OAOT Rapid Assessment Overview

All too often, Information Technology (IT) performance is dependent on a clear understanding of organizational goals, challenges and requirements, as well as agreement on how to execute the IT strategy. OAOT’s Rapid Assessment^sm provides a comprehensive diagnostic and evaluation framework to analyze IT systems, projects and resources across your IT environments. Our approach can eliminate false starts and project derailments by gaining stakeholder consensus on priorities, staffing, budget, schedules and deliverables.

When you are looking to improve operations, reduce costs or increase performance, the OAOT Rapid Assessment is a valuable management tool for achieving your objectives. We deploy small, targeted teams consisting of functional and domain experts skilled at evaluating and identifying potential improvements in staffing, processes and technology.

Rapid Assessment Phases

• Goal Setting and Definition – identifies key organizational goals, success criteria and stakeholders
• Environmental Diagnostics – captures critical information related to each unique IT environment
• Analysis and Recommendations – details operational enhancements and potential cost savings
• Assessment Report and Implementation Roadmap – provides confidential assessment discoveries and defines a strategic plan for ongoing support and governance to sustain improvements

The Rapid Assessment Benefit

As a result of a Rapid Assessment, our customers have achieved improved operations, increased capacity in IT to support the business function and achieved cost savings by implementing recommended enhancements. From process efficiencies and technology upgrades to exploring strategic IT sourcing options, the analysis and assessment report provides your organization with a roadmap for implementing fast, effective improvements.

OAOT offers Rapid Assessment expertise for the following IT operational and organizational areas:

• Data Center Operations
• IT Environment Alignment to Business Goals
• Application Architecture, Design and Enhancement
• IT Asset Baseline
• Help Desk
• Human Capital Organizational Design

Proven Rapid Assessment Framework

The OAOT Rapid Assessment^sm framework is part of our larger library of best practices known as OAOT Velocity^sm. Over the last decade, we have developed the OAOT Velocity^sm framework based on industry-leading best practices such as ITIL, ISO and CMM. This structure provides our customers with a consistent approach to gaining transparency into daily operations, without operational disruption. Through our highly collaborative process, we work with your organization to determine the assessment charter, key goals and objectives, stakeholders and governance, as well as the overall project schedule. 

From evaluating current IT environment constraints and augmenting organizational back office systems to aligning core human capital assets, we provide a comprehensive, integrated suite of processes, templates and reports. OAOT enables our worldwide customers to improve IT operational performance across business and organizational functions that drive results.

The combination of our cohesive framework, proven methodology and world-class team of technology and business experts ensures a collaborative approach that achieves outstanding results through resource improvements that can transform your organization’s operations.

Industry Expertise:

• Airline, Automotive and Transportation
• Communications, Media and Entertainment
• Energy and Utilities
• Financial Services and Insurance
• Government and Defense Systems
• Healthcare and Life Sciences
• Professional Services
• Retail and Consumer Products

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