Improve how you manage work

December 5, 2024

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Chris Russ, Director at Russ Consulting Ltd, explains how to improve the way you manage, deliver and report on work

RUSS Consulting Ltd. is a Smartsheet-aligned Partner who has been helping to transform the way work is delivered.

Russ Consulting Ltd. was established by a former Assistant Director within the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) with a clear vision to improve the way Projects and work in general are prioritised, managed, delivered, and reported upon.

Although much of our work has been within the NHS, we find the same issues across all the clients that we work with. Many organisations struggle with:

Processes for prioritising and agreement work.
Variability in the tools used across the organisation for managing projects and work in general.
Duplication of effort.
An inability to manage resources effectively.
A lack of transparency for leadership across their programmes and portfolios of work.

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As a Smartsheet Aligned Partner, we provide the software and solutions you need to truly transform the way you work today.

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Case study 1

“For the last 5 years we have worked with Russ Consulting who have supported us in helping to maximise the benefit that Smartsheet is able to bring to our trust. Initially in onboarding, training, and solution development and more lately in a guidance capacity, supporting us as we became more independent with our knowledge and skills using Smartsheet. We currently use Smartsheet to support Project Portfolio Management (PPM) following the PRINCE2 methodology for management of ideas and projects which have medium to high levels of complexity, cost, or risk. This along with the creation of a significant number of bespoke work management solutions, has been transformational in supporting us with our quality improvement programmes and culture.”

– Tim Wing – QI Project Manager Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Work management solutions: Smartsheet

Smartsheet is a cloud-based platform that connects work, people, and technology across an enterprise. It enables users to create, automate, and adapt solutions for any project or initiative in a no-code environment.

Smartsheet offers an ecosystem of products designed to help users build powerful work management solutions. Russ Consulting can provide you with all the licenses you need and ‘ready to go’ products like our PMO solution, used across parts of the NHS. The PMO solution is totally configurable to meet your specific needs. When working with clients, we show them how to configure solutions and transfer the necessary skills to enable our clients to grow the capabilities of Smartsheet within their own organisation.

Case study 2

“For the past three years we have worked with Russ Consulting to maximise the benefit that Smartsheet has brought to our Trust. We now use Smartsheet to manage resources, risk and issue logs and other project processes, leading to a reduced duplication of effort. The use of Smartsheet’s automation tools has also be transformational and has significantly improved how efficient we are.”

– Associate Director of Information, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Thousands of use cases for Smartsheet

Smartsheet has thousands of use cases covering many industries, with over 85% of the Fortune 100 companies now using Smartsheet to transform work into dynamic work, unifying collaboration, workflows and content management on one flexible, secure platform. Russ Consulting Ltd have been directly involved in implementing solutions covering Project and Programme Management, Estates Management, Risk Management, Room Booking, Contract Management, and the management of Cost Improvement Programmes, to name a few.

Case Study 3

“Smartsheet has been embedded within my organisation and department for the past 4 years, I had previously used the platform in a previous organisation. When I joined the York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management, I spoke with Russ Consulting who supported me with the acquisition of Smartsheet licenses. Since Smartsheet has been deployed, it has helped automate and manage BAU operations as well as specialist projects. Smartsheet is utilised in many of the departments across the organisation including Medical Engineering, Capital Programme Management and Governance. With the help from Russ Consulting, we also have a solution to manage a portfolio of Medical Device Maintenance Contracts, providing a centralised repository, dashboard of data to provide a high-level overview of the contract portfolio and automated workflows to notify key stakeholders. We continue to invest and develop Smartsheet to bring about positive change in our daily working practices.”