SteadyRain has cultivated an experienced consulting team. Our goal is to become your trusted technology advisor.
SteadyRain's consulting practice can be broken down into three main categories, which are:
- Web Architecture Planning
- Software Architecture Planning
- Online Marketing (including SEO and SEM planning)
A common element of all three categories includes SteadyRain's Joint Application Development (JAD) approach to client projects.
This approach is a collaborative method for discovering your project goals and gaining approvals and feedback quickly and accurately from your entire staff.
This approach includes:
- Pre-planning or discovery phase elements (i.e. interviews with staff members, internal and external research tools, competitive analysis discussions, business goals and other objectives)
- Project planning and implementation phase elements (i.e. project scope definitions, database integration planning, architecture planning, workflow planning, implementation planning)
The end result of a JAD approach will include a long-term strategic vision unique for your organization and also a plan of action for their short term, immediate goals and project.
Tools we use can include:
Internal Factor Analysis
- Survey Tools - internal audiences (your key distributors, your key clients) - By asking the right question to the right audiences, SteadyRain is able to analyze the results to better improve upon our client’s web-based solution.
- Key Success Factor development - based on interviews with your staff and clients, SteadyRain will recommend key success factors to focus on for your web project.
- Strategic Internet Planning - looking at immediate, short and long-term plans for your organization and evaluating the proper solution to fit your goals.
- Conversion metrics and measurement definition (after go live) - We can take base-line measurements and show improvement and comparisons.
- Objective, third-party interviews with your internal staff members - Consultants interview and analyze your current business operations and recommend technology solutions for work processes, functions and workflows.
- Tele-surveys to client base as objective third party - find out what your clients truly want and need from your services.
- Scope Definition/Project Definition - project work flows, flow charts, site summary, pro forms, other explanatory documents.
External Factor Analysis
- Competitive Analysis - Evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in marketplace (SWOT Analysis)
- Survey Tools - email potential clients about your next product offering.
- New technology research and tools - How could a Wiki or blog affect your business?
- URL tracking and management
- Search Engine Optimization
- Search Engine Marketing
Clients have used these sessions and resulting reports for:
- Web site, extranet and intranet planning
- Long-term technology infrastructure planning and decision-making
- Obtain leadership role within a specific industry through innovative web technology
- As part of a start-up business plan
- Internet portion of overall corporate marketing plan for the year
- Development of custom software applications
Contact a SteadyRain Internet Strategist to talk about your plans and goals.