4TQ [fɔːtikjuː] Consult

The name of a company, you only chose it once. So it should better be first time right. Therefore a professional link to project management was required. Combined with a personal touch, one of the stronholds of this company. Taking both these aspects, 4TQConsult is a true bull's eye.

Professional

TQC are the first caharacters of 1 of the fundamentals of project management: The Triple Contraint. Within a project it is important to know how to handle these restrictions, the boundaries in which the project enfolds. the three important pillars are

Those 3 pillars are in balance with each other. This can best be explained with some examples.

• If we want to launch a manned rocket to the moon, one can expect quality to be paramount.. We want to get the men safely back to earth. Therefore time and cost is somewhat less important.
• If the window of opportunity requires going live fast, then we either foresee extra budget or we accept lesser quality.

It is of the utmost importance to know how the triple constraint balances within your project.

Personal

Besides the professional aspect, there is also the personal touch. 4TQ Consult was founded when the CEO was 42 years of age. And this is the most important number in the universe. At least if you believe in The hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams. With a high level of self reflection, here is another quote of Douglas Adams. Appropriate to project management, not necessarily the way it is practised here …