CATAPULT™
BUSINESS-FOCUSED
METHODOLOGY ACCELERATES
CREATION
OF A SUCCESSFUL IT SOLUTION
Changing the way you do business
means changes across the organization. As in any high-risk endeavor, it’s imperative that you get things right. Failure to do so wastes significant resources, and can jeopardize the success of your
business.
To ensure you realize the full business value of your investment, Ascend utilizes Catapult, a comprehensive framework for a highly focused, accelerated process that:
- Aligns your IT solution with your business vision, and
- Effectively delivers your solution to realize key business results.
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Pervasive solution management ensures you achieve your goals
We go to great lengths to ensure that the IT solution you receive is aligned with your business needs and enables you to realize intended business benefits. Like assurance of quality, proactive solution management permeates all phases of the Catapult life cycle.
Far more than traditional administrative project support, our solutions management approach includes early identification of risks. Catapult creates a plan for and assigns stakeholder ownership of critical success factors. This enables us to head off problems before they can occur.
In addition, Catapult assigns detailed, multi-level project roles and responsibilities throughout the solution development and execution phases of the project. Stakeholders are involved throughout the process and are empowered to make decisions and keep the initiative on track.
Solution management approach leads to self-sufficiency in production
With Catapult you are fully prepared for going live. The implementation project plan specifies final builds, code migration, and data conversions. Go/no-go decision points are identified and back-out plans are provided to ensure that you move into full implementation only when you are ready.
Before moving into production mode, Catapult ensures that day-to-day operations are clearly defined. You are equipped with an operations run-book; specified escalation procedures; security policy and procedures; back-up procedures; and change management, performance monitoring and management, and problem management procedures.
In summary: Catapult delivers a focused, accelerated process. Unlike other approaches used in the industry, Catapult:
- Ensures that you are focused on the right target
- Ensures that you stay on target. Enables you to reach your target quickly and cost-effectively
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