At Upland integrity is not just a catch phrase, it is built into our model. Many competitors also provide non-management services which can create a conflict of interest that improves their project margins and increases your costs. Because we only provide management services, we take this conflict of interest out of the equation.

OUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Innovation
Upland is the creator and manager of the MINNESOTA SECURITY BOARD, a non-profit organization, the mission of which is to “identify and mitigate regional systemic risk of critical financial system infrastructure capabilities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area”.
This innovative organization, whose members are leading financial firms, is working to develop a regional business continuity model, the foremost of its kind. Upland is planning national expansion of this organizational concept.


Market Strategy
We can help you take advantage of market opportunities fast. Our results focused professionals will engage your teams to move fast, stay focused and attack new markets quickly.

YOUR SITUATION
I've decided to enter a new market, how do I get there?
We help you put the plan together and put it into action.

Business Operations
At Upland we are dedicated to improving your bottom line. We move fast to find areas of improvement within your operations, cost justify improvement efforts and measure the results.

YOUR SITUATION
How can I get products and services to market faster?
We look at your processes, take action to make improvements and measure the results.

How can I reduce costs?
We look at your current costs, identify areas for cost take-out, take action to reduce costs and measure the results.

How can I measure my performance and productivity?
We look at your way of doing business, tailor performance and productivity measurements and take action to implement them to help you manage better.

Are you current with today’s BCM requirements?

Upland’s Business Continuance Management (BCM) practice defines the future state of Business Continuity Planning initiatives. Now more than ever, business strategies must include the mitigation of systemic risk as part of the planning process. That includes looking at business processes and partnerships that are outside complete control of any one company.

Upland’s experienced BCM consultants can assess a company’s state of preparedness and ability to respond to disruptions. We provide sound recommendations and help implement strategies for reducing disruption risk.

Upland’s Dynamic BCM™ approach, is more than old-style continuity planning. It focuses on value-added services, such as process improvement recommendations and BCM maintenance agreements that help achieve greater value from your BCM investment.

Technology Support
At Upland we take a business view to technology. The purpose of technology is to make your organization faster and more productive. If you have projects that are costing too much, are not delivering on promises, or you just simply aren't sure what the truth is, we can help.

YOUR SITUATION
Am I spending too much on technology?
We look at where your money is going, identify cost takeout opportunities and take action to help you realize the return.

Are projects over budget and under delivering?
We look at how your projects are managed, measure their performance, identify the root causes of problems and take action to improve your results.

How productive are my technology groups?
We have developed sophisticated yet simple and cost-effective techniques to help you measure the productivity of your technology areas.

Project Management
Experienced, knowledgeable, dedicated and disciplined; these are the attributes of our project managers. We know how to schedule, motivate and most importantly uncover the problems before they get out of hand. We take a business approach to all projects, particularly in technology projects where industry failure rates exceed 50%, that's crucial.

YOUR SITUATION
I have a critical project but no one with the time or skill needed to pull it off.
We bring credible, experienced project managers to drive the project and deliver results.

My project management teams haven't delivered, what do Ido?
At Upland, we help your project managers. We can mentor and monitor them to achieve success. That benefits your projects and leaves you with experienced and capable project managers of your own.