Real outcomes. No fluff.
Feeling stuck, unsure what to do next or just want someone you can trust to get things done? We specialise in creating pathways forward that just makes sense.
About Unreal Project
If you are looking for passionate and talented individuals with proven track records, you are at the right place. Unreal Project is keeping things real. We only offer services we are naturally really good at to clients that are purposeful and respectful. If we're not right for each other, there is no obligation to make things work. We are not a corporate consulting firm.
Seriously good at three things
Strategic decision making and planning
Finding service providers for your business
Moving projects forward in the right direction
Turn complexity into actionable steps
Strategy can sound like consulting speak and a lot of time and money can be spent on beautifully crafted decks. But it is important to know where you are going and why. When this is clear, the execution can actually be a lot easier (and cheaper). It's just not always easy to be clear on what you are doing. It's not easy to know where you should be spending your money and time, how to prioritise and what is worth investing in.
Solutions
Objectives and priorities. Describe what you want to achieve, why they are important and what your priorities are.
Current state discovery. Document existing processes and investments for change identification and reuse.
Assessment. Use internal and external datapoints to identify where improvements and opportunities are.
Planning. Prioritise what needs to be done with the resources available.
Identify one or combine multiple services
A clear and practical strategy should guide what to keep in-house vs finding specialist skills and services from the external market. In reality it's a bit more complicated than that and fit-for-purpose analysis to weigh up the tradeoffs is sensible. The right technology or service partner can reduce cost and differentiate you from competitors, the wrong provider can be a costly mistake at best.
Solutions
Document requirements. Describe your needs, pain points and priorities
Market scan. Identify potential players and their core offerings
Assess. Targeted demonstrations to evaluate and compare options
Pricing. Request for quotes and compare offer vs cost
Finalise. Review and negotiate contractual and commercial agreements, finalise scope of products and services
Influence and implement change
A good project manager is someone who is good with people. In most cases, projects are made up of diverse individuals or teams with different cultures, interests, expertise and priorities. The right leader can rally everyone along and inspire them to contribute for a common goal and purpose. They also need to be organised, structured, communicate clearly and think critically.
Solutions
Plan. A good project plan is hard to produce, easy to follow and easy to update
Charter. Create a common language, ways of working or just a really good reference for everyone involved
Project management. This is the execution part, it's part art part project controls
Governance. Good governance has an eye on risk and an eye on supporting the project team to give them the best chance of success
Reviews. Periodic independent health checks ensures the project is on track to achieve set objectives and outcomes
What good looks like
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Approach
Scoping
Delivery model
Transparent pricing
Self-serve status updates
Value pulsing
Independent is better
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Exclusions
Revenue and chargeable targets in our quotes
Corporate overhead percentages in our rates
Overly complicated and costly delivery models
Resources assigned based on availability
Layers of approvals and checks that takes time and money
We can read your mind
Honest answers to honest questions.
Founder & Director
Fiona has a proven track record in delivering technology projects with over 13 years of professional services experience. Over five years as a Client Director leading projects for mid-tier and SME businesses and building the consulting practice of an accounting firm. Fiona specialises in strategic and transformational change, applications advisory and process optimisation with a focus on digitisation and automation. She brings energy and delivery excellence to her work and thrives on leading and operating in multi-functional and complex environments.
Experiece
Led over 50 technology consulting projects for Tier 2s, SMEs and small businesses with a reputation as being a dependable, personable and practical strategic advisor.
More than 15 years of project management experience in professional services, health, community, disability and aged care, utilities, education, manufacturing, distribution and service-based businesses.
A respected technology advisor in ERP, CRM, HCM and industry specific platforms through genuine interest in understanding, problem solving and rapid learning of new processes and technologies.
More than 10 years of strategic advisory experience in eliciting strategic priorities, operational pain points and technology challenges to present evidence-based and actionable recommendations at C-Suite and executive levels.
Cababilities
Strategic decision making advisory
Sourcing and procurement
Project and change management
Stakeholder engagement
Process modelling and optimisation
Report writing and presentation
Interests
Startups and small businesses
Utilities and environmental industries
Productivity tools and automation