Strategy Advice

A business plan which does not include an IT strategy will fail.   This applies to all types of business activity, and equally between large and small organisations.

The problem is that there is too much to keep abreast of.   Rivals constantly find new ways to get ahead.  Clients are better informed than they were.  Market pressures - both positive in the sense of new challenges and negative in terms of competition and economics - change constantly.  And IT changes faster than any of these things.

Owners cannot keep their focus on all of this whilst also working for their clients.  IT directors and managers are fully stretched keeping up with day-to-day demands.

We can help:

we are from professional backgrounds in major firms
we have strong technical skills and knowledge
we have experience of a wide range of problems and solutions

and perhaps most importantly:

we know the business world and we know what IT can offer it.

This combination brings benefits at two levels to businesses who are reviewing their strategy:

the inspirational level, where a short assignment can set out the options clearly and point you in the right direction and

the practical level where a deeper involvement gives you a specification and implementation plan geared to your business ambitions.

Inspirational

• First steps or next steps - how to keep up or get ahead

• Options, pros and cons, the business case and the leap of faith

• Manager presentations, convincing doubters, challenging assumptions

• A fresh view - have you missed anything?

• Think-tanks and brain-dumps, seminars and discussions, problem-solving

• Where should we go from here?

Practical

• Identifying business and technical requirements

• Infrastructure implications, givens and constraints

• Choice of system and contractor

• Negotiations and contractual issues

• Acceptance testing, implementation

• Project supervision and management