Special Projects

Superior Consulting Services (SCS) helps IT leaders manage the complexity of running IT as a business by providing special projects services. Our areas of expertise include:

• Microsoft SharePoint

• Custom Business and IT Services

Helping You Get a Return from Your Microsoft SharePoint Investment

Superior Consulting Services provides the technical and business expertise to help our clients collect, organize, share, collaborate and deliver their information electronically.  Microsoft SharePoint, in conjunction with InfoPath, Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft BI tools, can deliver fully integrated solutions for an Intranet, the Internet or an information portal. 

Successfully implementing SharePoint solutions goes far beyond the technical platform.   In addition to the physical installation, initial setup and tuning of the SharePoint platform, our consultants have assisted our clients with:

• Eliciting business requirements for information delivery

• Designing master sites and templates against business requirements

• Delivering quality applications with SharePoint configurations, SharePoint Designer, integration of 3rd party webparts, and the creation of custom webparts in .NET

• Developing and implementing robust security models for controlling access to information

• Integrating SharePoint with Microsoft Office Suite and InfoPath forms

• Delivering the Microsoft BI tools through SharePoint in integrated mode

• Seamlessly integrating existing relational data-sources into SharePoint

• Expanding the capabilities of SharePoint by using PowerShell and other utilities to collect and manage other information

• Using SharePoint to deliver information to Mobile Users

Custom Business and IT Services

Although small- and medium-size businesses are often faced with the same challenges as their large enterprise counterparts, they seldom have the time and staff to effectively address these issues. Our Custom Business and IT Services enable companies of all sizes to effectively manage policy and procedures, regulatory compliance, and budgeting and planning.

Our versatile special projects consultants are able to hit the ground running and help you complete initiatives that will allow your organization to increase efficiency and maintain legal and regulatory compliance. Sample SCS engagements include:

• Business and Control Audits and Assessments

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

• Business Process Modeling, Improvement and Re engineering

• Electronic Records, Data Privacy, Information Protection

• IT Standards and Governance

• Technology Assessment and Strategy

• Technology Selection

• Complex or Anonymous RFI/RFP Processes

• Enterprise Application Integration and Middleware

• Service Oriented Architecture—Portal Planning and Implementation

• Designing for High-Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Strategic  IT Guidance

Mentoring

Special Projects Engagements are often a combination of completing a specific project and setting up practices and procedures that will become “business as usual.”  Our Special Projects’ staff is available to help guide and mentor your IT departments with implementing:

• Methodology Development and Implementation

• Management and enforcement of IT Policies, Standards and Procedures

• Enterprise, Portfolio and Project Architecture; Business and Technical

• Architecture Governance of Projects

• Quality Inspections and Reviews

• Change, Release and Configuration Management

• Project and Operational Controls

For more information on our Special Projects services including Microsoft SharePoint and Custom Business and IT Services, contact SCS today.