Think before you leap

Professionals in creative production and publishing operate in a dynamic, constantly changing market. The choices you make about your production technology can make the difference between success and failure.

The rewards are there for those that make informed and timely decisions. But how can you continue to meet the demands of day to day work as well as keeping up to date on every technological advance in your field?

The answer is that it is extremely difficult, but icorp's strategic consulting services provide the help you need to stay ahead of the pack.

icorp consulting services provide a cost effective way to develop your strategy for managing technology for maximum effect and profit. Our consultants constantly monitor new developments. They are in daily contact with influential industry leaders around the world via the Internet and regularly attend international conferences concerned with all aspects of digital media production.

The strategic consulting process

Before commencing a consulting project we need to understand the objectives that you want to achieve through the consultancy and your expectations regarding outcomes and costs of the consulting process.

This starts with a qualification process where we meet with you and address the following questions:

1. Do you know what they hope to achieve through the consultancy
   
2. Do you have a realistic budget to achieve the desired outcomes
3. Are we able to deliver your desired outcomes within the available budget

If the answers to the above questions are yes then we proceed with a consulting proposal.

Consulting Process

The consultancy may be focused on any aspect of your business operations. Typical areas of interest include:

• Strategies to implement e-commerce within an existing business
• Plans to develop a web based spin off or new venture
• Plans to implement digital asset management to make digital media files available to staff and strategic partners through a web interface
• Plans to develop an enterprise level web site including functions such as project management, intranet, extranet and public web site.
• Strategies to improve productivity and return on investment in technology through implementation of a digital workflow
• Creation of a comprehensive web based staff training program to improve production staff performance.
• Assistance with staff recruitment requiring specialist digital skills

The consulting process may address technology, work practices, systems integration, e-commerce and web site evaluation. It involves meeting with staff within your organisation and can also involve input from your suppliers and clients.

Report and strategic plan

The output of the consulting process is a written report detailing the findings and recommendations. In some cases the report will include an implementation plan and detailed technology solution.

Implementation

If desired by the client icorp may then take on the role of developer or systems integrator to implement the strategic plan.

Contact us about a strategic consultancy