Deltek (Nasdaq: PROJ) today announced that South African governmental implementation and consulting agency, Blue IQ Investment Holdings (Blue IQ), will implement the Deltek Maconomy enterprise solution to improve project management, better control its budget and cost, and optimise visibility across its entire organisation.
“Deltek Maconomy delivers what we need, and we will now run all of our programmes and projects service delivery in this system. Deltek's deep knowledge and understanding of our industry and our challenges assured us that its solutions were the right ones for us.”
Blue IQ, an agency of the Gauteng provincial government's Department of Economic Development, is a key public and government-funded agency specialising in commercialising strategic economic infrastructure projects in the public sector, ensuring sustainable development returns for Gauteng, particularly economic growth and the creation of decent jobs in labour absorbing sectors. Blue IQ has been responsible for the delivery of flagship projects such as the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link, the regeneration of the Newtown precinct and the Nelson Mandela Bridge. Blue IQ's focus is within the innovation, energy, business tourism and freight and logistics sectors, with projects such as the Automotive Supplier Park; the iconic heritage site, Constitution Hill; and Africa's first internationally accredited science park, The Innovation Hub.
The agency was looking for a robust project management tool that gives it visibility into project status across its entire organisation. The Deltek Maconomy solution best fit Blue IQ's needs because it is tailor-made for such an environment, combining multi-discipline, multi-organisational and multifunctional project management capabilities with accurate cost budgeting and delivery overview.
With the Deltek Maconomy solution, Blue IQ will now better control project management and monitor its budget throughout the organisation. In addition, by using the Deltek Maconomy project administration tool, Blue IQ will gain a single overview of its projects in one place across the company.
“When searching for an enterprise solution, it was important for us to get a powerful and robust project administration tool that allows us to get full visibility into our many projects and our costs across several parts of our organisation, all in one view,” says Ryan Ravens, Senior Programme Manager at Blue IQ. “Deltek Maconomy delivers what we need, and we will now run all of our programmes and projects service delivery in this system. Deltek's deep knowledge and understanding of our industry and our challenges assured us that its solutions were the right ones for us.”
“We are very pleased that Blue IQ has chosen our solutions to improve their business processes,” says Hugo Dorph, EVP and General Manager of Deltek's professional services business unit. “It is a great achievement for us to be selected by one of the most reputable consulting firms in South Africa, and clearly demonstrates our continued global growth. We are looking forward to helping Blue IQ gain even better visibility into the substantial number of projects that they manage both on the project management and the budgeting side.”
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