An Introduction to Value Stream Mapping for Lawyers and Business Development Staff: Part 3 – implementing improvements
A future state value stream map (VSM) can be a daunting prospect, likely as it is to consist of new…
An Introduction to Value Stream Mapping for Lawyers and Business Development Staff: Part 1 – mapping the current state.
Recently, a number of law firms in the U.K have announced the completion of value stream mapping exercises covering particular…
An Introduction to Value Stream Mapping for Lawyers and Business Development Staff: Part 2 – visualising a future state
It will be recalled from part one of this short series that the primary purpose of a ‘current state’ value…
Some small steps towards implementing legal project management (and which improve productivity along the way)
People who work in law firm knowledge management, business development and operational delivery sometimes say to me that they can…
How project management can help develop lawyers’ leadership skills
I received a thoughtful enquiry about legal project management (LPM) training recently from a young lawyer. She had done some…
Legal service needs of SME’s
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME's) make up 99.9% of private sector businesses in the U.K, with a combined turnover…
Set-up properly for project success
How can you improve the chances of a project delivering recognisable benefits within a defined timescale? One answer is to…
Capacity Planning For Law Firms
We have all experienced this: sometimes we have too much work to do and sometimes we don’t have enough. Individuals,…
How to convince clients of your legal project management capability
Clients expect their legal advisors to manage their matters efficiently. New and prospective clients in particular will be thinking, if…
Cost management, project management and matter profitability
The requirement to file cost budgets in civil litigation is enforced strictly, as the Mitchell case showed. However filing a…