Pasley IT Rx Visible Value for IT Through Competence, Enthusiasm and Hard Work V2.8 30jan09 1/4/20141Copyright © 2008 Pasley IT Rx Visible Value for IT

Pasley IT Rx“Visible Value for IT” Through Competence, Enthusiasm and Hard Work

V2.8 30jan09

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----- Professional Consultation and Contracted Expertise for -----Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture and Value Optimization

Application Hosting and DeliveryInformation Management

Healthy IT Framework

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Two Offerings

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IT consulting and contracted expertise


Application Hosting and Delivery

Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture

and Value Optimization

Information Management

Architecture and Standards

Problem Resolution

Relationship Management

Service Analysis and Governance

Team and Project Leadership

Strategy

Architecture Standards

Data/Database Design

Internal Stakeholder Relationships

External Vendor Relationships

Application Performance

Infrastructure

Six Sigma

ITIL

Business Continuity

Interim Management

Simple Projects

Complex Programs

Data Quality

The Pasley IT Rx “Eye” SymbolVisible Value for IT


IT Consulting and Contracted Expertise

Consulting and Contracted Expertise


This wheel diagram is part of the symbol for Pasley IT Rx

• The center represents the target functional space in which we seek to add value

• The middle ring represents the key skillset we apply to all engagements

• The outer ring represents specific areas where we have subject matter expertise, grouped by most applicable key skillset






Problem Resolution




Strategy






Infrastructure

Six Sigma

ITIL

Business Continuity

Interim Management

Simple Projects

Complex Programs

Data Quality



• The Healthy IT Framework has five parts:

– Individual behavior (FREEBOT)

– Core IT components (PSPT)

– Key skills (PARTS)

– Life cycle phases (PPO)

– Focus on true business issues (WSC)

• This will be discussed in more detail later

How We Can Add Value

Pasley IT Rx can help with IT Planning, Projects, or Operations

•For Planning– Infrastructure strategy and architecture– ITIL framework– Application hosting/delivery strategy and architecture– Business continuity– Data strategy and architecture , data quality– Healthy IT Framework

•For Projects– Project or program management– Standards development and management– Metrics design and development– Data/database design

•For Operations– Six Sigma process analysis– Team or organization leadership– Service analysis and governance processes– Application performance and infrastructure problem resolution– Internal stakeholder and external vendor relationship management


Pasley IT Rx Scope• Consultancy and contract IT staffing for

– Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture and Value Optimization– Application Hosting and Delivery– Information Management

• IT service management– Metrics, analysis and governance are core competencies

• Toolset includes– Six Sigma– ITIL

• Consultation and training for the Healthy IT Framework

• Includes validated/regulated environments– Deep experience in Life Sciences (pharmaceuticals)

• Business area experience in – R&D, manufacturing, sales and marketing, finance and corporate


Benefits For Your Business• Cost management

– Some short term IT requirements are more cost effectively met by using consultants or contractors vs. hiring full time staff

– Some long term IT requirements can be well met by intermittent use of consultant/contractor staff at less cost than by permanent staff

– Recurring consultant/contractor relationships are even more cost effective because the learning curve for tools, processes and organization is reduced after the first engagement

• Skills enhancement– You hire permanent people with the key skills that are needed

constantly. Other skill areas are best served by bringing in people who have them only when there is a clear business need.

• New ideas and opinions– Our experience across multiple businesses may provide context

within which innovative (vs. incremental) improvement opportunities will be discovered


Working Smartly in Tough Times• Minimize waste

– Develop tightly targeted solutions for clearly defined problems– Execute work in small, individually beneficial units

• To reduce the likelihood of discarded incomplete work due to organizational and business changes over time

– Use metrics and lean management techniques – Establish governance to assure desired behaviors and outcomes

• Minimize labor costs– Use a core of permanent staff supported by a contract worker pool

• To minimize staff carrying costs

– Use the same contract workers over time • To minimize training costs related to your organization’s tools and processes

Pasley IT Rx can provide consultancy and contracted expertise to help you minimize waste and labor costs within our focus areas.


