“Requirements Defects account for 25-40% of the total budget.”  And it’s 10-30 times less expensive to fix those errors in the Requirements Phase.

~ Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Square Project

Our Value Proposition:

Having proven results in SMB and large, multi-national firms, leading in organization, vendor and consultant roles, uniquely positions CIO Services to deliver high value quickly.  We quickly understand where people are coming from and speak their language.

In far too many organization’s, IT gets the reputation of being the Department of “No”.  Sometimes fairly, sometimes not.  But, IT is often seen as explaining why the new tools the business leadership believe they need to meet their strategy; are too expensive, won’t fit the infrastructure or otherwise are simply not possible.  Instead of providing the leadership with the vision and drive to deliver what the organization needs to be more successful.  Which is exactly what we provide.

Of the projects that do deliver a working technology solution, most do not make the required ‘wrap around’ improvements in the processes, staffing, training and other organizational changes needed to maximize the ROI.  This struggle with existing technology and process is a key reason why it’s become much faster and easier for a startup to leverage new and better tools than the entrenched competitors reengineer their technology, people and processes.  Zappos, PayPal, and Google are great examples.  In 10 years Zappos when from a startup to being purchased by Amazon for $928M.  Selling shoes.  The right tools clearly make a huge difference.