Piccirilli Partners’ Technology Support Services are designed to assist the CIO, the head of Application Development or the head of Infrastructure to operate most effectively in support of defined business strategy. Piccirilli Partners offers three core services in this category, all designed to maximize return on project investment.
 

IT Strategy

The most common mishaps between IT departments and their business constituents include:

• IT constituents are seen as being removed or out of touch with business needs. Business representatives do not understand IT initiatives and do not engage IT resources effectively as they attend to solving their business problems.
• IT and Business representatives execute projects without working as a team. Business representatives do not understand how to define requirements and blame IT for not guiding them in delivering requirements. IT blames the Business for not delivering requirements effectively.

Bottom line: communications between IT and Business are less than optimum, and neither constituent effectively works with the other. Piccirilli Partners helps bridge the communication gap between IT and Business, helping to define an IT Strategy that truly supports business goals while all but eliminating their language barrier.
 

Systems Analysis & Design

Piccirilli Partners is keenly aware of how to make the Systems Development Life Cycle most efficient, less risky and deliver optimum results. Our P4 guidelines and techniques and project management experience can be applied to any type of systems development: web, client server, distributed, mid-range or mainframe applications. The principles and techniques we follow ensure that the elements of success most important to the project stakeholders are addressed effectively, meeting defined requirements. We work with defined project team members, leveraging their strengths while orchestrating the right project team structure for maximum results. We design applications with business and technology, adhering to defined standards and meeting the business needs of the company. We do not design in a vacuum. Business and technology must work together to deliver best results.
   

Package Implementation

With the breadth and considerable maturity of software packages available, companies will undoubtedly find package implementation desirable for certain applications. Some err on the side of implementation with heavy modification; others, implement with no modification, yet with no modification to impacted business processes. Regardless of the business situation, Piccirilli Partners can help. We have extensive package knowledge and implementation experience. We apply our P4 project principles and guidelines to lead and assist your project team in defining the right requirements, and streamlining the right decision process to select a package solution. We then apply our principles and project management know-how to guide your team in implementing that solution for greatest longevity and best fit, mindful of maintenance requirements.
 

If you have a business problem and need to show quantifiable improvement, a project that needs leadership, or lots of good ideas but trouble with prioritizing, we can help. We are skilled at developing practical solutions that fit within business constraints, and unlike many other consulting firms, we can direct your project through its entire implementation phase to the final delivery of quantifiable results.

For more information, contact Piccirilli Partners by email or at (610) 325-2120.