achieved by completing projects on time and on budget to the greatest extent possible. By using a contract program or project manger, our customers get a highly motivated and experienced professional who knows how to get things done and does not sit on the payroll after the program’s projects or specific project is completed.

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For some, the concept of using a contract project manager seems costly. But the opposite is true. A mid-level project manager may command 80K in salary, but the real cost in benefits, training, vacation, sick-leave, and other non-cash benefits are closer to 130K. Factor in the recruitment costs and project time lost while searching through candidates and one can begin to see the logic. Example: the average recruitment time is about 3 months. Next, add two months to learn whether the new hire was the correct choice. If not, the process will start anew.

Efficient and highly motivated workers
Unlike a permanent employee who can expend several months settling into the organization, contract project managers are hired with a definitive set of deliverables and discrete time frame in which to deliver them. They are experience in going into an organization, quickly finding their way and rapidly getting things moving.

One of the reasons our project managers like the discrete project contract is the diversity of challenges and experiences. They also are able to avoid the office politics which often times consume internal staff. The value to your organization of this efficiency is tremendous.

Objectivity
In the true consultative approach, contract project managers impart an objective and impartial view to you as senior managers. Since contract project managers do not envision a long term career with your organization, they are not going to tell you what they think you want to hear. Instead they will tell you the way it really is. This aspect alone can save you a fortune.
Our program and project managers are doers who are deeply experienced to hit the ground running and deliver results from the onset of the engagement.

Experience Matters
Our program and project managers come with a depth of complex project management experience. We are not juniors who you will pay to learn on the job. We are experienced and can deliver results for the most challenging IT/ICT related projects. Our program and project managers can be supplied in terms of days, weeks, months or multiple months for longer term projects.