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Market Sector: Defence

Qi Consulting was established in 1996 as a management and ICT consultancy company specialising in providing consultancy services to the wider public sector. The company has consistently offered a unique blend of management consultancy expertise and proven understanding of defence related issues at senior management level, supported by a wide range of business and technical specialisms. Qi Consulting has been providing a wide range of business and ICT consultancy services to the Ministry of Defence since the introduction of the Defence Catalogues and we have been successfully delivering consultancy services across the MOD, including under a number of DE&S enabling agreements.

The range of work undertaken by Qi Consulting across the defence market includes assignments covering:

consultancy to support business change and associated processes;
articulation and application of strategy and stakeholder involvement;
feasibility studies and option selection;
IT/IS procurement - assisting in the procurement process including PFI/PPP;
defining the business requirements to ensure a high quality deliverable;
technical architecture and design, system design and functional specifications;
testing services - setting up, managing the testing strategy and detailed testing plans through development, unit testing, system testing and User Acceptance testing;
through-life management;
managing third parties' resources;
business analysis and analytical techniques and methodologies;
development and operational improvements
business planning, business process re-engineering;
change delivery
information and knowledge management
advising on the design, optimisation and implementation of new and existing IT/IS systems;
technical support to determine the optimum technology choice to meet clients’ long-term business needs, including interoperability;
advice and support for Microsoft Office Products;
provision of specialist security and network consultancy;
the design, development and support of intelligent infrastructure systems;
consultancy support in related technology fields, such as broadband delivery; switching networks and transmission;
strategic programme/project management (PPM) support;
programme/project initiation;
programme delivery with Managing Successful Programmes (MSP);
project delivery with PRINCE2;
alignment and integration of PPM with organisational aims;
portfolio development;
benefits management;
risk management;
project/programme governance and assurance;
programme management office design and set-up;
CRAMM and Management of Risk (M_o_R);

We are also able to offer advice and guidance on the design, optimisation and implementation of new and existing IT/IS systems. We use our expertise to propose a solution that best meets a client’s requirement in terms of compatibility and performance.

Work undertaken by Qi Consulting also includes assignments covering specifically IS Service Management and IS Security and includes:

End to End Projects - support for the whole life of programmes and projects
IS Service Management solutions, using IT Service Management solutions provider who use the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) as a governance framework
IS Security - planning and design of secure systems, procedures and processes
Investigation services, compliance, audit and testing
Risk analysis and consultancy services

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