Our Business Consultancy skills

As per the SCL case studies page, Souter Consulting draws on the skills of Justin Souter, and a growing network of associates.

To give readers any idea of what skills SCL offers, this is an excerpt from information first posted on my personal Blog, Wellbanked, and slightly updated:

"A quick bulleted list to give readers an idea of what I have to offer:

Consultancy skills

  1. Business Change: deep understanding of how to combine people, process, and technology to achieve business outcomes—with the emphasis on people
  2. Business consultancy: Strategic and technical IT consultancy from a programme viewpoint; business / process analysis and design; report writing and presentation delivery
  3. Benefits management: Experience of Fujitsu’s Benefits Realisation methodology, which focuses on business outcomes, and creates network of activities to assure delivery of business benefits
  4. Business networking: business school Alumnus and business networker (online and face-to-face). Online at:
    1. LinkedIn
    2. Facebook
    3. Twitter
    4. Digital Dockyard etc.
  5. Project delivery: technical architecture and design; technology selection; team-worker and leader
  6. Project management: project planning and basic financials; awareness of PRINCE 2 methodology.”

It’s also worth saying that delivery skills will only thrive in the context of robust and healthy customer – consultant relationships. Getting this right is key to any engagement, and this is a key focus at the pre-sales stage, as well during delivery.

We want to be on great terms with our customers and stakeholders for mutual benefit: a happy customer is our priority.

Business Understanding

A list of things Justin has consulted, or taken an interest, in:

  • IT Strategy and Governance
  • Peer collaboration
  • Financial Services regulation
  • Corporate Performance Management
  • Business Process Management
  • Virtualisation
  • Virtual Worlds
  • IT Architecture
  • J2EE and Application Servers
  • Enterprise Application Integration & Web Services
  • Cloud computing

Technical

Justin started in technology using Microsoft Office tools, before training as a successfully – becoming a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (on Windows NT4), and picked up the following skills along the way, including:

  • Windows Operating Systems
  • Internet protocols and infrastructure
  • Collaboration platforms and online communities
  • Database Systems
  • Gadgets of all kinds

Grasp of Business and Technology Marketspace

Through reading The Economist; McKinsey Quarterly, Harvard Business School newsletters; subscription to numerous Industry Sector and Technology newsletters and blogs.

What this means for you

A varied background in the technology sphere, combined with a business-minded approach to getting the most from IT help bring about insights and innovative approaches that provide value over and above core delivery skills.

secret0807 Our Business Consultancy skills

Props to Hugh Macleod