STRATEGIC CONSULTING

E-Planning Readiness Workshop
What is e-Planning and how to prepare your systems and processes to get ready?

Typically 3 days

8 – 10 attendees

This 3 day workshop is aimed at your Senior Executive Team and for those members of staff who will directly involved with the e-Planning implementation. Ideally suited for 8 – 10 people, the workshop will step through the e-Planning framework, terminology, process change issues and contributing factors, such as national protocols, that make an implementation of this nature a success.

At the conclusion of the workshop, you and your team will have a clear understanding of how to implement a total e-Planning strategy, the tools that are necessary for success and you will recognize the key project milestones to achieving your desired results.

Business Process Review
A comprehensive review of your current processes and systems and how to adapt them to successfully introduce e-Planning

Typically 10 - 15 days

Complete e-Planning project team

The business process review works with the functional areas of your business to workshop, plan and document your e-Planning implementation strategy. Working with planners, planning administration, technical, front counter and management, the review focuses on the typical scenarios experienced when introducing new systems.

Identification of security concerns, privacy and legislation requirements, change management issues and integration of technology is all covered as part of the process. The results of the review will form part of your strategic approach to implementing effective e-Planning.

Needs Analysis for Management Reporting
Making the most out of your e-Planning implementation

Typically 3 days

Senior Management Team and direct reports

Working through the complex management reporting requirements needed as part of any technology implementation is a very intricate and often overlooked task. This reporting workshop will use existing scenarios and use cases to demonstrate examples of what can be achieved as part of the e-Planning implementation. State Government reporting templates, internal statistics and general reporting needs are covered in the 3 days.

TECHNICAL CONSULTING

Maintenance and Support Services for 3^rd party applications (e-Planning)

With experience in other e-Planning applications ICON Software Solutions offers competitive consulting services for the updating and further enhancement of existing implementations. Our technical consultant’s expertise in the development of add-on’s and enhancements around these solutions enables you to confidently move to new forward, add new reports or implement existing modules.

Integration Services and Technical Assistance for eDAIS compliance

Working with the early releases of the National electronic Development Assessment standard ensures that ICON can provide you with independent advice founded on a high level of understanding of the national protocol; we can provide technical guidance, project management and technical development services to assist you with integration to the Local Government vendors and other emerging e-Planning portals.

Integration Services for Local Government Solutions for State Government Reporting

Very similar to the integration services for eDAIS, ICON provides the technical expertise, development services and documentation to enable your organization to produce the necessary legislative reporting frameworks from your current systems. Our clear understanding of the requirements enables ICON to quickly and effectively meet your needs.

IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTING

ICON’s Implementation Services can support you in the design and implementation of your PlanningXchange solution suite, ensuring that it meets your requirements. By using our services, you can dramatically increase the efficiency and speed of implementation and deployment, while minimizing the risks often associated with the introduction of new enterprise systems. ICON’s Implementation Services provides full cycle project management for your PlanningXchange modules.

Whether you are initiating a brand new ICON module, modifying a PlanningXchange module presently in place, or adding new modules, ICON’s Implementation Services is adept at making the process smooth and efficient while making sure your overall objectives are met.

ICON’s service delivery team uses a four-step process—Discovery, Design, Development, and Delivery — deliver on-time, on-budget results. Working together every step of the way, your project is organized and scheduled by expert managers and delivered by trained professionals.

Discovery. During the Discovery phase, we work with you to define your specific requirements. This involves understanding functional and business requirements, success factors of the project, use scenarios, and process flow. During this time, ICON Implementation Services works with you to define and improve business efficiency drawing from our ongoing experience and prior successes.

Design. The initial portion of the design phase involves working with you to develop a Statement of Work. A detailed project scope is defined to specify all components of your PlanningXchange solution. A Design Document is also developed to detail the structure of the PlanningXchange solution including the outputs, such as, reports and graphs that will be delivered with the project.

Development. During the development phase, the PlanningXchange solution (or modules of) is implemented according to the design. Frequent progress meetings are held with you to help monitor progress and insure the design objectives are being met.

Delivery. During delivery, the PlanningXchange solution is implemented at your site and your solution is deployed. ICON works with you to ensure the system is installed and working properly. At this time, use cases may be conducted. A checklist is supplied and evaluated to ensure that all your needs and requirements are met.

Data connectivity. ICON Implementation Services can also work with you to develop streamlined approaches for the initially migrate data to your PlanningXchange solution such as the PLAN module. We then work with you to integrate PlanningXchange to other corporate applications within your enterprise. Data migration and connectivity requirements are varied and the ICON Implementation consultants work with you to define a custom solution to meet your requirements.

Adapting to your needs. ICON Implementation Services has designed and implemented PlanningXchange solutions for a wide range of clients. In order to successfully support the diverse Online Planning needs of our clients, ICON has designed its PlanningXchange product to be a highly configurable system. PlanningXchange can be configured as a hosted system or a locally installed solution handling thousands of web based users for a diverse range of planning enquiries. The ICON Implementation Services team can aid in the discovery of how our highly customisable PlanningXchange solution can be adapted to meet your needs.