Smart Enough Systems

Smart (enough) Systems provides turnkey consulting services in all aspect of operational decision making including Enterprise Decision Management, Operational Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, and associated disciplines. Services include assessments, technology and vendor selection, strategy, architecture, design, implementation, training, change management and errant project rescue. Smart (enough) Systems works to keep the team size small, to populate it with superb people and to transfer all the knowledge we have.

 Specific service offerings for companies adopting these technologies and approaches include:

• Strategic Decisioning Consulting
  Many organizations find the business case for improving their operational decision making technology and approaches compelling but don’t know where to start. Smart (enough) Systems can help establish where the business case is strongest, identify the risks and issues and help plan Enterprise Decision Management or Operational BI adoption. Working closely with business, analytic and technical staff, Smart (enough) Systems can bring these groups together around an agreed, workable plan.

• Decision Discovery Process™
  The Decision Discovery Process™ is a short-term, focused diagnostic that helps you see the opportunities for decision management in a particular business process or business area. Focusing on best practices, the service prioritizes opportunities and shows the potential ROI. Ideal for showing where and when to automate decisions for maximum return, the Decision Discovery Process can be used by those considering decision automation for the first time as well as those looking to expand their existing projects.
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• Developing an Operational Decisioning Competency Center
  As organizations realize that there is significant value in the systematic automation and improvement of operational decisions, they need a way to drive the adoption of the relevant technologies and approaches while managing the organizational change involved. A lack of a systematic approach will result in inconsistent deployments, unnecessary management and implementation costs and low adoption of best practices. An Operational Decisioning Competency Center (ODCC) is needed.
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• Vendor and Partner Selection
  As the leading vendor-neutral consulting firm in the enterprise decision management space, Smart (enough) Systems is uniquely able to help companies describe the technology and service they need, identify candidate vendors and partners, and even select the right companies with whom to work. Organizations can rely on our independence and expertise to help them make the right choices.

• Data Infrastructure for Operational Decision Making
  One of the most challenging areas for organizations when improving operational decision making is in the creation, management and maintenance of the data infrastructure required. Everything from data quality to data warehouses, data integration to semantic technology, meta data to data marts must be considered and fit into the overall plan. With years of experience in all these different technologies, Smart (enough) Systems can make sure the right pieces are put in place in the right order.

• Decision Infrastructure Assessment and Remediation
  Despite organizations’ best efforts, and those of their vendors, things go wrong. When projects to support operational decision making get into trouble, Smart (enough) Systems can offer assessment and remediation services to get you on the right track once again.

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