Aggressor provides leadership throughout the project lifecycle, bringing practical experience, technical savvy, and creativity to transformation, implementation, and operations.
Change.
New customers, new products, new markets, new technologies - and the same old budget. Inflexible systems, stubborn organizations and archaic processes stand in the way. How do you keep up? Aggressor will help you evaluate your situation, brainstorm creative solutions, and develop a roadmap for success.
If your company isn't going through a wrenching period of change, you're probably still struggling to get full value from your information technology investment; according to Gartner, approximately 80% of information technology budgets is spent just "keeping the lights on". Some of us have been CIOs in past lives, and we know how hard that is to explain to the senior management team on an annual basis. We believe that software as a service and infrastructure outsourcing are tools to increase productivity and reduce maintenance costs, and we're ready to help you come up with a practical transition plan. You'll be the star of the next budget meeting.
Speaking of budget, it doesn't make sense to spend money on change without knowing your planned returns. As part of our transformation plan, we ensure that the team develops a scorecard of clear and specific metrics that objectively define success for the effort.
Implementation
OK, you've got a plan and funding. Time to make it real.
You've seen the studies - over half of information technology and business change efforts are delivered late, over budget, and don't fully meet expectations. Aggressor can help you manage the risk and ensure success.
In any undertaking, the first step is to put together the right team for success. Aggressor can supplement your team with project management, business analysis, technical development, and quality assurance resources. If appropriate for your project, we can also tap our offshore partners for support.
We focus on developing in an iterative manner, rapidly preparing deliverables for validation against requirements by the project team and end users. Short sprints allow the team to demonstrate clear progress to management and the user community, building momentum and confidence across the organization as they move forward. When things aren't quite right, you can fail fast - and fix it fast.
Above all else, we are firm believers in the value of strong, disciplined project management. Every change effort faces challenges during execution; success depends on clearly identifying the risks, developing a mitigation strategy, and taking decisive action to quickly resolve.
Operation
Isn't it all about the outcome?
The outcome isn't just finishing the workplan - it's the money on the bottom line. Successful projects bring people, process, and technology together to deliver results. Aggressor works to ensure that all three are ready to work in harmony when you flip the switch.
We can help you make certain that your project is deployed successfully, whether that means rolling it to one office, nationally, or internationally. We'll help ensure that your staff is trained, your processes are tuned, and your systems stay up and running. If required, we can even manage the ongoing operation and maintenance of your investment.
Finally, we'll prove the outcome, tracking the scorecard metrics that demonstrate that the business case wasn't just a boilerplate document required for an approval process.