Technology Consultancy

What this looks like in practice

You have quotes. They describe different systems at different prices, each written by a supplier with an interest in the answer. What you are missing is not another opinion — it is an assessment from someone who does not get paid more if you pick the bigger option.

We read what you already run: the code, the infrastructure bill, the data, the integrations that were meant to be temporary. Then we talk to the people who work around the gaps, because the shape of the workarounds tells you where the system is actually failing, and that rarely matches where the org chart thinks it is failing.

What you get, in writing

Options, not a recommendation dressed up as inevitability. Each one costed, each one with its risks named, and — the part usually left out — what each option forecloses. Choosing a managed platform buys you speed and costs you a category of future change. That trade should be made on purpose.

We do recommend one. We also write down what would change our mind, so you can check later whether the reasoning still holds.

The roadmap is portable

The sequenced plan you get at the end is written to be handed to any supplier, including one that is not us. If we have done this properly you should be able to put the work out to tender on the strength of it — and whether you can is a fair test of whether the advice was independent.