Innovation & Delivery

Methods provides a range of business and technical services to organisations in the UK. We are proven thought leaders and market makers.

Our offerings are driven by current economics and a focus on costs, new technologies providing new ways of working, and a fresh view on service innovations delivering better for less. We have over 20 years’ experience working with organisations in the public and private sectors, large and small.

Methods is a service aggregator. We combine people, business process and technologies to orchestrate diverse service components in an optimum mix. We realise new capabilities through more cost effective means than traditional systems integration. Our work draws on our own extensive resources, magnified by our range of partnering organisations that we harness appropriate to clients’ needs.

Methods is also an advisor. Our advisory role supports the planning and implementation of new projects and services, through the full business case and procurement lifecycle. This has led to managing major business changes, usually with technology components.

There is significant scope for delivering major business benefit through:

Adopting better value utility services and “disruptive” technologies for core capabilities where appropriate
Disaggregating large legacy, expensive business and IT contracts
Automating processes that exploit the full range of communication and delivery channels
Joining with partner organisations to develop innovation and at times a whole new way of working
Building solutions based on understanding and managing business and technical risk
Promoting open standards for business, processes and technologies
Being Agile – using iterative and incremental techniques

Are you utility ready?

The Utililty Maturity Model provides a roadmap for transitioning to utility based services.

Our unique model helps us to see the enterprise-wide picture when working with clients, and enables us to deliver innovative services using a practical approach.

1. Do you have more than 50% of your IT service contracted through a single provider?	yes	no
2. Does the implementation of your IT system restrict process optimisation?	yes	no
3. Does your technology implementation dictate the number of people you require?	yes	no
4. Do you have a common desktop operating environment?	yes	no
5. Are you able to share common processes throughout your organisation?	yes	no
6. Can you adopt new technologies in a timescale that meets your business need?	yes	no
7. Do you have any services or contracts on a utility model?	yes	no
8. Have you identified the services you consume which could benefit from a utility model?	yes	no
9. Have you developed a business case for a utility service?	yes	no
10. Can you pay for services based upon volume?	yes	no
11. Do you have utility contracts for all services acceptable to your business?	yes	no
12. Do you feel you have full control of your IT environment?	yes	no

Innovation & Delivery

Are you utility ready?

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