Consulting Services
Our consulting services run the full spectrum
Strategic planning
At Geoffrey Stephens, we work in partnership with clients to align our IT solution with your business strategy. We provide
full strategic planning services, from establishing a vision to project planning and implementation. Our project plans include
the full lifecycle of activities, including migration, roll-out, IT support, operations and maintenance.
Business analysis
We use visual modelling to analyze the way you do business. We look across the organization to help you fully leverage
technologies horizontally. We work closely with you to help you understand the value of enterprise architecture. The insight
we gain ensures that we design processes and applications that help you achieve your IT objectives.
Enterprise architecture
Our enterprise architecture services start with a thorough assessment of your organization to ensure a solution
that responds to your goals and strategic direction. We then define your technical requirements, develop a strategic
vision, map out your current and future needs, then design an architecture that will optimize performance and maximize
your return on investment.
Solution architecture
We are solutions architects. We follow industry best practices to help you leverage your organization's investment in
resources and infrastructure. We help clients define IT requirements and make the most of IT assets across the organization.
Our experts include technical, data, application, integration and presentation architects.
Application lifecycle
Our team draws on years of experience in managing the full application lifecycle for our clients. Starting at the planning
stages through to deployment and maintenance, we help define and refine the governance, processes and tools needed to integrate
requirements management, architecture, coding, testing, tracking and release management.
Project consulting
Our project consulting services run the full spectrum of activities, from planning to project and technology audits,
project implementation and evaluation. We also offer on-site project management and planning, as well as strategic advice
on contracting and procurement.
Change management
When your organization introduces new processes and technologies, successfully managing the “people side” of change is
critical. Our change management experts will work with you to develop a strategy that addresses your challenges. We will
help you implement it and guide your staff through the transition. Our goal? Ensuring successful adoption of the solution.
Quality management
We offer project audit and quality management audit services—from quality control to quality assurance and improvement.
Our goal? To ensure that your IT initiatives can produce high quality, repeatable results. We assess your capacity and performance,
then propose strategies to mitigate issues and improve your overall performance.
Independent verification
Our team performs independent IT project testing, including technical and project management verification and validation. This
process allows our clients to focus on driving quality results and meeting organizational objectives. We strive to deliver quantifiable
results through testing that is designed to help you achieve productivity gains and cost savings.
