business planning

We offer the Vision Scope as a business planning process to identify business objectives, measures, and risks and as a tool for developing a business and technology plans.  The Vision Scope is the starting point in creating a strategic map for Internet business or for delivering services and information to your customers, employees, and vendors.

A typical Vision Scope includes:

• Recommendations based on your Internet business vision

• A business technology implementation plan

• Risk assessment and mitigation planning

• Competitive and comparative industry analysis

• Internet business team staffing recommendations

Working with our affiliates, we can also provide a technology infrastructure and security analysis to identify risks to your data from both internal and external threats.

Our "Stand" as Technology-Neutrals
What should technology-neutral mean to you?  It's obvious that we are a provider of Microsoft solutions.  We also take pride in our track record of maintaining a technology neutral approach to business planning.  We research all technologies for a specific business need and recommend products that compete with Microsoft because they are the "best fit" for our client's needs.  Some examples of previous business planning engagements include: (client info is confidential)

CASE STUDY - Homeowner Services New Business Venture
Our client engaged our business planning services in two phases.
Phase 1 - Business Planning	Phase 2 - Technology Planning
Research current market and consumer trends Research state / national regulations, and industry standards Create cost and revenue models Identify investors, partners, and sponsors Project staffing levels and employee roles	Research current web-based technologies Evaluate data security models Create phased implementation project plans Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans Outline typical user scenarios Define online business and transaction rules
CASE STUDY - Internal Knowledge Management Analysis
Our client engaged us to evaluate their current knowledge management practices.  We focused on internal processes, business rules, and how data are used by employees.  Our analysis included:
Interviews with project stakeholders, executive sponsors, and a typical cross-section of employees Assessment of technologies currently in use and a review of any data sharing capabilities and inter-operability of existing applications Definition of existing knowledge management practices	Assessment of digital and institutional knowledge loss risk due to data security practices, data management, and employee turnover Identification of cost benefit and value drivers for technology changes Identifying the impact of changes on existing initiatives and internal business strategies Phased technology changes and upgrades