What Risks Are You Willing To Take For Your IT Project?

Instead of delivering benefits to your organization’s workflow and business operations, if an IT project fails, your business reputation will be significantly jeopardized. Take the Denver and Heathrow airport baggage handling systems, for example. Denver and Heathrow are the world’s largest automated airport baggage handling systems that now serve as a recognized example of how IT project failures can potentially ruin a business’ marketability; all because Denver and Heathrow neglected to evaluate project risks before implementation and deployment.

While your IT service provider will assure you that your IT project consists of zero risks using proven methodologies and efficient IT risks management strategies, your business cannot afford to not identify project risks and not know how to potentially minimize them if they occur.

Finding out what you are missing out on

It is vital to involve people who are proficient about your enterprise business operations and requirements to ensure that an IT project investment will have a substantial impact on your business; whether that impact is a positive or negative one. At the same time, such individuals have to define impending requirements, validate the way the project should work, and test project adaptability.

When project implementation and deployment take place, some of the most important functionality components of the project can be overlooked due to invalid/incomplete requirements, requirements that your business professionals were responsible for assessing. However, not all business professionals, no matter how well versed they are in industry expectations, are fluent in understanding the technology that is necessary to accomplish their business goals. That being said, your business needs to invest in people that can successfully bridge the gaps between your business’ goals and the technology that is required to do so. All risks are totally and completely associated with you, so making sure you have knowledgeable backup is absolutely essential.

Change can be a scary thing

As a part of a project management team, you know that during the design and build phases of a project, requirements can change and grow two percent per month.

When providing changes to requirements with an uncertain velocity, the possibility of defects and therefore, decreased business value is amplified; the complete opposite of what your business was aiming to accomplish. For example, IT services providers should provide your organization with a deliverable every month. If you need to make a change during this time period, functionality and deliverability will have to be adjusted accordingly. To ensure on-time delivery, the best you can do is hold back your change requests and demand these changes when the project has proceeded to design and develop phases for the next deliverable, at which time some of these changes have since become irrelevant.

Change can be scary, but being able to make necessary IT changes as you go without having to worry about significantly impacting your long-term IT goal, can certainly help diminish that fear.

How well do you know your provider?

Undoubtedly, no matter whom you hire or how hard you try, every IT project will have some level of risk associated with it; for an ample number of reasons.

Risk evolved because of technology incompetence, which can be lessened and assessed simply by putting your IT service provider’s knowledge to the test; asking them questions to which you want to know the answer. Your inquiries should reveal your IT services provider’s ability to manage risks associated with technology, and you should be aware of your IT provider’s track record when involved in organizations like your own. If you are a healthcare organization, for example, then your IT services provider should be proficient in developing IT solutions that use powerful technologies catered to the needs of healthcare organizations.

Evaluating your IT provider’s expertise will provide your business with greater insight into its potential IT successes and shortcomings.

Always be prepared to expect the unexpected

Last, but certainly not least, it is important to remember the key variables of the IT industry:  time, functionality and cost. Each of these variables influences the others, such that if you have a deadline requirement and you ask your IT provider to deliver solutions within the deadline, you may experience functionality issues and cost increases depending upon whether or not additional resources are required to meet your deadline. Similarly, when you aim for additional functionality, you should expect to pay more for these new services and recognize that your deliverables may be delayed.

Unexpected “road bumps” are likely to arise during your IT solutions project, however, it is not these obstacles themselves that are most important. Instead, what truly matters is having an IT team that is knowledgeable about your industry and the technology that will best benefit your enterprise needs, for it is with their support that your business will be able to get past those “road bumps” and keep your business moving forward.

Prime Technology Group, LLC is Bringing Visions to Life and dutifully assisting businesses in IT project planning, implementation, and delivery from start to finish, every step of the way.  Let our expertise offer your business IT insight, ultimately bringing your visions to life as well.

Sudhakar Goverdhanam

CEO Prime Technology Group LLC

Don’t Fall Behind- Stay up to Date in Your Industry Using an Agile Methodology Model

In a competitive market, an organization’s business requirements can change with uncertain velocity, be it a healthcare enterprise or a financial & banking institution. If you are running an organization with business requirements that are uncertain, unprecedented, and are bound to change with the times, then traditional IT approaches such as waterfall software development methods will be unable to fulfill your business needs. For example, with a sequential software development method like waterfall, you cannot revisit the past phase, preventing you from developing IT solutions that keep up with ever-evolving business requirements.

