SERVICES Program Management and Project Execution Management of large complex multi-project programs with tough timelines and a strong need to engage the business resources in a good manner. Ensuring plans are executed in a manner that secures a delivery on time and budget. Plans are good, but execution is better. Afore normally recommends the SCRUM methodology as the core of our project execution. In our experience this is an excellent methodology to ensure a speedy and successful delivery in line with customer expectations. Our experience have though shown us that SCRUM have some weaknesses when it comes to scaling as well as ensuring timely execution when there is a hard deadline to a project. Afore thus recommends complementing the SCRUM based tools with some additional control elements stemming from PRINCE2 and similar methodologies. This set of control elements have been selected and harnessed through practical use in some of the most challenging IT projects in Norway and the UK, we are thus certain that the elements work well together and enhance the SCRUM approach without coming in conflict with the core philosophy of agility. In short we can say that SCRUM brings agility whilst PRINCE2 brings structure and additional control elements to the project methodology and execution. More concretely the development process is governed using the SCRUM methodology and all the different SCRUM artifacts. On top of this PRINCE2 is used to govern the overall project and ensure a good and efficient execution that meet the customer’s expectations in all areas (not only in development). Project analysis, revision and turnaround Do you have a project that has turned sour? Afore’s expertise have on several occasions been utilized to turn sour project around, get them back on track and turn a sure disaster into a successful delivery. Test Management and Execution We manage test planning and execution in large IT projects. Our personnel are dedicated to build in-house competencies as well as executing the testing on time making sure that both the business as well as the vendor maintains maximum throughput. ABOUT IT project with Change implications? Impossible deadlines? Want the real thing? Afore Consulting gives you access to senior competence not only in the sales meetings, but every day at your location throughout the whole project lifecycle! Afore Consulting AS was founded in 2005 by Asbjorn Eide, a former CEO from several companies in the Telenor and EDB (now Evry) family, and also a long time member of EDB Business Partner ASA executive management team. Ever since its inception the company have been dedicated to providing senior people with extensive line management and project management experience to helping large organization manage their complex IT related projects and change initiatives! We have done projects in Telecomms, Banking, Public Sector, Process Industry as well as Retail. Afore have specialized in heading up complex IT and change oriented projects on behalf of the customer, often controlling a multi-vendor setup. We are independent of all major providers making it possible for us to fully engage on the customer side. When the customer succeeds we succeed, we will always put the customer interest first. We will always do our outmost to ensure a successful delivery. We are proud to say that it all our client relationships we make it a point to ensure that we help the client build in-house competences. CONTACT Afore has experienced tremendous growth the last two years, are you interested in progressing a career, please do not hesitate to contact us. Are you looking to hire our experienced consultants? Afore Consulting AS Phone : +47 90 78 53 05 Email: info@aforeconsulting.com