Strategy shouldn't be something that only occurs before a project is initiated. Strategy is an ongoing activity that is orthogonal to the technical aspects of any project as illustrated below. Attending to the strategic aspect of information use and delivery preserves the value of the investment in decision support systems.

You can benefit from our strategic services no matter where you are in your project's implementation. (Please see our series of feature articles in Intelligent Enterprise using our unique method of Decision-Execution-Environment-Representation or DEER cycles DEER-1, DEER-2, DEER-3, on quantifying the value of information by connecting data to sources and the business value of decisions made with the information.)

Our strategic support services can help you:

Figure out what to do

• Where your organization will benefit the most from improved information systems
• The key business decisions whose quality you need to improve
• The dollar value of the information you currently collect, store and manage
• The dollar value of the information that could be generated as a result of a proposed project in terms of the dollar value of the improvements to key business decisions,

Think critically about a proposed project

• Whether you really need to undertake a project
• Whether it needs to be now
• Whether there is any other way you might accomplish the same goals
• Whether there are any unanticipated downside consequences of your goals as currently stated
• What cultural changes need to take place for the project's technical results to be successfully adopted in your company

Think critically about the consequences of any project - proposed or ongoing

• How the results of a proposed or ongoing project will affect time to delivery, quality or any other measurable attribute of your goods and services
• How the results of the project will help you compete within your existing markets
• How the results of the project will enable you to compete in additional markets
• How you will be perceived post-project by your clients, your partners, your competitors, your suppliers
• Whether there are any additional measures that need to be taken to ensure that your project has the desired consequences

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