Strategy and Program Management - Ironworks Consulting

When problems or performance issues arise in your organization, you wouldn't expect a solution to pop out of a box. Similarly, implementing new information technology alone is not typically the best path toward improving your business processes.

A much more effective approach begins with revisiting how your use of technology is meant to complement your business strategy and operational goals. This is where we can help. Ironworks excels at the intersection between business strategy, technology and the user experience. We provide clients an unbiased approach to selecting and developing answers to their business needs.

Common Questions

What can we do to make our IT resources support our business processes more efficiently?
Where can we find more cost-effective solutions?
What is the most effective approach to completing enterprise-wide projects across multiple organizations and system architecture?
How can we recover a critical project without disrupting our business process?
What can we do to be sure that we are obtaining the highest quality of service for the budget we provide our IT department?
Can you help us understand the differences between seemingly similar types of software, especially how they address our requirements, impact our systems and communicate to users?
How can we increase collaboration between business areas to improve our speed-to-market?

Whether it’s time to develop a long range plan, perform an annual checkup, or prepare for a new system implementation or merger, we have the experience to make IT work better for you.

Services

Technology Strategy

Give your IT strategy the alignment it needs to work for you, not against you. We’ll conduct an independent assessment of how well your IT capabilities support your business strategy and operational requirements. Then we can provide a plan outlining how your organization can gain more significant results from your available resources.

Program Management

Simply stated, program management is what we do day in and day out. We have established systematic ways to tackle complex initiatives that often require synchronization between multiple projects or organizations. When you’re not getting the results you need from your projects, our proven methodologies can help. We can establish a Program Management Office (PMO) in your organization built on our years of experience and customized to your business processes. You’ll gain a clearer perspective on the health of your projects, manage risk more effectively and complete more projects on time and on budget.

Critical Project Recovery

No matter how a project was compromised, we can provide a full recovery when time is of the essence. Because we are a full-service strategy and application development firm, we have resources to meet all phases of your project’s life cycle. We’ll identify a project's major pain points, recommend a realistic and timely recovery plan and supply the seasoned resources to work with your team to stabilize the initiative. No matter where your project has stalled, we can bring it back to life.

Technology Selection

It's no surprise that a reliable and lasting IT infrastructure is one that fits your business processes like a glove. Our senior consultants deliver expert advice on how to create an IT infrastructure, obtain packaged software and set up development, test and production environments for your custom applications. We can also provide a methodological approach to choosing between Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP), reporting tools and other prepackaged applications.

Don’t expect a canned sales pitch or just an “outsider’s” perspective when consulting with us. We build lasting client relationships founded on trust and honest communication. Our unbiased consultation always considers your business and technology requirements first.

Business Process Improvement

Are your business procedures letting your business down? Wherever business, technology and the user experience intersect, Ironworks can help you make a positive impact on your bottom line. Let us work closely with you to ensure you’re getting the most value from the business procedures. We will map your current process and work with you to identify and document changes that will improve efficiency and drive business results.

What makes us different?

Senior resources with an average of more than 15 years of experience focused exclusively on technology strategy and business process improvement.

Scalable and responsive to local and enterprise needs – from Fortune 50 companies to smaller regional clients
We design and implement efficient “real world” solutions, not costly monolithic ones. In fact, unlike many consulting firms, we implement the solutions we design for more than 90 percent of our clients.
Not wedded to any software or solution, meaning you’ll receive unbiased consultation based on extensive experience in system platforms and software
Proven service record and customer satisfaction

Ironworks delivers experience, creativity and know-how each time. Our teams are staffed with industry experts and consultants who focus only on what they know best. Because we don’t try to be everything to everyone, our experts stay experts and our new clients become lasting clients.