Category: project success
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The Grant-Ready SME Sustainability Pack
The 7 things you need before you apply for anything Most SME owners don’t struggle with motivation—they struggle with time, clarity, and confidence. You know you should reduce energy and waste costs, you may have customers asking questions, and you’ve probably heard there are grants “out there”… but the whole process can feel vague and…
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Choose the right first sustainability project (a simple scoring method for SMEs)
Choose the right first sustainability project (a simple scoring method for SMEs) Running a business is busy. You’re juggling customers, staff, suppliers, cashflow and then you hear “sustainability” and it can feel like a massive extra job. The good news is you don’t need a big programme to start. Some SMEs fail at sustainability because…
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How Small Businesses Can Fund Their First Sustainability Project
If you run a small business in Ireland, you’ve probably thought about cutting energy costs, reducing waste or improving how your business operates. But one question always comes first: “How do I pay for it?” For many SMEs, sustainability sounds like another cost. Energy bills are high, margins are tight, and investing in upgrades can…
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Project Business – Which Project Approach is Right?
One of the keys to growth and success in Project led business is standardisation of core functions i.e. the processes and the function of project management. Critical to this is deciding on which project management approach to adopt to deliver your goods or service. There are two mainstream approaches. The Planned (predictive) and Agile (adaptive)…
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How to Grow and Thrive as a Project Business
In my last post Project based Businesses and how they are different? I discussed the identification of a project business, i.e. your core business function is project management. Identifying as a Project Business will help you prioritise and enhance your business activities and assets properly. You will clearly understand how to structure your business and what systems…
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What is a Project Based Business and how is it different?
Project Business Most businesses can be categorised by the type of goods or services they provide to their customers or by the industry sector which they relate to. Project based businesses manage their primary business activities through projects. They are sometimes called Project-Centric or Project-Driven businesses. These companies operate in industries such as Engineering, Architecture,…