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De-risking IT and Technology Projects
Do you have an IT or Software change, and need access to cost effective, independent, advice?
Find out what plans I offer and which is most suitable for your business.
Are You Managing an IT Project for Your Firm? Do You Feel Out of Your Depth?
Are you managing an IT Project for your firm and need some help?
Topics I will be covering over the remainder of 2023
In this video I outline the topics I aim to explore and cover for the remainder of the year.
These are:
• It software and supplier selection
• Project Direction
• Cyber Checklist
• Coaching and supporting IT staff
• Large Probable Opportunities
Is the AI fear real for law firms? How to address this and what to bear in mind.
Have you got a fear of missing out on AI? Is AI the right answer for your business needs? Where to start?
In this video I address a series of questions related to the necessity and process of integration of AI within your firm.
Why use an independent IT freelancer for your business?
In this video I provide insight to the benefits of choosing to work with a freelance IT Director and the benefits it could bring to your business.
An interview with Jonathan Bray (why law firm IT Projects fail)
Law firms launch lots of IT projects… probably more than they should. There is also a high failure rate. In this interview I discuss why law firms IT projects fail and how they can avoid the main pitfalls.
How a tried and trusted process can help you make the right decisions around your IT direction and associated costs
Firms are often presented with increasing costs for their IT solution, support and infrastructure.
How can a firm determine if the spend is required, or identify what is the right direction for them.
How I help smaller law firms with IT, when dealing with a Merger or Acquisition
In this video, I provide an overview on the types of firms I help when it comes to mergers and acquisitions.
I provide information on where I help firms and where IT plays a part post-merger. Managing partners will typically be focused on culture and retaining key people, post-merger. Here I provide an overview of where IT becomes important and how I can help firms ensure this key piece is a success also.
Getting the best out of your existing Case / Practice Management System
In this video you will learn a little about how to approach a project when looking to better leverage your existing case and practice management systems.
Where should you start?
What should you avoid doing (which you will want to do)?
How should you work with your people around this?
Client File: Helping a law firm find the right IT solution and supplier
Helping a law firm find the right IT solution and supplier
A live example of a client I have been working with.
Their existing IT provider was trying to sell them an expensive cloud based-IT system.
Did they need this?
What did we do about it.
“Helping small and medium sized law firms with IT pre / post merger”
Are you a small or medium sized firm who is considering (or discussing) an acquisition or merger?
“How do I get my IT Team to perform and report effectively”
Examples and scenarios of where IT / Software development teams are not performing.
Examples of where IT teams fall short of performing for their employers.
Insight into the areas where improvements can be made and how the structure, methodology and reporting should take place.
How to rectify these challenges.
“Help... We need to change IT Supplier!”
What I see firms do as a first step... what they do wrong.
How you should move forward, so you can maintain control and determine the right advice and direction for your firm.
Insight into how I help firms review their existing IT Managed Service Provider (Helpdesk / Support and Infrastructure) and how to make these reviews (and any associated selection, if necessary) a success.
Why you should avoid a standard tender package process!
“Our case management system is rubbish!”
Background on when and where I hear this phrase... or similar!
What can you do to determine if the issues causing this statement can be defined and addressed.
Maybe it's not rubbish; maybe it is just not working well enough for your people...
“We don't know, what we don't know”
Why is this phrase something I hear so often.
What are the principles behind this phrase, which are beneficial and correct.
What are the risks associated with bringing this into a project at the wrong point (too soon)!
“How to reduce the risk of IT decisions in law firms”
In this video I share some of the ways that IT decision makers protected themselves back in the 80's and 90's… and how you can reduce risk today.
“Helping Barristers Chambers with their IT and Technology”
This is a short video which provides some insight into the options available for chambers to use Microsoft to better manage devices and security for different working parties (staff and Barristers).
“How law firms can make IT projects a success”
In this video I share insight into a basic 5 phase project order, using a basic framework to help a control the order of events and work towards a successful outcome.
“We don’t know what we don’t know.” Why do I hear this phrase so often?
Here are the steps you’ve missed to ensure the success of your IT project.
Do your people use workarounds in your IT Systems? Probably, and here’s how you change this.
Over my time as a freelance IT expert, I have come across many employees in Professional Services businesses - partners, paralegals, assistants, etc - who have grown accustomed to creating their own workarounds to make the firm’s IT systems work for them. When asked why, the answer is always the same… “It’s just easier and quicker.”