Our Approach

There is a “best time” to take a look at your organization critically and consider options for future change.  That time is long before you are forced by circumstances to do so.  Signs of a need for change often arise in discussions with key clients.  Are they satisfied, strategic partners?  New products, change in corporate direction, or a merger may change the roles and needs of pivotal partners, causing pressure on your organization to be responsive to increased demand or functionality.  Perhaps you are considering a SaaS approach for applications: have you thought through the needed organizational transition?  

In the current climate, you can be sure that requirements for increased cost cutting, greater efficiency, and management to the bottom line will continue to mean you should consider every option for delivering the most value for IT development and maintenance dollars.

The StrataFusion Group has experts to assist in creating the overall Organization Optimization plan from the ground up, or in assessing the current plans and tuning hierarchies, sourcing models and vendor staff augmentation. We have worked with a number of CIOs to evaluate their Organizations and implemented long-term improvement plans, often starting with the placement of interim management.   

We offer a comprehensive service to:

1. Assess your current in-place organization, processes and people
2. Provide directional recommendations and solutions when there is a need for
1. Better organizational alignment for business fit
2. Improved performance monitoring and a few good KPIs
3. Processes – the appropriate ones and how to phase them in
4. Planning the organization when SaaS is your new direction
5. Assistance in organization design and development, including position descriptions and process ownership alignment
6. Staffing or sourcing [interim or permanent] Enterprise or Solutions Architect, PMO, management roles
7. Governance team and process recommendations
8. Better communication between IT and the business
9. Program/Project Management Office oversight – this is an entire practice for StrataFusion Group
10. Analysis and direction regarding out-sourcing options
11. Assessment of vendor roles, management, performance
12. Efficiency and cost cutting recommendations
3. Coordinate with Portfolio Management and PMO functions
4. Provide a single engagement or regular review and coaching for your IT Organization

Our program is based on principles developed by StrataFusion Partners, John Dick,  Maureen Vavra, Steve Zoppi, and Valerie Kwiatkowski.  This group has coached executives and teams for years in Silicon Valley.  This group authored the book”CIO Wisdom”and conducted seminars at Haas School of Business, UCB.  . 

Download the full overview of our IT Organization Optimization program.