IT Assessment Services

Current State of IT

  • Organization
    • Identify senior IT managers and determine respective job functions;
    • Determine size, skill level and organizational distribution of IT staff;
    • Identify linkages between staff and business, operations counterparts;
    • Identify location of IT departments
    • Analyze product/service support structure and identify personnel.
  • Infrastructure
    • Compile current hardware inventory;
    • Document and analyze network infrastructure and topology;
    • Document and analyze telecommunications infrastructure and topology;
    • Document and analyze data center infrastructure and support;
    • Document external data links.
  • Systems
    • Compile manifest of operating systems, databases and development platforms;
    • Compile manifest of deployed application systems, determine level of integration and supporting entity;
    • Review and analyze excerpts of internally developed code and compare to best practices;
    • Evaluate company's web site for customer experience, interface design, usability and performance;
    • Conduct surveys, interviews with internal and external users of IT services to determine level of satisfaction.
  • Current Budget
    • Review and analyze current budget allocations;
    • Compare budget to current burn rate;
    • Review consulting, outsourcing contracts;
    • Identify existence of excess capacity, redundant resources.