Technology Consulting
Ignia has more than eight years experience in the Perth market providing independent advice and high quality technology related consulting services. Ranging from Requirements Definition and Gap Analysis, through to tender preparation and response assessment, we partner with our clients to achieve their strategic goals. Below is a brief guide to our technology consulting services that will ensure your business engages in technology projects from a strong position, well advised, well prepared and able to manage an entire process through to successful completion.IT Strategy
Major benefits come from having a strategic approach to Information Technology and business systems. With a strategy in-hand a business can drive vendors to supply software that integrates with existing business systems, ensuring that systems are effectively joined-up. Strategy eliminates fragmentation, double-keying of information and puts information within easy reach for staff.System Selection
Ignia can assist clients with independent advice on selecting appropriate business systems. Our experts can prepare tender documents, assess responses and compare vendor solutions against clear requirements which are captured in Requirements Definition. System Selection also closely relates to Gap Analysis where we compare business requirements to the features available from off-the-shelf systems and advise the business on any gaps and required customisations.Gap Analysis
When selecting an off-the-shelf business system our expert consultants compare the features of available commercial software to the business requirements specification, created in a requirements definition exercise. Any requirement that is not met by the software is called a Gap, but can typically be solved by our experienced consultants through software customisation.IT System Audits
Ignia is often called upon by clients to audit current technology being used across the business. We are able to quickly identify whether business systems are secure, well configured and being used appropriately and feedback to the business in concise non-technical reports containing straight forward language.IT Best Practice
With over eight years of experience in the Perth market Ignia is highly qualified to advise on best practice for selecting, configuring and customising business systems. We also advise on integration of business systems to allow information to flow more freely between systems. When it comes to best practice our technical experts can guide you to ensure your systems are setup according to best practice and are providing the maximum return on investment.IT Tender Preparation and Selection
A common way of selecting services and IT systems is to use a tender process. Having our independent business consultant write a tender document means that you have a concise definition of the products and services that your business is seeking. This leads to a more informed response from your tender respondents creating a more efficient tender process. Our business and technology specialists can then support selection of the most appropriate response that best meets the needs of the business.Benefits Realisation
IT Projects can be completed on time and to budget but once the project is delivered is the business able to ensure that all the project’s benefits are fully realised? Benefits Realisation quite literally means that the original business benefits that were used to justify a project are driven out into the business, so that project benefits are fully realised. Our expert consultants use workshops to bring staff together to ensure that all benefits are fully realised.IT Project Scoping / Feasibility
Before any IT project begins it is important to have a scope of work. This can be as simple as a bullet point list of milestones and high level requirements. Having an accurate scope of work puts managers in control of their IT projects. Ignia’s experienced analysts can typically form high level scope documents in less than a week, giving you a rapid feel for the size and cost of any project.Requirements Definition
Our expert consultants capture detailed business requirements and form a functional specification, which is a precise definition of what a company needs a business system to do. This is an important part of preparing for software selection when seeking off-the-shelf business systems or preparing to construct a business system that is built from the ground up.Business Process Automation (Workflow)
A key way of increasing efficiency is to increase the amount of business process automation. Ignia's highly skilled consultants marry business consulting with technology consulting to maximize business processes automation. Ultimately this involves the use of technology, but by first using Business Consulting services to map business processes we can then look at the right technology and approach to empower business process automation within your company. Business process automation means that staff gain increased capacity as they typically perform fewer mundane tasks and focus on the work that must involve human skill.
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