Good Project Management (PM) begins with a strong concept and clear goals.  A concept is a product of the mind.  Achieving goals is a product of the mind at work.  At Imagine That Design and Production, Inc. minds are at work - creating ideas, generating solutions, and moving forward with confidence. 

We believe that successful project management  should be viewed and measured in terms of completing progressive project phases and achieving project milestones in a timely, cost effective, and efficient manner.  We use something called "Earned Value" project management to assure these goals are met.

Earned value is a management technique that relates resource planning to schedules and to technical cost and schedule requirements. All work is planned, budgeted, and scheduled in time-phased ''planned value'' increments constituting a cost and schedule measurement baseline. There are two major objectives of an earned value system: to encourage contractors to use effective internal cost and schedule management control systems; and to permit the customer to be able to rely on timely data produced by those systems for determining product-oriented contract status.  The benefits to project management of the earned value approach come from the disciplined planning conducted and the availability of statistics which show real variances from the project plan in order to generate necessary corrective actions.  We know it all sounds very "technical" but the benefit is - You know what's happening every step of the way...no surprises...no unexpected change orders!

To achieve project success, the completion of each phase in the project requires that all design development, construction and management tasks be accomplished in a well-documented and deliverable manner.  The Imagine That Project Management TEAM documents and delivers, using the latest in computer-aided equipment and software and good, old-fashioned communication and teamwork.  From our years of Project Management experience, Imagine That believes, above all else, that communication and teamwork foster project success.
 

• Imagine That Project personnel meet with the prospective clients project team and conducts an initial site tour.

• Imagine That personnel listen, document pertinent information, and clarify the proposed/defined project scope.

• Imagine That personnel then develop a project proposal and submit it to the prospective client for approval.

With our proposal approved, the Imagine That TEAM will roll-up their sleeves and get to work by following a comprehensive four (4) phased approach to project management:

Phase I: Develop Baseline Measures & Report Findings

Phase II: Concepts Development & Feasibility Analysis

Phase III: Detailed Design Engineering & Procurement

Phase IV: Implementation, Training, and Post-Audit

NOTE: The scope of Imagine That's  project work will vary according to client need. At the client's request, Imagine That can perform all four (4) phases of work listed or any combination thereof.