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  In today's dynamic business world, it can be difficult to ensure that your IT assets are keeping pace. IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Application Architecture are all strategic areas for a business. IT is not just another department anymore. PCS can provide the time and resources that you do not have to assess and recommend changes to your IT Strategy and IT assets. In any organization, it is vital to know your capabilities as well as your exposure.

IT strategy and enterprise architecture consulting from PCS

Application architecture and technology consulting from Chicago consulting firm

Methodology development and MS.Net application architecture from PCS

RFP creation and IT consulting in Chicago

RFP preparation and project planning services
Technology consulting and J2EE application architecture services
 

Often times an Enterprise has difficulty evaluating and deciding on high impact IT and business decisions. PCS can help you and your organization by leveraging real world experience and best practices in making these decisions. PCS can provide domain knowledge expertise with everything from RFP preparation to enterprise architecture and application architecture decisions. PCS can also help you develop and implement an IT Strategy or Development Methodology.

Professional Consulting Services, Inc. (PCS) IT Research, Evaluation and Audit Services can assist you with gaining an in depth understanding of your IT assets, their value, efficiency, effectiveness and life expectancy. PCS is able to assist its clients in better decision-making by providing them with a real world-view of their exposure and capabilities. Our highly skilled and talented IT analysts are heavily leveraged by our customers for IT evaluations, IT Strategy, methodology development, RFP creation, enterprise wide technology migrations/change, application architecture, pending acquisitions, asset purchases or pooling of interests. We are able to quickly complete a PCS Information Technology Audit or Evaluation and deliver a comprehensive document detailing the key components of an organization's IT, a high level SWOT analysis, its life expectancy, identification of hidden costs, review of IT controls, an IT budget review and an opinion on the next five years of IT spending and many other areas specific to your organization at a specific point in time.

One important offering from this practice is in the area of acquisitions. PCS is able to provide information to its clients that help them negotiate better deals making an acquisition more cost efficient by i) identifying hidden IT costs ii) identifying delayed IT costs iii) identifying IT staffing issues iv) determining the state of IT hardware, software, network and applications in a 8-10 year life cycle and v) completing an in depth IT financial review to ensure that It has not been 'starved'. PCS' IT Audit Services work for both sides of the negotiating table. Some clients may desire to use PCS IT Audit to determine their exposure ahead of time so as to better position themselves. In either case, this service is of great value to senior management.

 

 

A sampling of IT Research, Evaluation and Audit Services:

  • State of Information Technology
  • IT Strategy· Enterprise Architecture
  • Methodology
  • Application Architecture
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Life Expectancy of Information Technology
  • Hidden Cost Identification
  • IT Controls and Staffing Review
  • IT Budget Review
  • Five Year IT Spending Projections
  • IT Integration Projections
  • Customized Review Programs
  • RFP Creation
 
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