EMEA Blog

In this interview, Chris Razzell, founder and Chairman of the Board, describes ASPECT Studios’ digital transformation journey, from system selection to successful deployment.

The recently-released best practice guide to overcoming project and business performance challenges, How Consulting Firms Win – The Definitive Playbook, defines the most common areas consulting firms find competitive gains (project delivery, growth, profitability, and talent) to help your firm put its own successful plays into place. Whether you’ve just downloaded the Playbook, or you downloaded it recently and are having a tough time deciding the first performance area you’d like to tackle first, we would like to offer a few “get started” tips that might help you ease yourself in.

Best-practice project management relies on three key building blocks, including setting a project baseline to guide the smooth delivery and financial management of successful projects.

Is your month-end close a smooth and fast process, or a messy rush of timesheets and invoicing red tape? Find out how your consulting firm can attain accounting best practice, by harnessing the power of technology.

Award-winning architecture and urbanism practice Allies and Morrison selects Deltek to improve project delivery and efficiency.

How well equipped is your architecture firm for managing complex projects? Former architect and Management in Action founder Jennekin Dicks advises how practices can harness the value of data and people.

In a recent study, 66% of AEC firms admitted that the delivery on one-quarter of their projects was delayed. In our latest blog we explore the causes, costs and solutions to project failure.

If your Architecture or Engineering firm aims to deliver projects on time and on budget, and with the most effective and efficient performance, it's absolutely essential to employ internal Project Control systems.

The operating environment for professional services firms has become more complex, making it harder to grow profitably. Here's how leaders can approach complex project management and avoid failure.

The way that clients procure architecture services is changing, and professional services firms need to keep up with shifting market trends in order to remain relevant and profitable.

One of the key concerns worrying professional services firms today is scope creep management, according to Deltek’s recent ‘Insight to Action’ report. Our latest blog explores how to address the issue.

To stay relevant, consulting firms need to adapt and embrace technology. Otherwise, they risk losing their competitive edge. Our latest blog explores how firms are approaching innovation in consulting.

'Mitigate risk' is a common phrase heard throughout the Architecture & Engineering industry, but what does it mean and is your firm doing the right things to truly mitigate risk? Often times, risk translates to money, but there is more to it.

If projects are the financial lifeblood of your organisation, an effective information management strategy is crucial. Here's how to identify if your firm needs to improve its strategy and how to go about it.

Secure, reliable accounting and project management software with advanced functionality and the ability to automate tasks is a necessity for running a profitable AEC firm. Here are the red flags that tell you when your software is becoming a liability.

As with other documentation and information that makes up your projects, having an efficient process in place for contract management is vital to your business.

To support increasingly dispersed teams, many forward thinking businesses are ditching inefficient paper based processes and implementing mobile technology. Here's how mobile working could benefit your firm.

Design deliverables are crucial to the successful running and completion of AEC projects. Here are the fundamentals of managing this type of project information.

Discover why a Project Information Management (PIM) strategy and system is so important for built environment businesses.

Is your firm managing multiple projects? Here are 6 tips to gain control and reduce the risk of losing critical business and project information.

In this special report, the Association of Project Managers discuss emerging trends in project management and how technology will affect the industry.

In the professional services industry, no two projects are alike and more often than not they are considerably different. In this video you can learn more about how to better manage your project lifecycle

Discover the three metrics that every Project Manager or COO needs to know – we’ll tell you what they are and how to measure them.

4 metrics that every CFO or Finance Director needs to know – we’ll tell you what they are and how to measure them.

Learn how to make sure you protect your agency's margin by keeping your projects on track, on time and within budget.

Tracking all of the variables in a typical project can seem like a daunting task. As with any undertaking of this magnitude, it’s best to start by determining exactly what it is you need to track.

Is your business able to ensure you have the right project manager working on the right project?

How do you respond when your CEO asks tough questions about your teams processes and performance?

Project managers can improve the efficiency of their project delivery by asking these 6 basic questions.

Which KPIs should Project Managers measure to ensure they deliver successful projects?

These four tips show how project managers can use Project-Based ERP to improve project control and profitability

Identify the correct time to grow your business using precise, real-time data from your ERP software.

Many agencies still struggle to find the most effective way to manage their projects so that they balance creativity alongside project and finacial control.

Discover why business management systems are key for leading A&E firms who produce winning bids.

Learn how to break down silos in business with project software management for Professional Services firms.

Discover how ERP software providers are helping businesses to win bids.

Discover how more visible and efficient project management led by ERP software can increase resource utilisation and profitability.

Discover how project ERP software can give you greater working capital through improved visibility and efficiencies.

Use these 3 tips to gain better control over your consulting projects and improve your firms profits

How you know it’s time to trade in your spreadsheets for a true fit-for-purpose ERP business system to maximise productivity and profits.

Identify over-servicing clients to avoid poor scoping, resourcing and missed milestones.

In a world of thrive or dive, is your fast-growing business agile enough to cope with the demands you throw at it?

Many Professional Services firms do not know before it's too late whether their projects are profitable or not. But how late is too late? And what can you do about it?

Professional Services firms can increase customer satisfaction and margins by reviewing and improving their business processes.

One of the biggest resource management challenges faced by Professional Services firms is that it is difficult to predict your future resource needs when looking more than a few months ahead.

Professional Services firms can make a significant impact to their bottom line by asking the right questions about their resource utilisation and process efficiency.

Det investeres, med rette, mye penger i forskning i Norge. Det er derfor helt nødvendig at forskningen oppfattes som fornuftig og til nytte for samfunnet, på kort eller lengre sikt. Enkelte forskningsprosjekter kan, for mange, bli oppfattet som meningsløse og lite nyttige, men

How should operations team assign time against projects in uncommon situations? Particularly when your delivery team are travelling often as part of the project?

Implementing change in your business is not easy. However, by focusing on people first, before processes and toolsets, you can achieve success for your firm and for your employees.

Deltek Vision ERP Software enables your business to make better decisions by giving you accurate information at the right time.

Using a project-based ERP system, Project Managers can get real-time visibility into all of the information they need to ensure project success and profitability.

Firms who use Project ERP can improve project management and increase productivity and profits.