Digitalisation Advisory
IT audits, honest roadmaps, vendor and grant advice, and training, including the advice not to build the thing you asked us to build.
The problem, in your words.
We pay for eleven software subscriptions. I can name six of them.
A vendor has quoted us for a new system and it sounds right, but nobody on our side can tell whether the price is fair.
The board wants a digitalisation plan by next quarter, and our IT person is also our finance officer.
Advice in the Philippines
Our Philippines team in Iloilo audits what local government units and community organisations already run, then sets out what to fix first and in what order. Fixed price, quoted in pesos, and the roadmap is yours whether or not we build any of it.
Advisory is where we look before anyone builds anything. An IT audit and health check covers your systems, licences, data, security and the workarounds people use to get through the day, and ends with a plain-language report of what is fine, what is risky, and what is costing you money for no reason.
From that we write a digitalisation roadmap in phases, each with a cost, an owner and a reason, so you can fund the first phase without committing to the fifth. Along the way we review vendors and licences, help you write a brief and compare quotes like for like, and in Malaysia and Singapore we cover PDPA and data governance and help with technology grant and funding applications.
A surprising amount of this work ends with us telling an organisation it does not need new software. It needs to turn off two systems, fix one process and train four people. That advice is cheaper for you and worse for our revenue, and we give it anyway. When you do need to build or buy, we say so, and you are free to take the roadmap to someone else.
A typical engagement covers interviews with the people doing the work, a look at the systems and the bills, a draft you can argue with, and a final roadmap presented to your leadership or board. If you go ahead, we stay for the change: training, handover, and a check-in once the new system meets real staff.
Advisory is quoted in ringgit or dollars and fixed for the scope. It is done by the same engineers and leads who build and run systems every day, so the advice is grounded in what things actually cost to run and to leave, not in a slide deck.
From first chat to handover.
Listen
We interview the people doing the work, not only the people who sign off.
Look under the bonnet
Systems, licences, bills and data, checked and written up in plain language.
Draft and argue
A draft roadmap you can push back on before anything is final.
Present the plan
A phased roadmap with costs your leadership or board can decide on.
Stay for the change
Training, handover and a check-in once the new system meets real staff.
Things people ask us.
How long does an IT audit take?
The scope says how long it takes from the first interview to the final report; a small organisation is short, and larger or multi-site organisations take longer.
How much does it cost?
Advisory is quoted in ringgit or dollars, fixed for the agreed scope. The roadmap then puts a cost on every phase, so you know what a recommendation will cost before you commit to it.
Will you just recommend that we build something with you?
No. Plenty of our roadmaps recommend an off-the-shelf tool, switching something off, or doing nothing yet. If building is the answer, you are free to take the roadmap to any developer.
Can you help with technology grants?
In Malaysia and Singapore, yes. We help you work out which technology grants and funding schemes fit, and prepare the technical parts of the application. We cannot promise an outcome, but we can make the application clear.
What if the person who understands our systems is leaving?
Then an audit is the right first step. We document what you have, who has access and what each thing costs, so the knowledge stays with your organisation rather than leaving with one person.