advisory consultancy
Key areas of Advisory expertise include:
Information and IT strategy:
We work with you to develop a pragmatic, realistic and achievable strategy that defines where your organisation is now, where you want to be and how to get there. By objectively assessing the opportunities presented through evolving technologies and applying them to your current and future business needs, we help you to define and exploit the considerable resources invested in your IT to gain maximum benefit and value for money.
The result is a practical, realistic and achievable development plan which clearly defines the benefits that the effective use of new and existing information and technology coupled with improved processes can bring to your organisation.
Sourcing:
We identify the approaches and options available in selecting an IT solutions partner and analyse the benefits and potential issues associated with each one, providing an expert and objective view of the best fit scenarios to meet your requirements. We work with you to establish clear partnership targets and required service levels which support your organisation's corporate objectives. We then critically appraise the ability of each potential partner to meet these targets and provide an independent view on costs and expected return on investment.
With extensive experience of out-sourcing and in-sourcing, including the review and negotiation of legal and service arrangements, we also provide both commercial and contractual consultancy for PFI/PPP and represent many public bodies in competitive and market testing in this area.
Procurement:
We help you to review business needs, specify required functionality, procure the most appropriate solution and implement it in a managed, timely, cost effective and knowledgeable way. We will advise on the most appropriate procurement route which complies (where necessary) with current European directives to ensure that you receive the widest market exposure for your procurement project.
Whether you require infrastructure, applications or complete out-sourced support services, we work with you throughout the entire process to ensure the technology, systems, services and suppliers in which you are investing are the best options for your business needs and that the risks are managed to your advantage.
Business transformation:
We use our robust, proven methodologies to take a hard, analytical look at your current working practices, the processes you employ and how they could work to serve you better through the exploitation of new technologies and systems. It can be applied in specific business areas or functions or to your organisation as a whole. Through our consultative and inclusive approach we analyse the process, layer by layer to the level required, until we have achieved the right result for you.
We take the same approach to analysing the value for money your organisation is achieving from its information and technology, including the assessment of assets, staffing structures and skills. Potential areas for improvement are then identified and practical recommendations made for managing the required changes to ensure optimum value is achieved.
Programme and project management:
Our experienced consultants will help you to achieve significant business change through the careful application of project management disciplines based on industry standard such as Prince2, using experience, technical skills and techniques, vision and drive, people skills and influence to bring together all the variables of any complex project or programme.
We provide the reassurance of a proven and pragmatic approach, resulting in the full realisation of benefits from the change and active management of resources and risks.
Due diligence:
We work with organisations and their investors and advisors who are in the process of preparing for mergers, acquisitions or major financial investment to critically assess all areas of their IT. By examining in detail the existing business applications, infrastructure, staffing and skills capabilities and contractual and financial arrangements, we provide a clear picture of the fitness for purpose of IT to meet current and future business objectives, in particular cost reduction and growth targets.
We provide clear guidance on the level of investment required to make any necessary improvements aligned with achievable timescales. Working closely with your other professional services advisors to your project timescales, however short, we deliver reliable and commercially intuitive advice that ensures no unexpected and costly IT investments will undermine the success of the deal or project.
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