Some of our specialist consulting expertise includes:

• Program Health Checks/Audits;
• Program Management Office Set up and Structures;
• Project Recovery and Project Management;
• Business Process Reviews and Re-engineering;
• Business Requirement Gathering from the Business Perspective;
• Program Governance Implementation;
• Reviews of the use of Cobit, ITIL, Prince2 and other methodologies;
• Market Testing and Outsourcing of Technology and Non Technology Needs; and
• e-Procurement Strategies.

In today’s business world, information technology is an integral part of, and a crucial and costly driving force within the business enterprise. The complexity, capacity and speed of the core technologies are changing rapidly; so it is essential that the enterprise policies and workflow are continuously reviewed to keep pace with and to maximise the returning business benefit of these changes. A valuable alliance can be formed to use the expertise and skills of an expert consultant – from 1st Class Computer Engineering.

The key business controls and benefits of a professional engagement with 1st Class Computer Engineering might be:

1. Increased Business Success,
2. Improved Risk Management,
3. Reduced Cost Centre Expenditure and
4. Increased Staff productivity.

A specific analysis of our vendor independent service offering includes:

• Strategic IT Process and Technology Reviews.
• Business Impact Analysis.
• Business Continuity Planning.
• Business Continuity Management.
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT).
• ANAO Business Continuity Management Good Practice.
• Enterprise IT Architecture analysis and planning.
• Providing Board advice on complex IT matters.
• IT Facility Management and Engineering Support Plans
• IT Systems and Security Audits against Risk Assessment Standards - AS/NZS 4360:2004 - AS/NZS 7799.2:2000.
• Review and updates to Online Action Plans.
• IT Business Governance Improvement.
• Emerging Technology Research.
• Project Scoping and RFP Technical Content definition for Compliant
• Tenders.
• Tender and RFP Probity Review.
• Project and SDLC Remedial Management.
• SLA and Contract Benchmarking.
• Business IT Threat Risk Analysis and Security Enforcement.
• Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) Endorsed IT Security Product advice.
• Firewall testing, configuration and advice.