{"id":10381,"date":"2016-07-11T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2017-02-16T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:13:55","slug":"3-examples-of-highly-productive-it-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/3-examples-of-highly-productive-it-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"3 examples of highly productive IT departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary:  As technology plays a larger role in all aspects of business, the business is relying on the IT department more than ever. However, many IT departments lack the time and the resources to meet their growing expectations. How can your IT department become highly productive&#8211;without outsourcing work or hiring new staff? Here are a few examples of IT departments that accomplished this very goal.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20160706\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\nIt\u2019s a problem I hear time and time again. IT departments are overworked and understaffed. There just aren\u2019t enough hours in the day to complete everything.<\/p>\n<p>If that describes your IT department, here are a few stories you\u2019ll want to read. They explain how IT departments managed to overcome these common challenges.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find a recurring theme in each one: A small IT team gets tasked with a big project, and given a tight deadline. Learn how each one managed to complete their projects, despite their seemingly impossible time frames&#8211;and how you can do the same.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"arrow-list colored\">\n<li><strong>This 2-person IT staff that needed to replace their order entry system and modernize their internal green-screen interface.<\/strong> Both projects were big, both were urgent, and they couldn\u2019t afford to bring in outside consultants for help. What did they do? They <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Daiwa'); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/Daiwa.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">completed both projects internally, faster than most larger IT departments ever could<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This company estimated a critical project would take 1,000 hours to complete<\/strong>. The only problem: They didn\u2019t have 1,000 hours to spare&#8230;and the project had an unmovable deadline. What did they do? <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Daiwa'); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/boone.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">They found a way to complete the whole project in just 300 hours<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This company needed a web-based ordering system, and they needed it fast.<\/strong> However, their 3-person IT staff didn\u2019t have the time to deliver such an involved system quickly. What did they do? They managed to <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Raleigh'); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/raleigh.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">create and roll-out and custom web-based ordering system faster than it would\u2019ve taken to deploy a generic, off-the-shelf option<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is your IT department understaffed and overworked? Fill out this <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'contact'); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/contact\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">short form<\/span><\/a> to see how much m-Power could you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: As technology plays a larger role in all aspects of business, the business is relying on the IT department more than ever. However, many IT departments lack the time and the resources to meet their growing expectations. How can your IT department become highly productive&#8211;without outsourcing work or hiring new staff? Here are a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/3-examples-of-highly-productive-it-departments\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 examples of highly productive IT departments<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/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":"3 examples of highly productive IT departments - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: As technology plays a larger role in all aspects of business, the business is relying on the IT department more than ever. 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