Background - When business process improvements are identified, focusing on the correct technology can be straightforward. Of course, we leave proper time for each member of the buying team to quickly understand the options as well as develop their preferences.
Tailored Technology - A technical problem usually has any number of solutions. The key advantage of partnering with Strafford is that we let the job pick the technology, not merely the list of companies we have chosen to partner with. We often mix and match technologies and different strategies to tailor a solution that best matches your needs, takes best advantage of your existing investments, and incorporates the "best-of-the-best" new technologies from vendors. We employ technology to fill real gaps rather than push neat features that your organization simply won't ever use.
Focus - Our process is different -- We focus our time on deterministic requirements or those capabilities that are:
(1) critical requirements
(2) implemented truly differently across the packages
Why waste countless hours investigating requirements that do not matter or that are similarly implemented in each tool? We focus your time on the key requirements so you can quickly get to the core of a decision process and the inevitable trade-offs required in any decision. The key question is always -- "What improves my chance of a successful investment to improve business process?"
Key Evaluation Areas - The major areas of our evaluation are:
Vendor/Company Issues
The User Experience
Financial Intelligence
Core Functionality
Administration, Maintenance and Support
Technology Issues
Licensing & Cost
Implementation Process & Risk
Other Aspects of our Consulting Process -
The Strafford Process
Reviewing the Options
Building the Business Case