Today’s business requirements are not necessarily the business requirements of tomorrow. Thus, for a business to provide better customer service than its competitors, an organization’s business goals must change with time; something that waterfall software systems are unable to do. To ensure that your  organization gets some kind of return on investment (ROI), your business cannot afford to  invest in an IT solution that cannot address  changing industry needs over the course of time.

With agile practices, your ever-evolving business requirements are addressed in the time demanded by your industry, keeping your business relevant and up to speed with your competitors. Agile approaches are driven through ongoing customer involvement in every phase or iteration of the project, giving you the power to be a member of project development and management teams. Even when the project is ready for delivery, you can ask your software development teams to add new, last-minute features to address the changing needs of your industry.

At regular intervals of time, you are delivered a piece of the developed project that provides solutions to your prevailing business needs. You can test your application/software performance for your business productivity right from the first iteration itself, making any necessary changes along the way, and nipping any potential complication in the bud.

With step by step usability, you can expect a return on investment that a “one and done” company simply cannot provide. Without having to wait for the project to be complete before using it, you can get your ROI faster than ever and take advantage of your software development team to make the timely changes that your organization requires. With an agile methodology model, you can save time, money, and keep your business moving forward.

With Prime’s Agile Solutions, Keep Your Business on the Move

To improve business productivity and efficiency, many organizations are searching for truly agile solutions provided by the best ITservice provider. Prime Technology Group, LLC, has remained one among only a handful of IT companies that deliver agile solutions, specifically using our expertise to confront IT project risks.

Prime Technology Group, LLC is a recognized IT service provider with incomparable proficiency and experience using agile software development practices. Using iterative and incremental agile methodologies, Prime is bringing visions to life one ever-changing industry at a time.

Sudhakar Goverdhanam

CEO Prime Technology Group LLC.

The Power of Cloud Deployment

Deploying the power of the cloud

CLOUD DEPLOYMENT

In my previous post, I discussed the nature of cloud based technology and some of the benefits of its implementation. In this post, I’d explore how cloud based technologies are implemented, and how they can serve the needs of a company and its customers.

Cloud technologies can be implemented in different ways. In fact, you probably use cloud based technologies every day. The e-mail account that is easily accessible from an iPhone or a desktop PC. The virtual desktop you use to work from home. The mobile game or app that instantly downloads to your new phone after your old one was damaged. These are all examples of simple cloud based technologies, run by other companies and shared by you and many others.

I would like to focus my attention on the next level cloud technology model, often referred to as “Platform as a Service” or PaaS.

In the PaaS model, cloud providers deliver a computing platform, including an operating system, programming language execution environment, database, and web server. All the things you look for in a cumbersome network are available to you without wires. Application developers can develop and run their software solutions on a cloud platform without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers. With some PaaS offers like Microsoft Azure and Google App Engine, the underlying computer and storage resources scale automatically to match application demand so that the cloud user does not have to allocate resources manually.

THE CLOUD ADVANTAGE

PaaS based cloud systems provide:

Innovation – Want to manage social media and inventory at the same time? In the cloud you can. Because cloud based systems are freed from the restrictions of hardware and software, it is easier to create solutions that can enhance and integrate with your existing systems.

Mobility – Want to take advantage of the mobile revolution? Using the cloud means that you can take your technology to your customers with custom mobile solutions can take the place of costly generic software packages.

Adaptability– Maybe your company is growing and you need to expand your capabilities quickly, without interrupting your operations. Cloud based solutions allow your company to add the capacity needed without having to invest in costly infrastructure. Best of all because the space is virtual and not physical, it is much cheaper.

Security – How many of us have waited to update our anti-virus or firewall software because we were too busy. When using physical hardware, your system security is only as strong as your last update, with the cloud updates can be made continuously in the background. Your system stays safe, and you can keep working.

Affordability – By removing the need to maintain physical servers, you can focus on your business. Instead of hiring an in-house IT maintenance person, that cost is amortized over numerous accounts to save you money.

