We work with, and train, individuals and organizations, to improve their project management capabilities. With offices in Seattle, WA, and Tucson, AZ, we help local businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations around the country.

Project Based Consulting

We provide project management support on a part-time or full-time basis for specific projects. We can act as your project manager, or we can support your existing project manager. If you are still in the bidding stage on a large project, we can help you put together well-structured project plans as part of your proposal, and/or we can help you manage your project when your bid is successful.

Organizational Project Management Consulting

We work with your organization to improve or establish project management processes. While we will probably assist on specific projects, the main focus will be on the processes required to ensure a continual stream of successful projects. This will sometimes involve setting up a project management office, also known as a PMO, and can also include advice regarding the use/optimization of project management software, such as Microsoft Project.

Project Management Staff Augmentation

We support longer term contracts with experienced staff who work as part of your organization. This might include Microsoft Project experts, PMP-certified project managers, project schedulers, and/or data analysts.

Project Management Training

In depth project management training, based around industry best-practices. Our style of training is very interactive - participants work on projects from their own organizations, utilizing tools and templates that we use every day to manage real projects. We consistently receive excellent ratings from training participants, and have experience conducting project management theory training and Microsoft Project training for both large and small organizations. We offer a variety of courses, which are available on an open-enrollment and on-site basis. (Read more about our approach to project management training.)

Certified Project Managers

Established in 1969, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the world’s leading not-for-profit project management professional association, with over 250,000 members worldwide. All Key Consulting’s senior project managers and instructors are certified as Project Management Professionals (PMP) by PMI.

PMI Registered Education Provider

Since 2002 we have been an approved PMI Registered Education Provider (PMI REP) of project management training. This means we are authorized to issue Category Three Professional Development Units (PDUs) for credit toward meeting the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) of the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. While PMPs may earn PDU credits from other categories of learning activities, only Category Three PDUs are accepted without question in audits of CCR records. PMPs may also report a Key Consulting course using PMI's convenient online system, rather than having to provide fax or paper documentation.

Mission

To contribute to your success, by partnering with you to enhance your project management capabilities, and to create innovative solutions to your project management challenges.

"The purpose of business is not to make a profit. It is to make and keep customers. Do this, and profits will ultimately follow."

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"A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?"

Traditional Children's Nursery Rhyme

Guiding Principles

Teamwork

No one person has all the answers. To be successful we need to combine our knowledge and experiences. Working as part of team should be an enjoyable and educational part of life.

Innovation

Personal initiative, inquiries, and new ideas are encouraged. We must innovate to solve our clients’ challenges, and to find ways to win new business.

Quality

In a world full of consultants, we must differentiate ourselves by the quality of our work. Every deliverable and client communication should be viewed as an opportunity to impress the client with the quality and accuracy of our work. Continuous quality improvement is the only way to stay in business.

Communications

All communications, whether informal or formal, internal or external, must be open, considered, and respectful. We should communication often and freely, to ensure everyone is informed, and part of the solution.

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