Technology

Chessiecap provides a targeted set of technology consulting services designed to make a substantive difference in the value of a business. Based on industry best practices in product management and development methodologies, our hands-on technologists bring to clients the ability to architect, design, develop, and deliver to market offerings that align completely with customer needs. In addition, our technology assessment and due diligence processes give companies and investors a clear, complete view of product capabilities and underlying technology in days - not weeks or months. The net result is that Chessiecap technologists can:

Create technology roadmaps that lead to development of exceptional products
Lower risk on current technology efforts
Rapidly assess the technical and business value of a company's products and services during the transaction process

Chessiecap is the only investment bank in the Mid-Atlantic region can provide this level of deep transaction-centric technology expertise and execution.

Chessiecap technology consulting services fall into four areas:

Technology Assessment and Due Diligence — involves a structured process for quickly assessing the capabilities and underlying technology of a product or service in support of a transaction. The process includes formal documented engagement procedures, workbooks, and reporting guidelines. Our consultants possess up-to-date technical knowledge and skill sets. We customize each engagement to fit client goals for the review. Chessiecap provides clients with rapid, expert, and unbiased opinions.
Product Management Services — supports bringing the right product to market to meet customer needs. Chessiecap's product management practice addresses the nuts and bolts of feature set design, product roadmaps, product adoption, risk mitigation, cost control, sales roll-out, and on-going support. Using a proven set of industry practices, product management practitioners create an effective, clear and actionable product plan that will jump-start a client's commercial offering.
Software Delivery & Process Improvement — applies the lessons learned from hundreds of technology projects to ensure that software gets delivered and to enable accountability and transparency in the software development process. Chessiecap employs a light weight, best practices approach that incorporates the key elements of classic software project management and the more modern Iterative Development and Agile Programming disciplines. Our technologists concentrate on the key processes that determine whether projects succeed or fail, including time and cost estimation, work breakdown, reporting and communications, testing, deployment, and budget controls. We use risk management techniques to ensure that project risk goes down as a project evolves - not up. The result is that Chessiecap clients bring products to market on-time, on-budget, and in-line with customer needs.
Enterprise Architecture Planning and Implementation — assures that a company's technology architecture and initiatives are aligned with its business goals, allowing technology to further the company's overall value. Issues we address include:

Developing target architectures and roadmaps for getting systems to their optimum state
Developing reliable operations cost models and providing budgets for scaling operations
Proposing and implementing cost reduction measures
Adjusting current architecture to support manageable technology and application growth
Ensuring and implementing reliability and security measures
Fixing trouble spots through intense performance engineering engagements

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