Technology Consulting

Information Technology (IT) has become critical to the operations and competitiveness of organisations around the world. Effectiveness management of IT is under the spotlight because IT is typically among an organisation's top five expenditures, yet research reveals that an average of 10 to 25% of a company's total IT spend is wasted or used unwisely. In today's regulatory and compliance environment, it is no wonder senior executives have serious, valid concerns about the risks IT poses in their organisations and the accountability of costs.

If this is your situation:

• You wish to optimise the use of IT to maximise its value.
• You need to manage IT cost and value.
• You wish to make IT projects perform.
• You need to select the right system to support your business.

How PwC can help you:

PwC works with you to help you align your IT resources with your business objectives and structure them to minimise key business risks.

We assist organisations in managing IT as a business. We address problems in organisations where IT is seen as a constraint on the business or where the reputation of IT is held in low regard. We also help forward-looking IT organisations to adopt leading practices in IT management, quality assurance and IT governance.

Services we provide include the following:

• IT Strategy - Aligning IT to the Business

  In order for organisations to continuously improve IT performance, IT must be managed with all the processes, controls and financial rigor of any other business function. This includes applying the business disciplines of planning, development and measurement to the practical execution of an IT strategy.

  We work with organisations to:

  • Validate conceptual design and controls surrounding people, process and technology.
  • Provide recommendations regarding IT governance, operations and organisation.
  • Advise on application and technology maturity.

  

   

• IT Transaction Services Due Diligence

  PwC has assisted many clients with buy-side and sell-side IT strategy planning and due diligence assessments.

  Services we provide include the following:

  • Review the status of current and planned IT projects and risks of failure.
  • Assess IT governance organisation (including structure, reporting and management), infrastructure, staff, security and controls.
  • Review the target & - Identify critical day-one and post integration risks.
  • Assist with function-specific IT integration and conversion (i.e. applications, infrastructure, voice and data networks and data centre etc.).
  • Advise on project management of function-specific IT infrastructure activities.
  • Provide advice regarding evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of potential vendors.
  • Assist in the definition of function-specific systems architecture.
  • Develop Transition Service Agreements.

  

   

• Making IT Projects Perform

  PwC assists organisations in generating greater strategic value from their IT projects.

  Services we provide include the following:

  • Advise on IT Best Practices in project governance, risk and controls.
  • Provide recommendations to assist with envisioning and planning change.
  • Provide quality assurance and independent advice.
  • Provide recommendations regarding internal communications and training needs.
  • Conduct pre and post implementation reviews.
  • Conduct project healthchecks to push out the project lifecycle to provide assurance net projects are performing in line with time, budget and quality constraints.
  • Assist with funding and investment evaluations.
  • Assist with benefits tracking and benefits realisation programmes.

  

   

• Managing IT Cost and Value

  PwC works with business and IT management to measure and improve the value derived from IT investments.

  Services we provide include the following:

  • Determining if your current IT investments are yielding appropriate results.
  • Developing the proper metrics required to gauge future IT performance.
  • Optimising the value of IT spending.

  

   

• System Selection - IT Sourcing and Service Management

  PwC Advisory professionals have a wide range of outsourcing and business systems experience. We have helped companies throughout Ireland specify and select the right systems for their business. We also help clients address all aspects of the outsourcing lifecycle, from initial strategy to implementation, termination or renegotiation.

  Services we provide include the following:

  • Advise on the selection and evaluation of IT systems and service providers.
  • Advise on performance of IT service providers (in-house and third party).
  • Assist with the measurement of IT performance.
  • Assist with the development of business cases and service level agreements.
  • Advise on funding and commercial management.
  • Advise on managing risk.