3. Yet, only 53% technology of small businesses view as a priority“What’s coming next is a move into applications…to help companies make their core business more productive.”
4. A little bit about who we are and what we do. Who is Popcorn?
5. Who Are We? We are a Calgary-based software development company with a team of 16 and growing.
6. What is our mandate? Deliver business value to our customers and partners through quality, innovation, productivity and a strong focus on the needs of our customers We are a partner that delivers value as defined by the business; not by what the technology dictates
15. What Do We Do? We specialize in the customintegration of the Microsoft Productivity suite SharePoint, CRM, Outlook, Accounting and Project We create business solutions that unleash the power and potential of current technologies. We make applications dowhat businesses wishthey would. We do not re-sell the manufacturer’s technology. It is simply an enabler that allows us to build our value-added business solutions in a timely, cost-effective manner.
16. We follow the Platinum Rule of business: “Do unto others as theyWould have you do unto them” How Do We Create Value?
17. Popcorn’s Discovery Process: What Does the Customer Want? Uncover our customers’ areas of lacking efficiency and missed profitability Determine what they wish technology could do for them and ‘listen between the lines’ Deliver a high-quality, on-time, ROI- generating customized business solution 1 2 3
18. How Do We Deliver Value? We deliver our solutions on-time in small, fully functionalchunks.We think in weeks, not months. Customers can assess our business relationship and make a decision to continue. They are never tied down! We use the tools the customer already has This reduces their up-front IT investment and allows them to leverage it across multiple projects. We build oursolutions to fittheir business processes. We don’t make them change their business processes to fit the software.
19. How Do We Differentiate ourselves? Projects are modular and scalable. Solutions are client-maintainable. Solutions strategically align with business strategies The customer’s needs lead the discovery process. Business requirements are the basis of the solution. We engage early to help Strategic Planning, Risk Mitigation, SharePoint Governance, and Knowledge Transfer.
20. The Microsoft advantage By using the Microsoft Office Suite/Servers: We lever pre-built instruments to maximize customer ROI Built-in functionalities (SBS, MOSS, SQL, Project, and UC) are attained in a very cost-effective manner We limit our need to ‘code’ applications, reducing our cost and delivery time
21. What is SharePoint and why do customers need it? MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) Tools: Collaboration and Communication Workflow Automation Forms Automation Enterprise Search Business Intelligence, Real-Time Reporting, Dashboards Integration with other applications and data stores Productivity and Efficiency Solutions
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30. What Does a SharePoint Engagement Look Like? Needs/objectives and impacts on the business “discovered” Planning, planning, planning Build prototype that evolves into the desired solution User acceptance testing Training and knowledge transfer Deployment …Party (we provide the popcorn)