Assessments provide IT managers with the analysis, tools and procedures that enable them to address complex legacy issues head-on. With Evolution Services, IT managers can determine what best serves the company's goals. 

Business Goals: The key to the entire Executive Assessment is identifying the true business goals and initiatives that should guide IT actions and the decision-making process. 

IT Actions: With business goals clearly identified and prioritized, IT actions for individual applications are determined. Actions include: 1) Consolidation and improved operational maintenance; 2) Integration, consolidation, and improved operational maintenance; 3) Selective evolution, integration, consolidation, and improved operational maintenance, 4) Immediate and complete legacy modernization.

Deliverables: At its conclusion, eCube will deliver an Executive Assessment Summary document, propose next steps and a simple proof of concept solution, if applicable. Executive Assessment Summary documents commonly include the following:


1. Business Analysis 

What type of risk does the firm face? 

• Technological (change, status quo, market shifts)
• Operational (costs, efficiency, flexibility)
• Competitive (where does the firm stand relative to competition) 
  

What are the primary goals and key business initiatives that drive business decisions? 

2. Technology Analysis 

Current strengths and weaknesses 

• Technology and architectural options
  
• IT and corporate core competencies
  Alignment with primary business goals and key business initiatives
  
• Potential benefits of improvements and reaching (and aligning with) business goals
  

3. Cost Benefit Analysis with return on investment (ROI) modeling

4. Recommendation

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