Annual Planning Optimization

Reducing cycle times for annual planning is becoming critical. Looking at annual planning activities as an organizational process allows us to improve traceability of investments to business outcomes simplifying initiative selection. Ongoing process tracking enables our clients to make quick and effective course corrections as market conditions change. Annual Planning Optimization addresses the following challenges:

Is the annual planning process taking longer than is necessary? How are funding decisions tracked and adjusted? How are funding decisions for technology investments traced to business outcomes?

BPM Sanity Check

Propose a BPM approach optimized to your "as is" and "to be" business environment. Our approach is a set of assessments that include financial, technological, risk, as well as organizational perspectives. Rationalize vendor platforms to required technical capabilities. BPM Sanity Check addresses the following challenges:

Should BPM break down business unit silos? What is BPM's relationship with SOA and MDM? How has my SDLC changed to support BPM initiatives? How many of my products have BPMS capabilities in my environment today? How many BPMS vendors should I consider using?

SOA Sanity Check

Propose a SOA approach harmonized with your business operating model. Impartially illustrate the value of SOA capabilities to your business stakeholders. Illustrations combine technology, financials, risk, and organizational perspectives. SOA Sanity Check addresses the following challenges:

What kind of SOA should you be pursuing? Infrastructure, Data, Process? What is SOA's relationship with BPM? What is SOA's relationship with Master Data Managment? How has SOA changed your SDLC?

Office of the CIO Development

An effective Office of the CIO increases the overall stakeholder understanding and satisfaction with Information Technology while providing the appropriate level of oversight to ensure successful delivery. Developing Office of the CIO addresses the following challenges:

How does an Office of the CIO contribute to the bottom line? How does a formal Office of the CIO help IT? How does a formal Office of the CIO help the company as a whole? What are the necessary perspectives to maintain proper oversight? Has the proposed IT Governance Model been optimized to delivery expectations? Are the right organizational tracking and reporting mechanisms in place for sustainable success? Have your technology assets been assessed to justify alignment with your current/future business operating model?

Initiative Cost-Benefit Analysis

Our approach consistently links technology investments to business outcomes enabling your initiatives to be prioritized within the context of business strategy. Initiative Cost Benefit Analysis addresses the following challenges:

Can you clearly tie costs and benefits of your technology initiatives to business outcomes? Does your organization have a consistent process in place to assess and rank the value of its initiatives? Do your in-house resources have the bandwidth to perform Cost Benefit Analysis?