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Approach: |
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The assessment is
conducted by a senior team of The Winchester Group Principals, using our
proven methodology tailored to your circumstances and needs. Typical steps
performed during the assessment are: |
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Interviewing company senior management in
order to understand the industry competitive environment, the business’
culture, direction, goals and strategy |
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Conducting surveys or IT staff to capture
skills and experiences |
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Conducting surveys of users to capture
satisfaction with applications and IT; and their awareness of technology |
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Obtaining documents describing the technical
infrastructure, IT organization and governance structure and status of
control and measurement programs |
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Interviewing members of the IT and user
organization to confirm impressions obtained from other assessment
techniques |
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Comparing all collected information to
industry norms and best practices |
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Analyzing results for consistency and
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Preparing and delivering a final report
describing assessment findings, conclusions and a set of recommendations for
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Benefits: |
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In addition to
generating short-, mid- and long-term recommendations for improving
performance of IT, the IT Assessment serves as a baseline for understanding
IT strengths and weaknesses; improving communication among technicians,
users and executive management; and understanding the gap between existing
technology capabilities and those needed to support the business. |
