Our services
Qi Consulting offers a unique blend of management and technical expertise and proven understanding of public service issubusiness and technical specialisms.
The main areas where Qi's consultants are deployed are in:
- Strategy and Business Planning
- Programme and Project Management
- Gateway™ Reviews
- Business Change and Organisational Development
- Sourcing and Contract Management
- Interim Management
- Marketing and Communications
- Security Consultancy
- ICT Consultancy
Service: Strategy & Business Planning
Qi Consulting is a management and ICT consultancy company focused on providing services to the public sector. Qi Consulting offers a blend of management consultancy expertise and proven understanding of public sector issues at senior management level. The consultants we offer are familiar with the policy issues and operational challenges facing the public sector. All are senior professionals; many have worked together on multi-skilled team assignments; all place a high value on sharing knowledge and experience.
We provide a full range of ICT services to private and public sector clients, and the provision of ICT strategy consultancy and development is one of our core competencies. Key strengths include:
- ICT strategy development and implementation including advice on shared services;feasibility studies, full studies and post implementation reviews (including business case development);
- procurement advice and support including advice on outsourcing;
- change management including advice on new ways of working and sustainability and green computing;
- programme and project management;
- strategic reviews and health checks.
We support, promote and comply with government and industry best practice and we are pleased that some of our consultants have been directly involved in the development of government best practice guidance.
Qi Consulting has in-depth expertise and experience in Strategy and Business Planning. We offer genuinely ‘independent’ consultants providing impartial advice for ICT strategy and consultancy services covering the development of Information and Communications Strategies, Feasibility and Full Studies plus Reviews including PIRs, strategic reviews and health checks together with new ways of working, outsourcing and shared services.
We cover all the major customer areas including Central Civil Government, Health, Police and Criminal Justice, Education, Local Authorities and MOD. We also cover specialist areas such as Sustainability, Transportation, Utilities and Communities.
Key services include:
- Advice and guidance on Business Planning, including options analysis, opportunity analysis, best practice identification;
- Advice and guidance on Analytical Techniques and Methodologies including production of tools, techniques and methodologies for the management and development of business strategy;
- Advice and guidance on Development and Operational Improvements including business strategy development, business change, options analysis, operational improvements;
- Advice and guidance on operational finance including Whole Life Cycle Costing, benchmarking, value management, options analysis and financial evaluation, reporting, review;
- Earned Value Management (EVM), EVM guidance and support, Combined Operational Effectiveness Investment Appraisal (COEIA);
- Advice and guidance on PPP/PFI, including policy, legislation, financial evaluation, reporting, review;
- Advice and guidance on Partnering, including policy, legislation, financial evaluation, reporting, review;
- Advice and guidance on Human Resources (HR) including, manpower modelling, skills requirements, policy advice, legislation;
- Advice and guidance on Manpower Substitution, including IT Grades, Admin and Clerical Grades, Interim Professionals. Legislation and policy;
- Advice and guidance on Training including IT training, provision of training, general training, Training Needs Analysis (TNA). Training Policy;
- Advice and guidance on Business Planning including Production of tools and methodologies to display project activities;
- Business Planning, Planning Management;
- Risk Management;
- Advice and guidance on Business Processes including business process simulation. Requirements capture, requirements specification, product definition;
- Business Case support;
- Procurement and contracting support;
- Advice and guidance on Change including change management and change delivery;
- Transitioning individuals and teams from a current state to a desired future state;
- Organisational change;
- Advice and guidance on Information Management, including information delivery;
- Advice and guidance on Knowledge Management including organisational objectives, performance, continuous improvement.
