Innovative methods, unconventional thinking, and
down-to-earth consulting that redefines what’s
possible
“Energized Work helped us design scalable solutions to complicated business rules that produced impressive results.”
CEO at a leading foreign exchange broker
Other services:
ENERGIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT • LEAN SOFTWARE FOR STARTUPS • AGILE TRAINING
We provide counsel to C-level executives, senior business and information technology leaders, advising on effective ways to combine people and process with appropriate use of technology to deliver solutions that delight customers and drive value for business.
More projects than you think get into difficulties, and for many different reasons. If one of your projects is struggling, don’t worry. Help is at hand. We can jump in with your team to understand exactly what is going on and advise them on the best course of action to help it get back on track.
Setting off without agreeing what success looks like is unlikely to get you there without wasting time and money. In a series of workshops we help your stakeholders create a common understanding of purpose, and balance potentially competing needs to build consensus around a shared vision of the future. Together we set all this out in a charter with success criteria for customer, financial, and operational tests that unambiguously quantify your desired destination.
Process and tools rarely make things work better. We will spend time with the people in your company doing the work and study how that work is actually working. This way we can help them see the bigger picture more clearly, understand how their work plays a part in the whole value stream, and redesign their process to eliminate waste, deliver value predictably, and continuously improve its effectiveness.
A short, early assessment looking at people, process and technology gives you the foresight to head off problems and avoid obstacles to success. We assess staff capabilities to determine how new skills can best be introduced. We map your process and measure its capability to set a baseline and identify places to start improvement activities. We look at your project portfolio to identify pilot projects, and talk to people in your business to understand their perceptions and the metrics they use to measure delivery. Lastly, we assess the technologies being used and review your technology and architecture strategies to ensure they support an agile way of working.
Companies locked into software that is expensive to maintain, too brittle to build on, or too risky to replace have no easy way out. We can help you develop a step-wise approach to carefully transform or replace legacy systems or move from a vendor platform to open-source, without disrupting business or customer. We will help you design something that’s a business asset, affordable and safe to build on, that won’t become another legacy a few years down the road.
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Wrapping up work for a very happy client. Nice to see people delighted with software :)
Crew hungover from the aforementioned Oktoberfest Pub night :)
Exploring options with a few different startups
Lunch time fun - busy drawing current reality tree and a future reality tree
