blue limes is a new type of management support consultancy that works with clients on strategic assignments supporting large scale programmes of business change. Our mission is to deliver a range of management support services that will enable clients to evolve their organisations to meet the changing demands upon their businesses.
Since its formation in 1999, blue limes has differentiated itself by bringing real, “hands-on” experience to its clients in the definition, management and delivery of technology-enabled business change programmes. Our consultants have delivered programmes of work for leading organisations in both the public and private sector - Find out more >>>
Open co-operative style
The company’s style is one of co-operation, usually working in mixed client and blue limes teams – and frequently also with third parties – with the focus on the delivery of real business benefits to clients:
We only engage practical experienced professionals;
Our management support approach means that we work as partners with, and transfer skills to, client staff;
We are independent and impartial; and
Our job is to make you successful.
Reputation built on experience
Our reputation is based on our demonstrable experience, stability and commitment to partnership. And our corporate culture reflects our understanding that successful business relationships are built on long-term mutual gain, not short-term expediency.
Our individual commitment shines through in everything we do, especially in the way we develop business and relationships. This is as important internally, where we find increasing benefit through collaboration and shared understanding, as it is externally where we are recognised for exceeding even our clients’ expectations. We are totally open to exchanging ideas and information; always looking for new ways to improve. We work in a way that adds an extra dimension to people’s experience: in really understanding the particular needs of our clients; in integrating and managing business knowledge and technology; and in helping people work better together.
Focused management for projects and programmes
Specialising in managing projects,programmes and strategic assignments in partnership with its clients, blue limes provides experienced and multi-disciplined managers and specialist consultants, whose in-depth skills are based on the application of management experience and information technologies. Typically, these projects must be managed outside the normal operational line management culture, necessitating new management processes and the transfer of skills to client staff. The blue limes approach provides focused management attention dedicated to achieving specific objectives, created through the high visibility of progress and issues for action.
blue limes does not employ the “cast of thousands” approach; only key management personnel complementary to the client are deployed on any project. Our specialist managers provide the expertise to create the most effective strategies, architectures, designs and implementable plans. blue limes’ consultants often remain ‘under cover’ – without revealing our presence within the project - working as part of the client’s management team, promoting the client’s interests, not our own.
Underpinned by robust methods and tools
As a specialist provider of management support services, blue limes has comprehensive standards for planning, monitoring and managing programme activities; these detailed processes and guidelines are based on the cumulative experience of the company and its staff and are complemented by the industry standard approach, including:
PRINCE2 & MSP;
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL);
Public Sector Best Practice including structured Gateway Reviews;
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) Best Practice.
Our methodology is available in the DRIVE Toolkit, which includes processes, guidelines and templates for managing the whole project and operational life-cycle. All of these can be used as they stand but we can adapt them to create a lifecycle that meets the specific requirements of the client.