Implement Solutions

Effectively implement your plans according to your specifications, not your vendors’.

Implementation Management

We ensure that your new technology solution will be up and running according to your specifications - within the agreed timeframe and budget. We facilitate and mediate between all stakeholders, e.g., IT teams, users, finance departments, internet security teams, professional services teams, technical support, etc.

Three-day Implementation Management

• Review Statement of Work and existing implementation schedules
• Development of an implementation plan in teamwork with key staff and stakeholders
• Guidelines for results agreements for staff and stakeholders
• Recommended set of performance measurements and success criteria
• Updated, realistic implementation schedule

Ongoing Implementation Management

• Delivery of a finalized and detailed implementation plan, including a summary of the initial data set and configuration settings, e.g.
  • content to be localized
  • directory structures for source and target data
  • project management configuration options
  • language and programming rules needed
  • interfaces to 3rd-party components
  • reporting needs, etc
• Developing, leading and monitoring of the implementation plan in coordination with key staff and stakeholders
• Implementation of this plan
• Developing and communicating objectives for all people involved in the implementation
• Planning and controlling costs
• Planning and facilitating training for staff who will interface with these new technologies

Establish and Run a Successful Global Marketing Team

Creating marketing messages that are successful in local markets and developing brands that appeal globally create a balancing act that requires your internal and external marketing teams to work seamlessly together. We protect your marketing investment through (1) assessing your team dynamics and current workflow (2) identifying process improvements to be made and (3) developing metrics to measure the teams’ success/failure.

One-day Discovery Session

• Assessment of the current landscape and issues with a focus on (1) current workflow between internal teams (product management, advertising, marketing communications, channels, research), (2) the current workflow between internal and external marketing teams and (3) profiles for ideal team members
• Identification of key stakeholders and critical processes that will foster/hinder success
• Review of best practices for creating and managing productive Global Marketing Teams that are virtual and multicultural
• Top 5 most common challenges in global marketing and how to overcome them
• Determination of the metrics to be implemented to measure success/failure
• Next steps to be taken

Three-day Discovery Session

• Assessment of the current landscape and issues with a focus on (1) current workflow between internal teams (product management, advertising, marketing communications, channels, research), (2) the current workflow between internal and external marketing teams and (3) profiles for ideal team members
• Identification of key stakeholders and critical processes that will foster/hinder success
• Review of best practices for creating and managing productive Global Marketing Teams that are virtual and multicultural
• Top 5 most common challenges in global marketing and how to overcome them
• Determination of the metrics to be implemented to measure success/failure
• On-site interviews with key personnel from the following groups:
  • Product Management
  • Advertising
  • Marketing Communications
  • Channels Support
  • Research
  • Any external partners
• Recommendations on the actions to be taken to enable the organization to meet its metrics for success