{"id":7385,"date":"2014-01-20T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2014-01-20T21:08:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T03:08:56","slug":"3-examples-of-wildly-productive-it-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/3-examples-of-wildly-productive-it-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"3 examples of wildly productive IT departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-731\" alt=\"Productivity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Productivity-e1291070228913.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>On our 2013 survey, we asked this question: \u201cWhat problems keep you from accomplishing your goals?\u201d In other words, what stops your company from addressing all of those pressing needs on your to-do list?<\/p>\n<p>Can you guess the most common answer? For the third year in a row, the winner was&#8230;<strong>time<\/strong>! No one has enough time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I get it. Many IT staffs are overworked and understaffed. They have too much on their plate. There\u2019s just not enough time in the day to tackle all of their \u201curgent\u201d projects.<\/p>\n<p>But, then I read stories like the ones below, and wonder if the issue isn\u2019t a \u201clack of time\u201d so much as it is an \u201cinefficient use of time.\u201d For instance, here are 3 great examples of IT departments completing big projects in impossible time frames:<br \/>\n<a name=\"20130117\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\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=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Case Study', 'Daiwa', 'Blog']); \" 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=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Case Study', 'Boone', 'Blog']); \" 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=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Case Study', 'Raleigh', 'Blog']); \" 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>So, the next time you think there\u2019s not enough time to tackle a project, just take a step back and think about the stories listed above. You\u2019ll find that those \u201ctime\u201d excuses no longer hold water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our 2013 survey, we asked this question: \u201cWhat problems keep you from accomplishing your goals?\u201d In other words, what stops your company from addressing all of those pressing needs on your to-do list? Can you guess the most common answer? For the third year in a row, the winner was&#8230;time! 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