Marchant Services Group is a consulting firm specializing in capital projects, maintenance improvement systems, & project management within heavy industry. Heavy industry continues to face enormous challenges to reduce cost by innovative means.

Marchant Services Group offers you a means of Releasing the Power in equipment already in service, of employees abilities through training, & increasing maintenance effectiveness through computer documentation and retrieval systems.
Are you just beginning a new project and feel uncomfortable about setting it up?

Are you looking for ways of saving you money in implementing a project?

Are you questioning the value you of project management?

Or are do you already value project management and just wish to have your employees Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified?

In any case we can help you and all of the above and other questions around project management.

We offer onsite training, onsite project reviews, and onsite project management organization & set up of projects just getting underway or help in projects in trouble. Consider MARCHANT SERVICES GROUP to help you RELASE THE POWER! that you already have.

We have a base in industrial project management with a strong business knowledge in a variety of industries. MARCHANT SERVICES GROUP supports project management and scheduling principles outlined in The Project Management Institute's (PMI®) Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK®).

We offer training in the basics of starting a project with developing Work Breakdown Packages, Scheduling & Planning, & development of Base Line Budgets to support your plan.

We can help you with:

  • Defining the project
  • Scope definition and planning
  • Organization planning and staffing
  • Team development
  • Communications planning
  • Risk identification and management
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project cost management and estimating
  • Quality planning and management
  • Procurement management
  • Project integration management
  • QA / QC
  • Contract administration
  • Project control
  • Cost and Schedule performance measurement
  • Quality performance measurement
  • Change control systems
  • Administrative Closure / Contract Close-Out

    Puzzled About How to get Started with Project Management?

    Sometimes, the amount of material available on project management is overwhelming. So many books, consultants and courses! Despite the breadth of the offerings, there are a few well-recognized practices that are vital and offer significant returns for your effort. If your organization needs to get more productive fast, here's where to start.

    Basic Concept

    Taken from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management

    Project management is simply a combination of steps and techniques for keeping the budget and schedule in line. Project management tools offer a way to avoid the frustration of missed deadlines, unclear expectations and budget overruns. By clearly defining responsibilities for the activities, focusing resources on specific objectives and providing a structure for communicating within and across organizational boundaries, the project management process can help anyone meet project goals better and with less frustration.

    The project management toolbox for business includes manual and computerized processes that are directly in today's organizations. Project management techniques offer proven methods for working with project teams formed across traditional, functional and organizational boundaries.

    Like living beings, all projects have predictable stages that start with an idea to do something and end (hopefully) with the delivery of a complete project that meets its goals for quality and performance. In total, there are five phases in every project: initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing. In each of the five phases there are different tasks, behaviors and skills necessary to be successful. Take a look at the five phases to understand how the project management proceeds from beginning to end.

    MARCHANT SERVICES GROUP will assist you with the design and implementation of integrated project management processes involving the use of a common WBS and closely tied “earned value” and scheduling systems. We can also provide guidance and auditing services to the project team on tasks, task dependencies, techniques, deliverables and task roles to verify that they align with the client’s selected methodology.

    We can assist with advice, periodic audits and monitoring of project deliverables to ensure that the correct methodology is consistently employed and that the selected processes cost-effectively further the progress of the project. This also assures alignment with accepted industry “best practices” regarding possible risks, cost reporting/forecasting, measurement of progress, and cost-effective schedule attainment.

    Project Management Consulting

    Interested in some personal assistance that goes beyond project management training? We can help! We know problem areas when it comes to implementing project management in order to successfully plan and execute projects.

    Contact us for:

  • A review of your current project management processes and skills and suggestions on how to improve in light of industry best practices
  • Development of templates and processes for managing your projects
  • Creation of job descriptions and expectations for project managers within your organization
  • Recommendations on how to establish a project management culture and outlook throughout your organization
  • Suggestions for breaking down barriers to successful implementation of project management
  • Insights into the key project management practices that can make the most difference in achieving project results and that can be implemented immediately
  • A phased approach for implementing project management for immediate results with continual improvement over the long term
  • Other needs that you may have relative to accomplishing project objectives on time and on budget

    All MARCHANT SERVICES GROUP training is based on the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body Of Knowledge® (PMBOK) and the ISO 10006 criteria for Best Practice Project Management.

    On-Site Training

    There are times when it makes more sense if you don't pack your bags and fly across the country to attend a class. Times when you don't need to sleep on a lumpy bed, or listen to the air conditioning go off and on all night. In fact, there are times when you should simply stay home and let us bring project management training to you.

    If you have people in your organization who need to "get on the same page" with their project management or Microsoft Project expertise, then please contact us to see if we can help you meet your project management objectives through on-site project management training.

    As an on-site customer you'll receive:

    A confidential environment for exchanging organizational information

    An instructor who works to maximize content relevance for your organization

    The ability to include your own materials in the binder with the Schedule Associates reference manual for a uniform presentation of industry standard practices and your specific methodologies

    In addition, on-site project management courses offer the following benefits:

    The ability to have a large number of participants attend so that all team members are talking the same language about project management

    An opportunity to set expectations for project manager responsibilities and performance within the organization

    No need to travel

    The ability to discuss project management issues common to all attendees

    Training can be followed by specific actions to move the learning into the workplace