A start-up online payments business with a very profitable concept and working prototype software had recently partnered in a joint venture with a very large US payment processor. The start-up team needed to quickly enhance and extend the software to meet client needs, but there were no priority management or design processes in place to … Read More →
Building an effective global team is challenging under most circumstances. When the team is formed after outsourcing and US layoffs, it can become even more challenging for the remaining (US) team members to work well with the new (offshore) members. A major global media research organization had recently outsourced about 30% of the work processes … Read More →
A global leader in financial services had recently acquired a small start-up with a great idea – and all the working knowledge of its software product ‘locked’ inside the brains of a few founders. In order to scale up and enhance the product, the knowledge and functional design of the system needed to become accessible … Read More →
A flagship telecom research product suffered from late deliveries and poor quality several years after its acquisition by a premier media research firm. Clients were losing confidence in the product and sales were dropping. The existing subject matter experts in the operations and product management groups continued to leave the company, key resources were working excessive … Read More →
A small public corporation with multiple US offices, in its fourth year post spin-off from its parent, lacked an IT infrastructure plan or roadmap. It did not have adequate disaster recovery or business continuity plans or capabilities. And the business was growing at about 100% each year, putting increasing strains on the file, e-mail and … Read More →