So as you can see, there are many benefits to embracing the power of the cloud.

At Prime, we pride ourselves on serving the need of our clients with our teams of data experts. Prime evaluates client business needs and requirements, and then looks into applicability scenarios of cloud deployment models. We understand the power and potential of the cloud and make it our mission to adopt the appropriate deployment model. Our custom cloud solutions are designed to deliver integrated, industry leading IT service management solutions that fit the present and future needs of your company.

Sudhakar Goverdhanam

CEO Prime Technology Group LLC.

Empowering Your Business Through The Cloud

It’s all out there in the cloud

The concept of “the Cloud” has an extensive impact on an organization’s business transformation. Regardless of the  size of the business, organizations can increase the use of existing Software and Hardware assets for their operations without having to  invest in new infrastructure, or for purchasing licensed software for every employee.

Cloud based software is more than a concept, it is now deployed and used by a growing number of companies to enhance business practices and secure business operations. Companies are using cloud technology and services to bolster IT initiatives and transform their business. The challenge of using a cloud based model is implementing it while using existing systems. Reinventing cloud service delivery models are essential to get the most out of a cloud environment.

Before the Cloud

In the past, organizations needed to store all their data on hard drives or physical servers. This required investment in physical infrastructure and often required costly IT costs to protect and maintain their data. Data that was stored physically was only as secure as the hardware used to store it. Computer systems needed to be networked to the physical data storage in order to access the available information.

This also meant that up to date information was only available when new information was added to the physical database. This meant that information was often not up to date. It also meant that it was harder to share information across software platforms.

The expansion of the internet and the explosion of the mobile revolution changed that model.

The Power of the Cloud

In a cloud based model, businesses are no longer limited by their physical hardware. Instead, data is stored in a virtual or “cloud” based server. Users simply connect with the cloud, and the data they need is instantly available when they need it.

Businesses that have implemented a cloud based model have been able to:

• Save time on IT service management and accelerate focus on core business activities.
• Remove the need to manage their own hardware.
• Maximize the utilization of existing hardware and software assets.
• Scale their data needs with the growth of their business
• Streamline software and hardware updates with little to no loss of service
• Share data across multiple platforms

As CEO of Prime, I have seen the benefits of the cloud, and I have worked to assemble teams of data experts who can help organizations reap these benefits as well. At Prime we evaluate our client’s business needs and requirements, and then develop a cloud-based solution that fits their needs. We believe in providing our clients with the cloud-solution that they need, not just to do business today, but to grow and expand their data for the future of their business.

In future blog posts, I will discuss some of the different aspects of cloud technology and how they can be adapted to work for a wide range of businesses and organizations.

Sudhakar Goverdhanam
CEO Prime Technology Group, LLC.

Engaging Healthcare Enterprise Operations for the Mobile Age

Healthcare in your hands.

In today’s mobile-centric world, Healthcare organizations need to take advantage of new opportunities to expand their enterprise operations. Dramatic changes in the industry have been creating a new consumer market for mobile-based health care. In spite of an expansion of solutions and new offerings, organizations face difficulties keeping up with the ever-changing industry. To succeed in a competitive market and to overcome the challenges, organizations need to deliver an engaging experience to their customers.

At Prime technology group we are dedicated to transforming enterprise operations with mobile technologies that can:

• Deliver information to the point of care.
• Empower healthcare organizations to enhance enterprise workflow.
• Answer industry challenges when deployed in the healthcare environment.
• Monitor and access patient data from disparate mobile sources.

As CEO, I am always striving for a reinvention of the software development lifecycle. This is what distinguishes Prime from its competitors. At Prime Healthcare, our goal is to always:

• Develop mobile applications by deploying appropriate enabling technologies.
• Make patient privacy our highest priority.
• Develop on a cloud-based framework allowing healthcare organizations to deploy applications across any digital channel.
• Improve clinical care by deploying well designed, enterprise-class mobile solutions.

A comprehensive mobile technology framework is the foundation for our mobile healthcare applications. At Prime, we make it our business to understand your business goals, and help your organization to transform with information at the point of care.

Sudhakar Goverdhanam
CEO Prime Technology Group, LLC.