The consulting services are focused on our core management and IT competencies. We primarily consult during the strategy and solution definition phase of the development lifecycle, and offer expertise in program and project management during the implementation phase. Our key area of consulting are:
Business and IT Strategy
Xpand Horizons helps its clients identify strategies to meet their short term and long term business goals either for the whole enterprise or for a specific business area. We provide capital planning and investment control (CPIC) expertise to build and manage IT portfolios of our clients in alignment with their business strategy. We also offer experience with modernization and business transformation planning and delivery.
Enterprise Architecture
Xpand Horizons possesses skill base in various aspects of Enterprise Architecture including Federal EA Framework, Treasury EA, Bureau/Agency EA, and Segment Architecture. We have experience with business as well as technical architecture, and we also offer Transition Planning services.
Business Process Management and Reengineering
Identifying, quantifying, and minimizing business process inefficiencies through business analysis, process design and reengineering for superior performance is a core competency of Xpand Horizons. We have provided guidance and expertise to reengineer some of the most complex processes related to taxpayer accounts, electronic transactions, customer service, and client communications.
Business Rules and Requirements
Xpand Horizons offers a niche in business rules harvesting, governance, management, and implementation. We also provide the capability to develop integrated and traceable requirements models that include requirement statements, rules, process models, capabilities, test cases, scenarios, use cases, and other analysis artifacts.
Program and Project Management
During the implementation phase, Xpand Horizons brings a wealth of knowledge and experience for efficient program management as well as project management deploying industry best practices and proven methodologies for optimal delivery.
Innovation Product Division:
Innovation Product Division helps us make strategic investments in long term relationships for new products and partnerships. We offer guidance and assistance to early-stage startups for new product definition, business plans, valuation, and networking in exchange for a fee and/or equity. We also build long term partnerships to provide sales channel for existing product lines to expand current market segments or cultivate new markets.
Product Definition and Development
We recognize the criticality of correct product definition, especially for startups in technology space. We leverage our technical and business expertise to guide product definition and development at very early stages within the context of market trends, technology trends, and competitive landscape.
Startup Assistance
We offer startup assistance in terms of providing bootstrapping guidance, creating business plans or any of its components, developing financial pro-forma statements, valuation, and enable networking and deal-making.
Product Sales and Deployment
We provide sales channels for the product lines and associated service offerings of our partners by identifying new market segments and developing client relationships in existing segments. We also offer services in sales and deployment of new technology products.
The real deal -
No matter what kind of service we provide to our clients, we always strive for the following -
- Develping a deep understanding of our client's business and motivations
- Actively look for win-win situations
- Doing what makes both of us happy
- Pointing in the right direction if what you need is beyond our capabilities
