{"id":10186,"date":"2016-05-09T10:38:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T15:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=10186"},"modified":"2016-05-09T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T20:43:00","slug":"this-2-person-it-staff-might-put-larger-it-staffs-to-shame-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/this-2-person-it-staff-might-put-larger-it-staffs-to-shame-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This 2-person IT staff might put larger IT staffs to shame"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Productivity\"Summary: Most IT departments are overworked and understaffed. There’s just not enough time to accomplish everything on their to-do list. Does that describe your IT department? If so, here’s a story that might inspire you–and show you how to accomplish more, using your current team. <\/em><\/span>
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\nWhat is your IT department\u2019s biggest barrier to success? According to our 2015 survey, the most common answer was \u201ctime.\u201d There\u2019s just not enough time to address all of your company\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not so sure. Now, I do understand that many people have more on their plate than they have time to handle. But, when you hear stories like the one below, it makes you wonder if the larger problem might be \u201cinefficient use of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

I recently heard a true story about a 2-person IT staff that needed to replace their order entry system and modernize their internal green-screen interface. Both projects were big, both were urgent, and they couldn\u2019t afford to bring in outside consultants for help.<\/p>\n

What did they do? They completed both projects internally, faster than most larger IT departments ever could. To learn how they did it, you can read the whole story here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Most IT departments are overworked and understaffed. There’s just not enough time to accomplish everything on their to-do list. Does that describe your IT department? If so, here’s a story that might inspire you–and show you how to accomplish more, using your current team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"This 2-person IT staff might put larger IT staffs to shame - mrc's Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: Most IT departments are overworked and understaffed. There's just not enough time to accomplish everything on their to-do list. Does that describe your"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-productivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10186"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10202,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10186\/revisions\/10202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}