We can help you to prioritize the project steps to demonstrate value early to your colleagues and boss. Often you will need to do some diagnostic work to bolster the business case. The purpose of a needs analysis is simple. We want to find the smallest project we can do that will produce the maximum pay-off. Our philosophy is simple.
Software is complex and can do just about anything.
So the question is what has the most value for you. Needs analysis is always a short project. One to four weeks would be the normal range. At the end of the period, we should have defined what the objectives are for the project, what information is required and where it is located, how much effort will be required to put up the first generation system. The key output of this phase is consensus on what we are trying to achieve.