Application Management

Enhancing the performance of application development (AD) management creates business value.

We work with our clients to improve AD capabilities (e.g., outsourcing, business unit IT interface, fine-tuning an AD organization, performance management, and redesigning the application development process from specification to deployment). We also focus on requirements management, performance assessments, and capability maturity models (CMM), capability building, sourcing mix optimization, and lean redesign of the AD process.

Enterprise Architecture

The management of enterprise architecture often lacks the same rigor and business focus that characterize many of the other IT disciplines.

We help our clients address the traditional architectural challenges (e.g., inconsistent data) as well as emerging issues (e.g, service-oriented architecture or server virtualization).

CIOs are increasingly focused on enterprise architecture and their efforts to simplify it have resulted in significant savings.

IT Infrastructure

Developing and managing IT infrastructure to allow access to data and applications is a critical function of IT organizations.

We work with our clients to help them improve the technology infrastructure through effective use of infrastructure virtualization, productization, and global operating models, while   overall effective demand management and performance tracking. 

IT Strategy & Organization

We work with our clients to improve their IT strategies and align them closely with their business strategies. To deliver on this goal we help define required IT capabilities and priorities based on business strategy and objectives, identify the relevant IT and business improvements, and structure the necessary IT transformations.

We also help improve IT organizations by aligning their structures, leadership mandates, decision-making processes, skills, incentives, and performance metrics to the companies’