{"id":1504,"date":"2017-02-21T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2022-07-27T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T22:10:07","slug":"how-to-complete-impossible-projects-with-a-small-it-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/how-to-complete-impossible-projects-with-a-small-it-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"How to complete impossible projects with a small IT staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"20110221\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-731\" title=\"Productivity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Productivity-e1291070228913.jpg\" alt=\"Productivity\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Imagine this: You\u2019re in charge of your company\u2019s IT department.  Everything is running smoothly, until one day, you get some bad news.  Your competitors just rolled out features that you don\u2019t have&#8211;in this case, a web-based order entry system.<\/p>\n<p>Then you get some worse news:  Several of your largest customers noticed your competition\u2019s shiny new web-based order entry system.  They are frustrated that you don\u2019t have a similar option.  All of a sudden, a web-based order entry system is a top business priority.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The only problem<\/strong>:  Your 3-person IT staff has neither the time nor the resources for a project of this size.<\/p>\n<p>Oh&#8230;and one more thing: The project must be completed yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what do you do?<\/strong> Rush out a half-baked solution?  Overpay for a quick fix?  Start looking for a new job?<\/p>\n<p>Want to know the answer?  This is actually a true story, and it has a happy ending.  To find out how they fixed the problem, <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/blog\/Click\/B110222_ImpossibleProjectsSmallITStaff');\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/raleigh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">click here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine this: You\u2019re in charge of your company\u2019s IT department. Everything is running smoothly, until one day, you get some bad news. Your competitors just rolled out features that you don\u2019t have&#8211;in this case, a web-based order entry system. 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