If…
…you're not sure your project is still on track
We read your quotes, talk to your suppliers and, within one to two weeks, give you an honest answer: carry on, adjust course, or stop. No sales pitch afterwards.
How a second opinion worksMake IT So · STRATEGIC project management
Your project is stuck. We get it unstuck.
Is your project stuck because suppliers work alongside each other instead of together, or because decisions keep dragging on? Then we take charge. We bring every party back into line and make sure the project moves forward again.
Independent of software vendors. Always on your side of the table.
You talk to Jan and Walter directly.
No account manager in between.
No account manager in between.
01 · How we help
Tell us where you are and we'll tell you what needs to happen.
No packages and no billing by the hour. We first look at where it pinches, then agree on what we'll do to fix it. Always in plain language.
If…
…you want to digitalise but don't know where to start
Together we put on paper what needs to happen, in what order, and what it costs. We build a plan your team understands, your suppliers respect and the bank approves.
How we build a planIf…
…your suppliers deliver, but nobody is steering
We take the wheel. We make sure there is one point of contact, one schedule and one report. We only leave once it runs and your team can handle it themselves.
What our programmes look like02 · Approach
No big bang, but progress segment by segment.
The O in our logo is a ring under construction. It stands for how we work: in small, clear steps instead of one master plan that nobody understands any more.
Weeks 1–2
Listen first
We talk to your team, your suppliers and, where possible, your customers. We read everything: emails, invoices, the Excel files everyone is afraid to touch. No judgement, just understanding. If you don't recognise our summary, we haven't listened properly.
Weeks 3–4
Then say honestly what we see
We deliver one single-page report that explains what works, what doesn't, and which three steps would pay off most right now. No slides, no dashboards, no buzzword bingo. If nothing in it surprises you, we'll tell you that you don't need us.
The conversation I dread the most and believe in the most.
JanMonths 2–12
Then we make it happen
We manage your suppliers, keep an eye on scope and budget, and send a report every Friday that your mum would understand too. Honest about what is and isn't working. If the delivery date slips by a month every month, we're not doing our job.
I write the Friday report myself. If I can't explain it in two paragraphs, I don't understand it yet.
WalterHandover
And then we hand it back
We only leave once your people run it themselves. Including documentation that is actually correct, and an honest evaluation, of ourselves too. If your team can't do it alone, we left too early.
What we've done so far
Numbers we stand behind.
38
Years of experience
Combined experience of Jan and Walter in CxO and PMO roles, in large and small organisations.
66M €
In projects managed
Total budget of the projects we have helped steer in recent years, from a few tens of thousands to multi-million euros.
10–40
Typical team size
How many people typically work on a project. Enough expertise, small enough to stay agile.
2015
Founded in
Make IT So has existed since 2015. Jan and Walter are still at the table themselves.
Clients who worked with us
03 · What that looks like
Design process cut from 9 to 4 months at SPG Dry Cooling.
Industrial designer SPG Dry Cooling worked in silos with a manual design process. We brought the partners together and guided the move to a central cloudSoftware en opslag die je via internet afneemt in plaats van op eigen servers. platform with parametric design. Three years later, design time has more than halved.
“With Make IT So's guidance, we brought our suppliers and internal teams together around one platform. Designs that used to take 9 months now take 4. And we keep automating further.”
SPG Dry Cooling
Engineering team
9→4
Months of design time