Working Smartly in Tough Times - continued

• Maximize flexibility– Use contract headcount to allow skills only needed once, infrequently

or intermittently to be easily acquired and dismissed as needed– Commit funds incrementally and maintain reserves

• Maximize returns– Realize measurable benefit from each unit of work as soon as it is

completed• Apply solutions quickly in order to minimize "opportunity costs"

– Leverage/extend solutions as broadly as practical beyond original targeted use

– Take advantage of unplanned opportunities

Pasley IT Rx can provide consultancy and contracted expertise to help you maximize flexibility and return on investment within our focus areas.


Our Vision• Be a best of breed consulting and contract services

provider for a limited set of IT services

• Offer consultation and training for the Healthy IT Framework

• Bring the following key skills to every engagement – Problem resolution and root cause analysis– Architecture and standards development– Relationship management– Team and project leadership– Service analysis and governance

• Be a recurring services and solutions provider for a set of companies with which whom we have long term “partner” relationships


Our Mission and Strategy• Mission

– Deliver high quality work for our clients– Within a contracted timeframe and budget– Suggest improvements and innovations as opportunity arises– Maintain long term mutually beneficial client relationships

• Strategy– Do the work well

– Meet or exceed all contracted requirements, on time and with demonstrated respect for all stakeholders

– Maintain expertise– Constrain our services to a limited set in order to maintain deep

expertise– Provide solid value

– Do good work at competitive rates in order to increase value for our clients and encourage recurring engagements

– Deliver extras– While providing contracted services, observe the client’s business

and make recommendations for adding value


Three Services Focus Areas• Application hosting and delivery

– Optimal architecture for your business– Meeting application response time targets– Meeting application availability targets– With costs appropriate for your business

• Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture and Value Optimization

– Maximizing return on Infrastructure investment– Service delivery and metrics– Measuring and reporting key information– Governance processes– Disaster recovery / continuity planning– Six Sigma tools and techniques– ITIL, including CMDB design and data quality

• Information management– Data security– Data integration, Cross-site and/or Cross-application– Transactional vs. analytic– Backup, rollup and archival– Data cleanup and quality assurance






Within these three focus areas Pasley IT RX can help in two ways:

(1)We can deliver specific contracted work for you

(2) We can consult with you to optimize these areas for your IT department. See next slide.

Five Key Skills - PARTS

Three Services

Focus Areas


Problem Resolution





Pasley IT Rx brings these skills to every engagement.

Within these skill areas we have expertise in fifteen subjects. See next slide.

Five Key Skills

ThreeServices

FocusAreas

Strategy





Infrastructure

Six Sigma

ITIL

Business Continuity

Interim Management

Simple Projects

Complex Programs

Data Quality

Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in:



SME - Architecture and Standards

• Strategy– Use your current strategies – Or update them if needed

• Architecture– Develop and document enterprise or subject

area architectures– For internal, external, centralized, distributed

and cloud computing

• Standards– Develop and document standards

• Data/Database Design– Develop and document enterprise or smaller

scale data architectures– Develop and document database designs


Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture and Value

Optimization



Strategy




We can provide

processes for

managing

strategies,

architectures, and

standards if you

need them.

Or we can use

your existing

processes.

Stakeholder negotiation and agreement is a critical success factor and a core competency

SME - Relationship Management

• Internal stakeholder relationships– Perform user expectation analysis– Drive the changes necessary to build solid

relationships where current problems are reducing productivity

– May include process changes and/or staff training and mentoring

• External vendor relationships– Work with vendors and vendor facing IT staff– Build common priorities and ongoing

communication pathways– Define the nature of the customer/vendor

relationship and the governance processes



Optimization






SME - Problem Resolution

• Application performance– Resolve application performance

issues– We will use your tools if appropriate

or recommend tools as necessary

• Infrastructure problems– Examples: backups, monitoring,

security, space, power, HVAC, networks, application hosting and delivery, database

– In internal, external, central, distributed and cloud environments



Optimization


Problem Resolution


Infrastructure

Root cause analysis, recommendations, solutions delivery

– Root cause identification – Recommendations to

prevent recurrence– Upon request - ownership

of solutions delivery


SME - Service Analysis and Governance

Discover technology, process and/or organizational improvements to increase application performance and infrastructure value delivery.

