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Our Approach

We recognise that our client's needs evolve according to the operating environment, culture and competitive pressures that change over the course of time. This drives changes associated with internal delivery capabilities and the procurement of consulting services. Our delivery approach is founded on two key principles; establishing a balanced delivery team & utilising a non- prescriptive delivery approach.

Establishing a balanced delivery team: the manner in which organisations approach the definition of their transformation initiatives will dictate the level of success and benefits derived.

Searchlight have defined a number of services and solutions which enable our clients to deliver their programmes and projects, ensuring a balance is maintained, between delivery, risk profile and level of benefits realised.

Our consultants have the expertise and gravitas to shape initiatives and balance the client / consulting team, to our client’s specific situation at different stages in the delivery life cycle. Hence, we are able to provide adhoc advice and guidance, specific subject matter expert input or supporting the end to end delivery of a programme or project.

Our team's strengths:

  • Industry & Consulting experience
  • Global delivery experience, whilst remaining cost effective
  • Sector specific knowledge
  • Delivery and competence development within every engagement
  • Adopt either traditional waterfall or agile delivery methods
  • Independence, ensuring appropriate risk based delivery models can be deployed
  • Our delivery ethos ensures a united delivery team working with both our clients and partners

Non-prescriptive delivery approach: our delivery approach can be broken down into three distinct phases within Searchlights Beacon © Delivery Management Framework.

Beacon consists of a framework of tools and accelerators that are based on Prince 2 and vendor methods including SAP’s ASAP and Oracles OUM. Our delivery track record and non prescriptive Delivery Management Framework:

  • Ensures success for your Business & IT initiatives
  • Supports your ongoing competence development
  • Provides a risk based framework to govern the delivery of your IT initiatives throughout the delivery life cycle

Programme, Project, Change Management Method

Searchlight Delivers an SAP CRM Programme: Searchlight managed the delivery of a leading retailers SAP CRM solution and subsequent transition into a new support model.Searchlight Introduces an Offshore Delivery Model: Searchlight conducted a review of the Telecoms organisations new offshore delivery model and led the introduction of robust delivery controls, governance and vendor managementService Management Consulting for a Financial Service Organisation: Searchlight are delivering a service management maturity assessment review and consultancy services to transition our client to a world class support model.Programme Management of Greenfield SAP Implementation: Searchlight programme managed and led the solution assurance for an FMCG client to establish a Pan European green field SAP solutionSearchlight Delivers Business Intelligence Optimisation: Searchlight are working with an FMCG client to optimise their current SAP BI solutions to provide more effective management information.Searchlight Delivers Security Management Consultancy: Searchlight delivers SAP security consulting for a retail organisation and supports creation of an offshore delivery model