Strategic Planning and Facilitation

 

Getting the facts about your business and it stakeholders can be a real challenge. You have to clarify the business problem, identify alternative solutions, make decisions, and establish direction that will have impact on your bottom-line. This requires a focus on getting the facts.

 

Leveraging extensive experience and a structured approach we lead you through a well developed and planned process to establish solutions to your business problems.

 

The process is about getting the facts straight and putting the pieces together.

 

 

Depending on your needs this could include:

 

  • initial needs assessment including stakeholder analysis
  • clear business problem definition, defined scope and deliverables
  • pre and post program reviews
  • strategic assessment and direction
  • industry review and analysis
  • swot, soar and gap analysis
  • alternative solution analysis
  • business productivity improvement analysis
  • complete business analysis life cycle documentation
  • plans addressing alternatives and a business case or
  • presentation and summary of findings

 

Our approach is based in the Setability Analysis Model (SAM) to focus on those things that will fine tune your business environment so you achieve consistent measurable results that positively impact your bottom-line.

 

To Get the Facts contact us through email

 

Or Phone 1-866-559-8126 (toll free)

 

We will be glad to provide your more information.

 

 

 

Client Successes

 

Business: Facilitated discovery session with key resources of Royal Canadian Pacific (CPR’s luxury transportation service). Leveraged current economic and business information, goals and objectives, SWOT and lean productivity approaches to engage resources and develop an improved understanding of their business. Delivered summary of findings and presentation for key senior representatives for strategic planning and service improvements. (Royal Canadian Pacific)

 

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Facilitated: Developed sessions for Enmax Corporation (Utilities) to enable ITSM (information technology service management) requirements. Initiative addressed the current IS Model’s sustainability to support projected levels of growth and increased regulatory compliance requirements. Enabled a solution context to increase IT productivity for growth and compliance while providing the business value and enabling the right work initiatives (Enmax Utilities)

 

----------------------------------------------Alignment: Achieved agreement on six fundamental  recommendations to align the service desks of 3 distributed business units within a large oil and gas company to save 1.4 million dollars over 4 years.

Key Success Factors included: a common language, common tool, information automation, reporting measurement and KPI, governance, and data ownership. (Enbridge)

 

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Centralized: Through working with Partners and Senior Managers centralized 5 service desks into one ensuring efficient resource use and service management measurement to make performance improvements. (Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP)

 

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Mission: Helped senior team to identify organizational vision, mission and objectives for a non-profit organization contributing to building their community focus and helping people live their lives together. (Mid Park)

 

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GAP Session: Ensured cross-functional teams and departments identified GAPS in their technology mediation plans and develop communication plans to ensure shared information and success. (Canadian Pacific Railway)

 

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Service: Creating a new Intra-net for corporate facilities to provide easy access to internal company services for its 2000+ employees.
(PanCanadian)