The landscape of the business environment has changed resulting in both an acceleration of the product life cycle and ever increasing demands on limited resources. In order to ensure survival in today’s environment the effective execution of business processes is essential. The first step in accomplishing this goal is to assess the current state of the business and its ability to respond to changing business requirements.
Assessment/Diagnostic
Our approach focuses on identifying the business objectives along with the critical success factors. This is followed by an assessment of your organization’s capabilities and culminates with a Gap Analysis. The combination of our business and technology capabilities uniquely positions us to help you quickly evaluate your organization’s readiness to achieve its business objectives.
Assessment/Diagnostic Features
We work collaboratively with your management team to identify their objectives, assess the organization’s capabilities and evaluate its ability to meet the objectives. The end result is an implementation plan that can mitigate the gaps and position you to achieve your objectives. The assessment will include the following components:
- Business Goals and Objectives
- Success Metrics Analysis
- Current State Evaluation
- Gap Analysis
- Implementation Plan
When to Use Haverstick’s Assessment & Diagnostic Solutions
Our assessment/diagnostic solutions can be used to help your organization re-position for competitive advantage. An assessment/diagnostic engagement may be necessary in the following situations:
- When key performance metrics are below acceptable levels or on a downward trend
- Expansion of a product line, distribution channel or M&A activity
- Addition of a new capability is required to achieve a competitive advantage
- Implementation of a technology-based solution (ERP, CRM, eCommerce, etc.)
The Engagement
Our assessment/diagnostic service is a two-week engagement culminating with a formal presentation to the executive staff. We will interview up to eight key, C-level executives, and up to eight direct reports to the executives. Results of these interviews will then be documented, analyzed and presented to the executive team.
Staffing and investment vary by engagement. A typical engagement consists of one or two consultants deployed on-site.
Deliverables from the engagement include:
- Interview summaries
- Success Metrics Analysis
- Current state high-level assessment
- Identified areas of challenge
- Identified areas of opportunity
- High level implementation plan for addressing the challenge/opportunity areas
- Presentation to the executive staff
Benefits
- Implementation plan is aligned with the business strategy
- Gaps in key performance capabilities are identified before tackling challenging initiatives
- Measures of success are clearly defined for each initiative
- Failed programs due to a lack of organizational readiness are reduced or eliminated
- Business objectives are fully supported to ensure their success
Why Haverstick?
- Haverstick possesses a rich understanding of business organizations, processes, and strategies. Our vast experience across diverse industries and cultures brings a perspective to your business that positions it to exceed past performance.
- We will act as your trusted advisor in formulating recommendations that will be successful in your unique environment.
- Our Assessment/Diagnostic service methodology has been proven with many clients, and our consultants are well-versed in a variety of business problems across many industries.
- We consider all strategic, operational and organizational issues (both business and IT) even though the opportunity or challenge may lie among only one of these dimensions.
- Our resources are innovative and dedicated to solutions that can be implemented in the most efficient way possible.
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