Case Studies

Efficient management of technology projects has been a challenge for many mid-size companies. Most of them struggle with getting their hands around the ever-growing number of efforts and initiatives. With more initiatives comes the responsibility of managing a bigger budget, additional resources and higher organizational impact. Needless to say, this also brings in additional management scrutiny and accountability.

Learning Without Tears (LWT)– a mid-market Education Technology company has a unique situation. Their Technology department not only manages a portfolio of external facing and revenue generating educational products; but also an array of internal back office systems and projects. The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for both the product and internal project portfolios. He has to carefully balance the capacity of a single pool of resources who cater to both the portfolios. Each portfolio has its own strategic goals as well as certain common goals.