Build the 21st Century IT Department
Explosive business growth is requiring IT managers to add new skills, introduce new development methodologies, and pursue new management techniques to support different technologies. In today's environment, IT managers must find ways to integrate disparate collections of outdated legacy systems and newer technologies and build efficiency into their maintenance and development processes. Techniques like offshore development, service based architectures, and third party methodologies can provide the basis for a more dynamic systems environment, but they often require new project team structures, and governance models. Tandem Solutions helps IT managers build organizations that achieve new levels of efficiency while delivering outstanding results to their business unit sponsors.

Make the shift from Management to Leadership
As technology evolves, IT managers are finding it increasingly difficult to absorb the impacts on how they do their work. Building the integrated business solutions of the future will require multi-disciplinary teams with specialized knowledge of the disparate technologies involved. This environment will require more than managing by controlling scope, timelines, and tasks. IT executives must also learn to lead by establishing a clear strategy based on the business drivers, and motivating and coaching team members to explore new alternatives for delivering results. Tandem Solutions has a proven methodology and a series of training and development modules to help managers capitalize on the opportunity presented by this powerful transition.

You can't outsource quality
Outsourcing seems to be the new silver bullet in IT management. Numerous Offshore Development Companies have developed significant expertise in maintaining legacy systems and managing new development projects on behalf of their clients. Although outsourcing may offer potentially significant benefits in cost reductions and increased speed to market, it also poses a number of significant challenges for IT executives. In an outsourced environment, IT professionals must shift from being project managers implementing technical solutions and controlling scope to advocating for their business partners by defining detailed level business requirements, leading the team to deliver and ensuring success through appropriate quality control and system conversion initiatives. Tandem Solutions can provide expertise in managing remote solutions centers, and building a collaborative environment between business sponsors and IT professionals to ensure the work is correctly specified, and that appropriate testing and rollout activities occur before the system is accepted.