• Data quality• Analysis using your quality criteria

• For application or infrastructure (i.e., CMDB) data

• Business continuity• Incident and disaster recovery planning• For applications or infrastructure




Optimization


Six Sigma

ITIL

Business Continuity Data

Quality


• Service delivery improvement using• ITIL

• Apply the ITIL framework to your infrastructure• Report variances and gaps and provide

recommendations for convergence• Six Sigma

• Perform variance and root cause analysis• Includes metrics collection

• use your existing toolset if it provides the necessary metrics, or we can help you implement additional or alternative tools if needed

Service Analysis and Governance –

one time vs. ongoing

• One time analysis– There is significant value from doing service

analysis and implementing governance processes once

• Continuous improvement– Ongoing benefit can be delivered through a

recurring review cycle driving continuous improvement

• Processes and documentation will be provided for metrics information gathering during the periods between scheduled reviews

• Scheduled reviews can optionally include consulting from Pasley IT Rx




Optimization


Six Sigma

ITIL

Business Continuity Data

Quality


SME - Team and Project Leadership



Optimization



Interim Management

Simple Projects

Complex Programs

• Complex programs of work • Scenario: work is required across

departmental and geographic boundaries• Scenario: you have complex organizational

and/or funding models


• Simple projects • Scenario: an application performance management or Infrastructure

program or project is on hold, derailed or running late due to lack of experienced staff

• Interim team management• Scenario: you have lost a key application performance or Infrastructure

team leader or manager• Scenario: junior or inexperienced manager is struggling• Scenario: you have work that requires a heavyweight manager for a while

but can be run by a more junior person after the work is complete

Healthy IT Framework (1 of 2)


The Healthy IT Framework includes two items already discussed

• Five Key Skills - PARTS– Problem resolution– Architecture and Standards– Relationship management– Team and Project leadership– Service Analysis and Governance)– Training is provided to all IT organization levels for appropriate competence in the key

skills .

• Working Smartly Criteria – WSC– Minimize waste and costs– Maximize flexibility and ROI – True business criteria are considered for every decision, within the context of the

seven rules.– The ones above are of universal interest. There may be additional criteria applicable

to your business.

Healthy IT Framework (2 of 2)


Plus three other items:

• Seven Rules for behavior - FREEBOT– Freedom, Respect, Ecology, Enterprise, Boundaries, Opportunity , Truth– The rules are understood and honored by all stakeholders. Ethical and consistent

behavior by the people involved is the foundation for culture building.

• Four Core Components of IT – PSPT– People, Strategy, Processes, Technology– The PSPT components are clearly understood, consistently implemented, and revised

at a pace that meets the pace of change for the business. – Appropriate balance is maintained between them for focus, funding, talent, etc.

• Three Life Cycle Phases – PPO– Planning, Projects, Operations – Each phase has competent and committed leadership. – The leaders communicate with one another and produce work that is synergistic and

coordinated across the three phases. – Appropriate balance is maintained between them for focus, funding, talent, etc.

• An IT department has four core components, People, Strategy, Processes and Technology

– Other components (Solutions/Applications, Architectures, Services, Policies, Contracts, etc.) are built from these four

• Each core component can be optimized– Strategy: Business functional alignment, Key Performance

Indicators (KPI’s), Target architectures– People: Relationships, Morale, Loyalty, Competence, Enthusiasm– Processes: Governance, Handoffs, Change, Incident handling,

Escalation, Regulatory compliance, Efficiency, Stability, Recovery, Security, HR

– Technology: Standards, Inventory, Currency, Integration, Evolution

• IT departmental optimization requires balanced optimization of all four components

– Optimizing one often requires suboptimization of another– The right balance will change over time

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Healthy IT snippet: PSPT Optimizing an IT Department

There are key skills necessary for optimizing all four IT components.

We focus on five of them. See next slide.

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Healthy IT snippet:PARTS / PSPT alignment

• For Strategy– Architecture and Standards

• For People– Relationship management– Team and project leadership

• For Processes– Architecture and Standards– Problem resolution– Service analysis and governance

• For Technology– Architecture and Standards


The Healthy IT Framework is fully detailed in a separate presentation

Pasley IT Rx – Contact Info

Address:5620 N Hawthorne WayRaleigh, NC 27613


Phone:919-280-1647

Email:[email protected]

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Referrals

• Technical writing– To be defined

• Training– To be defined

• IT Performance management toolset rationalization– To be defined

• Server and desktop support– To be defined

• Remote IT help desk– To be defined

• Process improvement and project management outside IT– Jigsaw Consulting

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