Bluefish acts as an independent adviser. We help organisations who want to assess their own maturity for change and consider their technology options without locking themselves into solutions that may later restrict their agility.

Mature enough to embrace change

Mature organisations are more productive, more agile and more innovative. ‘Mature enough’ organisations can embrace change, adapt to new technologies and turn them into value.

It is this common sense realisation that prompted Bluefish to create a specific assessment process to evaluate the maturity of an organisation in 6 separate areas : our ‘Six Indicator Maturity Model’ which is based on well established research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

We help clients assess their organisation’s cultural and technological maturity to evolve and embrace innovation and confidently turn it into differentiation and business value.

Benefits

• 360°, in-depth, sympathetic look at the current situation
• better understanding of the business and its capabilities
• deeper understanding of options available on the market and benchmarking
• better communication with C-level, staff, customers and supply chain
• impartial advice by experts competent in a broad range of solutions (not just homegrown solutions)
• no pressure to deploy particular solutions
• no stake or agenda but to empower the organisation through analysis and education
• stronger cases for change

Blending business and IT into one way forward

At times of heightened expectations and pressures, organisations may struggle to reconcile their business agenda and Information Management agenda into one holistic vision of the best way forward.

What we offer is not about change for the sake of more change. Implementing change for the sake of change in organisations not yet mature enough – culturally and/or technologically – does not yield the expected benefits.

A maturity assessment is the opportunity to take a global sympathetic look at an organisation’s technology estate and decide what its next steps could be.

Bluefish helps organisations draw and understand their own baseline so that they can safely and successfully move towards the solutions of their choice.

‘SIMM’ Our maturity assessment process

Our ‘Six Indicator Maturity Model’ (SIMM) is a quantitative and qualitative assessment in 6 key areas:

• service
• economics
• agility
• organisation
• process
• architecture

We help organisations recognise and understand their own capabilities thus developing valuable self-awareness and clarity of vision.

Our intervention follows a process centered on the maturity model developed over the years by MIT. Their research has found that organisations displaying high levels of maturity yielded higher levels of productivity, agility and innovation, compared to their less mature counterparts. Based on their findings, we have developed a maturity assessment process called ‘Six Indicator Maturity Model’ or SIMM. It is connected with our Agile Service Provision Model and our Cloud-specific Cloud Maturity Model.

Our process is relevant whether the organisation is thinking about Unified Communications, Cloud enabled services or any other kind of innovation. (See also our Cloud enablement solutions)

Depending on the solution contemplated, our analysis may focus more on certain aspects. For instance, where Unified Communications are concerned, the emphasis may be on the ‘process’ and ‘architecture’ indicators. On the other hand, Cloud solutions will require an in-depth assessment of all six areas. (go to Cloud enablement solutions)

The value of independent advice

We are experts in the whole range of solutions available on the market, not just ‘homegrown’ products. We have no stake in recommending or deploying particular systems.

Our approach is open, honest and free of bias. While we are able to turn around problem areas or legacy operations, we do not seek to lock clients in exclusive packages that may later reduce their options.

Being walled in restrictive and cumbersome arrangements limits agility instead of promoting it.

In a world where the next best thing might be just around the corner, it is important for organisations to retain their flexibility and ability to effect in-flight changes when necessary.