We're hiring! Are you a Project Manager or Business Analyst with 3-5 years experience delivering engagements and supporting businesses through key growth projects, technical implementations, policy updates and best practice applications? We’re especially interested in candidates with emergency services experience with police, fire and ambulance. Please reach out to hello@capstone-projects.com with your resume. To learn more about the roles, click the links below.

Project Manager

Business Analyst

The Capstone team is now leading two 911 emergency response transition projects. Across Canada, the public safety 911 community is facing a critical, pivotal moment in its history. The existing 911 system was designed in an era of landline telephones and assumes the calls are coming from fixed, known addresses. Today, the high majority of 911 emergency calls originate from smartphones and IP devices, often while away from home addresses. As a result, these changes are driving this historic evolution to Next Generation (NG) 911.

We’ve learned that NG911 transitions have a tremendous impact on training and process enhancements to support the new technology, functionality and facility features. Our NG911 Modernization team includes emergency service project managers, fire and emergency services business analyst(s), fire operations, administration and training subject matter experts, national expert on privacy, international expert on cyber security and threat risk assessment, and a nationally recognized change manager leading a Canadian consortium of NG911 training and change management. We bring our knowledge and experience of NG911 procurement, vendor assessment, technology evaluations, service package appraisal and collaborative implementation planning and delivery practices to these projects. Our team is excited to be a part of transformational projects such as NG911 that will result in improved 911 services to over 37.6 million Canadians.

The Capstone team has also commenced work with the Nova Scotia Sexual Offense Legal Representation (SOLR) Program to facilitate the expansion of the program. The expansion of SOLR will result in increased support and representation for survivors of sexual assault as they navigate through the legal system. We are so proud to be a part of this extremely important project. 

Do you need a new business and/or project management solution? Capstone's PMO Broker helps you select the right tool for your team. Through our proven PMO Broker process and our team's extensive knowledge of the numerous platforms available today, we will find the best solution for you. Click HERE to learn more about PMO Broker. 

Don't forget to check out our upcoming events! Scroll down to get more information and register for our next Encore demonstration. 

Security is only as strong as its weakest link! Cyber security is all about protecting data—but why is data so important? Every organization needs data to operate. This includes everything from important financial information to personal medical histories, to the type of shampoo a customer buys. Cyber security professionals are the technology experts who keep hackers at bay, ideally by preventing attacks from happening in the first place.

Want to learn more about how to protect your business from ransomware? Click HERE for some helpful tips.

The Capstone team has some of the best cyber security specialists ready to help keep your business and data protected. 

Check out all the services available to you through Capstone-on-Demand by clicking HERE.

Want to learn more about Encore and how this powerful business and project management tool can help your organization? The Capstone team hosts free Encore demonstrations on the last Monday of each month for anyone wishing to attend.

The next free Encore demonstration will be held on Monday, June 27th at 4:00pm AST.

• Take a walk. The days are warmer now and hopefully more pleasant. Get outside for some fresh air, even if it's just for a few minutes at some point during your workday. Sunshine and fresh air are rejuvenating so get out there and soak them in!

• Take time off. Try to take off on a Friday or Monday. Three-day weekends are fantastic to sneak away for a mini-vacation or staycation with your family or friends. It's amazing how just one extra day off over the weekend can improve your mood.

• Honour your vacation days off.  Make a detailed plan, hand off your work, set your "out of office" message and turn off your work-related notifications. This is your time; you've earned it. Enjoy your time away from the screen; the company will survive without you for a week or two. 

• Organize your time. To maximize your time, create a schedule by using a calendar. Creating a detailed day-to-day plan and carving out personal time will keep you on track and get you away from the computer so you can enjoy some of that summer weather. 

• Sign-off. If your meeting ends early for the day, sign-off! If you don't give yourself time to recuperate each night, your work will begin to suffer. 

Burn out is real! We are all guilty of prioritizing work over home at some point. Now more than ever the lines are blurred and it's important to plan, prepare and prioritize your time. 

Thanks to our friends over at LinkedIn for the great article.