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Product Implementation

Stone Cobra provides a range of services to ensure a successful software product implementation. Enterprise software is notorious for last-minute surprises, cost over-runs, and long, lingering implementation times. Utilizing Stone Cobra for your implementation eliminates these risks. Here’s how…

Absolute Project Transparency (APT)

Up-front APT planning gives you insight into the entire project with details on resource utilization, tasks, and budget requirements. Most importantly, Stone Cobra is able to provide you with a plan that is accurate within a 2% margin for projects less than 4 months and accurate within a 5% margin for larger projects. When was the last time you had that high of a confidence level in your project plan?

Real-Time Implementation Management (RTIM)

Real-time risk, issue and task management (RTIM) mean you have an accurate, comprehensive view into the finer details of the project throughout the duration of the implementation. No more black-out periods during the construction phase and surprises when you begin testing. RTIM means all aspects of the project are handled in an efficient and exacting manner to deliver a high quality solution in less time.

Vendor Independent Solutions (VIS)

Choosing a Stone Cobra Implementation Team means choosing a team with a unified goal: your success. Product vendors supply implementation teams that may have split goals representing both the goals of the product company and the goals of a successful implementation. Stone Cobra is able to focus on your specific success criteria in your specific environment with your existing software packages, your business processes and your business goals. This eliminates any conflict of interest during the implementation. In addition, Stone Cobra engineers have in-depth experience with the leading CRM, ERP, Knowledge Management (KM), Enterprise Search, Enterprise 2.0 & Collaboration Software, Content Management, Document Management, Contract Management, Sales Force Automation, Marketing Automation and Customer Portal software packages, giving them superior qualifications for integration and custom implementation work. With VIS, you are left with software that works the way you want it to in an intuitive and maintainable manner.

Implementation Services

Stone Cobra tailors the list of recommended services to meet your organizational needs and project goals in the most efficient manner. For example, additional design, testing and documentation services are recommended for regulated industries to meet compliance guidelines. Streamlined services are available for agile companies with short turnaround times.

In addition to a standard software implementation (design, construction, testing and deployment), here are a few services that you might consider:

  • Strategic Framework and Project Goals Definition - Formally documenting a strategic framework for the project and defining the project goals before embarking on the implementation will greatly increase your odds of a success. It is highly effective service that provides focus and clarity to all remaining aspects of the project.
  • Return On Investment (ROI) Calculations - Stone Cobra will work with you to quantify the areas of improvement reasonably expected within scope for your proposed project. This information often helps to get support and backing to move a project forward.
  • Organizational Change Management - Understanding that changes in business process usually require a change in culture or team dynamics is a shift that is often missed. Post-implementation failures due to poor adoption can often be linked to a failure to change the team culture and integrate the new process. Identifying, planning, and implementing organization change management strategies will increase your adoption rates providing sustainable, long-term project success.
  • Hosting - Need to get your implementation under way, but IT procurement timelines are longer than desired? Interested in having your implementation maintained by the same knowledgeable team that worked with you during the implementation? Want to have your entire implementation hosted to minimize maintenance? Stone Cobra will work with you to determine a short-term or long-term hosting solution that meets your needs.