Thursday, 23 June 2016

Delivery Management

We offer Delivery Management services for IT projects where governance can be provided for individual projects, programs or portfolios of multiple programs and projects. We will bring in the right delivery partner and ensure alignment right from the concept and strategy stage, through the various milestones, until the project goals are achieved and the benefits derived.


We utilize our expertise in delivering IT projects to help draw up strategies for risk-mitigated execution and plan for contingencies that may arise. The governance process is agreed upon early in the project lifecycle and we work closely with the customer and delivery partner to follow it meticulously to ensure successful delivery.
The projects will be done keeping in mind the principles of continuous improvement and agility so that the systems can respond easily to changing requirements.

Delivery Steps for Successful Projects

  • Understand the project objectives and their fitment into the organization’s strategy
  • Get the Project Sponsor to buy into the project management methodology and agree on the governance process
  • Have the right blend of planning, monitoring and control to complete the project on time with high quality
  • Assemble the right team from the customer and Delivery SI and ensure all stakeholders work in the true spirit of partnership
  • Address any skill gaps and provide training to project stakeholders where required
  • Inculcate a culture of open and speedy communication and implement a RACI matrix for clear responsibility and accountability
  • Keep an eye on the key factors of Time, Cost, Quality and Customer Satisfaction and address any early warning signs that are observed
  • Celebrate well with the teams when the project goes live
Agile Concepts

We will apply agile concepts, so that requirements are met in an iterative fashion, where we have learning from one stage to the next. The systems we build will focus on continuous improvement and short cycles, so that they can respond to the changing business environment. All stakeholders have responsibility to help achieve the project objectives and the project manager’s role gets modified accordingly.

PMO Setup


We can help customers set up a Project Management Office to help increase their number of successfully delivered projects and help institutionalize a good project management culture in their organization. The PMO can be designed at the scale required by the organization and will help in standardizing procedures, knowledge base, reusability, troubleshooting and resource allocation.

Technology Advisory Services

Customers are constantly looking at business ideas to improve their results and positioning in the market. We can help with technology selection and delivery of IT systems, such as:


Customer-facing and Core ERP & HCM systems

Customer-facing systems (CX & CRM), Business Development (Sales & Opportunity tracking), core systems such as ERP and HCM with the supporting Analytics. We will work with customers to get their key requirements and help them select the most suitable options, keeping in mind in mind functionality, ease of deployment, maintainability and Total Cost of Services (erstwhile TCO) under the Cloud (Op-ex) model.

Digital Strategy

With the proliferation of digital technologies becoming available, companies have the ideal opportunity to transform their business into a digital business and earn revenue streams. We can help customers develop their overall strategy for differentiation and digitization and suggest suitable technology options, such as SMAC and others for the same

Partnerships

We will have end-to-end partnerships with OEMs and SI partners throughout the outsourcing cycle, from RFP to completely-stabilized go-live operations and help in the Vendor Management process.

Across all Industries

We can work across all industries such as Manufacturing, BFSI, Healthcare, Retail & CPG, Telecom, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities & others and help you with solutions as mentioned above.

Best-fit solutions

In addition to our technology recommendations we would also consider all technology choices suggested by our customers and recommend the best fit in terms of functionality, ease of deployment, maintainability and cost.

Continuous Improvement


The changes can be implemented in manageable chunks, so that the transformation is incremental in nature and there is learning from one stage to the next. We will build flexibility and agility into the systems, so they can respond to a changing business environment.

Hightree Consulting

Vision

Deliver the right-fit IT solutions that can respond with agility to the changing business environment and help customers sustain competitive advantage

Concept


Just as tall redwood and palm trees reach for the sky, so do the Hightree Consulting team members try and reach for the maximum to increase customer satisfaction and growth.
Our philosophy is to go the extra mile in our services to customers, to ensure that they exceed their goals. There would be untiring effort from our side to ensure that our solutions deliver their expected benefits and enable growth of business parameters. Please reach out to us and invite us to be part of your journey.

Our Team


Co-Founder

Mahesh Aswani

  • Extensive experience in the delivery of IT projects while working with large System Integrators.
  • Delivery of HCM, ERP, CX, Java, Knowledge Management, Mainframe and other projects for large customers around the globe
  • Experience of building practices and making them successful
  • Key Alliance roles to increase business and improve competency
  • Has exposure to the SMAC stack and other digital technologies
Education: Has done his MS from UC Berkeley and BE from VJTI, Mumbai
Specialization: IT systems and Delivery and Project Management principles

Co-Founder



Jyoti Lalvani

  • Understanding consumer behaviour and consumer insights across industries (media, retail, leisure, travel, rural, health etc among others)
  • Advertising & Brand Strategy Development for Brands during extensive advertising experience
  • Strategic thinking and solutions for the Brand. Business Development
  • Digital and social media marketing
  • Event management and rural marketing branding
Education: Has done her MBA from IMDR, Pune and BSC from WCC, Chennai

Specialties: Brand communication strategy and analyses of consumer trends and behaviour