COVID-19 is the ultimate “unknown unknown” and has challenged us to find a new way of working. As consultants, it is not uncommon for our teams to have multiple worksites across...
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Recent Posts
Creating High Performing “Virtual” Teams: Thriving in a COVID-19 World
How to Apply a Hybrid Agile Methodology to CTRM Projects
In our last blog on this subject, Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Delivery Approach is Right for You?, we focused on two standard project management methodologies – Waterfall and Agile...
Statistically speaking, projects and transformations do not have the odds in their favor. According to Commodity Technology Advisory, over 50% of CTRM implementation projects fail...
Giving back and playing an active role in making our community better is a BIG part of our identity. “Work Hard, Play Hard”, which represents giving back, is part of the Veritas...
Train Your Brain to Maximize Your Brain Capacity
In the Veritas culture code we state that we are passionate about solving our client’s most difficult problems. We hire the best and brightest people in the industry who love to...
Optimizing Post Go-Live: 5 Tips to Ensure Delivery of Business Value from a CTRM Project
“Begin with the end in mind” is of the most common sayings that we use at Veritas. This applies for almost every situation and certainly to projects. When we begin working with...
Stabilization: 4 Tips to Increase User Adoption for CTRM Projects
CTRM projects can take 6 to 18 months to execute and there are few milestones more significant than a project go-live. Given the tremendous effort and focus to get to this point,...
Embedded Change Management: How to Be a Change Manager without Telling Anyone
Scientific evidence proves that people do not like change. The reaction to change ranges from physical to psychological. It truly stresses people out. Change disrupts methods and...
Unknown Unknowns: How To Manage Risk Against the Unexpected
A good project manager will do a considerable amount of planning before starting a project. However, no matter how diligent the manager is, there will always be a surprise lurking...
Expectation Management: The Difference Between Project Success and Failure
It is generally true that the gap between expectations and reality dictates how happy or unhappy we are about a particular outcome. This is also true in business, especially when...
Measure Twice, Cut Once: Planning for a Successful Project
In almost anything, upfront planning greatly increases our chance at success. There are maxims such as “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” that serve as useful reminders of...
CTRM implementations are some of the most challenging projects that a supply and trading organization can undertake. The power of these systems is that they bring value across the...