White Papers & Research

Just-in-Time Resourcing® (JITR) and Global Resource Management:

Similar to how manufacturers learned through advanced inventory planning techniques to have parts available at just the right time, services providers are challenged to now provide Just-in-Time Resourcing® (JITR). Getting the right person in the right place at the right time, effectively and efficiently, has become mission critical. RTM Consulting introduced Just-in-Time Resourcing® to the professional and consulting services marketplace, and we’re helping companies all around the globe race past the competition by designing and implementing hyper-effective resource management techniques.

• JITR Part 1 – Managing the Demand Forecast:  Getting your x-functional teams to develop and apply a business forecast to resourcing is a common point of failure for companies in the resourcing process, and critical to JITR. Click here to read this informative white paper on how to get your demand forecasting process working for you.
• JITR Part 2 – Managing the Resource Pool:  Off-shoring, near-shoring, multi-site project management, expert shortages and more are challenging areas for the today’s PS operators. Click here to read this informative white paper on how to use new innovative techniques for managing your resources to maximize profit and client satisfaction.
• The Consulting Project Performance Paradox – Why Resource Management Trumps Quality and Project Management:  Provides proven insights on the importance of building effective resource management disciplines to support quality and project management methodologies. Click here to download the whitepaper.
• Essentials of Global Resource Management in Technology Professional Services: During the past decade, the growth of services as part of the revenue and profit mix of technology companies has changed how these companies must think about managing human capital. Getting the right person in the right place at the right time, effectively and efficiently,has become mission critical. This white paper introduces in-depth the many facets of Global Resource Management (GRM) and how to effectively perform GRM in a rapidly transforming marketplace. Please contact us to request a free copy of this whitepaper.
• Self-Assessment Guide for Resource Management - 6 Key Performance Checks: click here to view the white paper. This guide is intended as a self-assessment tool for companies that want to better understand how their execution of resource management processes are contributing or inhibiting the bottom line.
• A Primer for Global Resource Management:  click here to view the white paper. Provides an overview of Global Resource Management concepts.
• 10 Hottest Tips to Sustaining High Utilization:  click here to view the white paper. An easy read with actionable ideas and proven techniques for sustaining high utilization.
• Should Consultants Own The Utilization Metric?:  click here to view the white paper. Provides experienced insights into the pros and cons of assigning utilization metrics to consultants.
• Rev Up Recruiting For Just-in-Time Resourcing®:  click here to view the white paper. Introduces a new paradigm for recruiting processes needed to support a Just-in-Time Resourcing® environment.
• PS Execs: Stop Fighting Fires – Start Staffing Teams: click here to view the white paper. Practical advice on how to effectively staff the right people and teams for effective project execution.
• Heroic Delivery: The Hallmark (and Death March) of Most PS Organizations:  click here to view the white paper. Practical advice on how to break the vicious cycle of subject matter expert shortages.

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