Manageable Technology

What sets Shiman Associates Inc (SAI) apart from other consultancies:

Our understanding of management technology

Decisions about complex IT projects often challenge the effectiveness of management structures. Management structures frequently challenge the wisdom of decisions. In complex projects, some sort of change within the enterprise is virtually inevitable.

By establishing clear links between the IT project and the enterprise's strategic priorities, SAI clarifies the complex interface between technology requirements and their impact on management infrastructure. We assist all levels of the enterprise to find common purpose and to reach consensus on IT process, principles, and goals.

Our commitment to teamwork

SAI was founded on the principle of sharing information among project team members whose work is highly interdependent. This approach requires constant feedback during all stages of a project: requirements gathering, planning, design, and implementation. In the words of P. McHugh, "In a software project you don’t finish any task until the whole task is complete; therefore you cannot simply decompose into a preferential sequence of events that you project manage around."*

SAI clients receive the services of a system architect and a project team eager to deal with the technical and management ambiguities that accompany all IT projects. SAI helps delineate the limitations of IT so that client expectations are realistic and proposed projects are not overly ambitious.

*The Challenges of Complex IT Projects, The Royal Academy of Engineering, 2004, p. 19.

Turn your ideas and processes into manageable technology by contacting SAI:

sai@shiman.com

163 Tappan Street
Brookline, MA 02445
Tel: 617.277.0087
Fax: 617.277.0022