WHEN TO USE CANTONIA

The following circumstances provide optimal scenarios for leveraging CANTONIA consulting services:

Change Management
Change is hard and sometimes politics in an organization are such that internal stakeholders can not champion the new idea. Using CANTONIA to validate change will build transparency and remove barriers. It may sound strange to pay an external party to explain to an organization what it already knows, but sometimes it is necessary. Also, I've seen stakeholders in politically charged situations be more honest and open with external consultants than with their peers. Many staff seem to be happy to tell all to an external party, which can accelerate information gathering.

Extending Organizational Capabilities
Augmenting your organizations management capabilities (especially when constrained by time and/or short term gaps in domain expertise,) CANTONIA for focused engagements will ensure your organization remains focused on deadlines while getting extra work done  in parallel. A few caveats about doing this. Consultants need to be managed carefully to ensure travel expenses are minimized and the time spent is tightly scoped.

I create an overview analysis of the strategy, structure and staffing of the IT organization as a guide for the existing management and staff. I hope these efforts follow my guidelines above - bringing external validation, extending capacity, and offering new perspective.

Contact us today to find out how we can help your IT organization take control of the IT Project Portfolio and individual projection execution.

  DON'T ABDICATE CONTROL

When hiring external consulting firms, IT Executives need to constantly ensure they do not abdicate control while extending the capabilities of their organization.

This is especially important when engaging IT management consulting services.

  Never Outsource Strategy
Although many talented consulting firms offer strategic planning, you do not want to abdicate control of your strategic planning to external consultants. CANTONIA is unique in this space given we provide Strategic Planning advisory and facilitation services to CIO's and IT Executives.  CANTONIA assists in strategic planning, organizing ideas of employees, customers (internal & external) and senior management, but the strategy, your strategy, should belong to you, not an external consultants.

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