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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.

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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

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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.

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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?

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“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.   

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“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!

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“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...

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“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)!

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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.”

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