Happy New Year !! Welcome to the first edition of our ezine for 2004 and thank you for your positive feedback which continues to encourage us.
In this edition we look at the topical challenges of IT Outsourcing and Prioritising Projects to maximise overall strategic achievements. They are based on our experience working on many aspects of strategic planning with our clients in both the private and public sectors and we’re sure they’ll be of interest to you.
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Is IT Outsourcing the solution to “Best
Value”?
The increasing pressure to save costs, improve efficiencies, reduce risks and to deliver best value leads many organisations to consider the idea of outsourcing some or all of their IT facilities to commercial providers. How do you form a view? What’s involved?
Sandy Pratt looks at some of the issues and highlights the probable benefits and risks Click
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Improving the IMPACT of Strategic projects
Will your corporate plan for the year ahead look just like last year’s (plus or minus 5% on budget)? How can you sort out which projects will contribute most to the achievement of your performance targets in a world where apples frequently have to be compared with pears? 4-consulting has developed The Impact Matrix TM tool to help you determine how to allocate scarce resources for maximum success.
Ros Southcott describes how a one-day workshop can pinpoint your “quick wins” and help you to set priorities in both the short- and long-term
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Improve your Presentation Shows and Spreadsheets
Get the best out of your PowerPoint presentations by using animation effects, Auto-shapes, styles and colour effectively. Improve your knowledge of spreadsheet modelling with shortcuts, calculating days in each month, 3-dimension calculations and cell comments. In the next of our series of practical advice on using your Office software, click here for another set of tricks and tips. Click here for the
complete article.
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Tell us your view
We asked you in our last issue if you had been able to use new technology to get closer to your customers.
Over 60 per cent of you said YES, showing that an
investment in information technology offers real benefits.
In 2003, 4-consulting helped an increasing number of client organisations to implement successful customer-focused IT projects; for example:
 | Developing a major e-Business programme for the members of one of Scotland’s largest Chambers of Commerce |
| Generating an IT Strategic Plan for the arts charity, Out of the Blue |
| Facilitating a workshop on data migration for Scottish Police Forces IT Managers as part of the roll-out of a Scotland-wide e-Government “Electronic Delivery of Service” strategy |
Many of our clients have privileged access to our growing website-based library of tools and processes.
*** This month’s addition: Managing IT projects – from feasibility to review ***
If you would like to know more about how our methodologies can benefit your business or to obtain a site password, contact
sandy.pratt@4-consulting.com
Here’s our new 4-consulting forum question.
Will you be facing major organisational change in 2004?
In our next (Spring) edition, we’ll be looking at managing devolved delivery in the not-for-profit sector. If you would like to suggest a topic for future ezines or have any comments about this one, please send it to:
ezine@4-consulting.com.
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