IT leadership, advisory and training

What it includes

• Digital strategy and technology roadmaps tied to what the organisation is trying to achieve
• IT leadership on a fractional or interim basis for organisations too small for a full-time head
• Governance: policies on acceptable use, security, data, backup, access and procurement, written to be followed
• Budgeting and cost control for technology, including licences, cloud and support contracts
• Systems assessment, selection and procurement: requirements, tenders, evaluation, negotiation
• Project management of technology projects, with plans, risks, reporting and technical documentation
• Business continuity and disaster recovery planning, tested rather than filed
• Digital transformation: moving paper and spreadsheet processes into systems, with the change managed
• Training for staff, managers and boards in ICT, security and the business software they use
• Retained support and advisory, so a trusted answer is one message away

How it is approached

• Plain language with management, precise language with engineers, and a translation between the two.
• Recommendations come with cost, risk and a second option, so the decision is genuinely the client’s.
• Vendors are held to their promises; the organisation’s interest is the only one represented.
• Every engagement leaves the organisation more capable than it found it.

What you get

• A technology direction the leadership understands and owns
• Money spent on what moves the organisation forward, not on what a supplier wanted to sell
• Projects that finish, with documentation that outlives them
• A team that runs its own systems with confidence