India Equity Research

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

IMPLEMENTATION ADVISOR/ CONSULTANT

Adviser/ Consultant role is to help organizations determine whether software initiatives follow:

  • Established development methodologies and procedures
  • Meet organizational needs
  • Include adequate security
  • Management controls. 


Key areas to consider are planning, methodology assessments, reports of project results, and post-implementation reviews. This includes review of:

  • Project Management
  • Application Controls
  • Application Security
  • Change Management
  • Data Conversion


Value that can be added by adviser involvement during the implementation process includes:
  • Independent third party perspective,
  • Subject Matter Knowledge over systems
  • Activity Assessments
  • Knowledge of current state business processes
  • Knowledge of key Application Controls
  • Previous experience testing Logical access and Change Management controls
  • Experience in review Data Conversion
  • Setup activity criteria
  • Review risk and mitigation
  • setup Go-NoGo matrix to help the organisation to take decision.


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