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Plutonic Zoo provides specialised expertise in a wide range of areas. In a typical project assignment
Plutonic Zoo creates a team that complements the client's resources and comprises all of the appropriate expertise to fulfil the client's business need.
Expertise is made available to clients on a project or as-needed basis. Some of our talents are shown below.
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IT Conflict Management
For many IT projects several parties with different interests, objectives and background will come together as stakeholders. Paradigms, perspectives, vocabulary, orientation and perceptions of project participants are often very different in respect to the same reality. Managing potential conflicts should therefore be part of any Risk Management Plan. Plutonic zoo offers two categories of services:
- Conflict Avoidance Services
These services focus on Expectation Management of all stakeholders to ensure they are realistic and understood.
- Conflict Resolution Services
These services focus on re-establishing trust among project stakeholders where events in the past have separated the parties and made direct communication hard or seemingly impossible.
For both service categories we leverage our impartiality and diverse expertise to facilitate bridging communication gaps at a practical level on issues relating to
- Technology
- Project Management
- Commerce
- Interpersonal communication
We offer these services to any project stakeholder, for example to IT software vendors or corporate IT users. We can work on a joint basis, or on behalf of any individual party.
For a full datasheet on these services click here.
For an example case study of these services please click here.
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IT Strategy
Developing the business objectives into a strategy for information technology exploitation is one of our key focus areas.
The perspective and experience that is brought to bear also includes specific techniques some of which are listed below;
- Strategic Analysis
- Shareholder Value Analysis
- Customer Value Propositions
- Business Alignment
- Portfolio Review
- Enterprise Architecture
- Presentation and Business Planning techniques
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Business Analysis
Having a basis in technology is very valuable when addressing business issues.
Appreciating what can and cannot be accomplished with technology provides a context that yeilds more, quicker.
From a business viewpoint some of the techniques and processes to aid analysis of the business situation are listed below;
- JAD - Joint Application Development
- RAD - Rapid Application Development
- Data Modelling
- BPR - Business Process Reengineering
- Business change management
- Market positioning
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Project Management
Few disciplines are more necessary or as underrated as Project Management.
The Project Manager must balance all the resources and capabilties against the
objective of the project, the timescale allowed and the budget. In particular the project manager must have the strength of character to raise the issues and get them dealt with.
Project successes are due to the actions of the project manager in planning the project thoroughly, having the experience to anticipate
the majority of risks, and dealing promptly with every problem that arises. Murphy's Law applies.
We pride ourselves in understanding what it takes to be successful, and the confidence to take on the responsibility for making it happen.
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- SDLC
- Project Planning
- People Management
- Risk Management
- Project Budgetting
- Quality Management
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Architecture
The "emergence" of new technology is more like a tumult. Balancing all of the issues of integrating new technology with the legacy environment and networks within the overall scheme of current and ongoing projects
while keeping an eye on future technical and business directions, is a tall order.
Our Architects have earned the title after years of experience. Years of often painful experience, so that you do not have to
experience that pain.
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- Services Oriented Architecture
- Web Services
- Business Process Management
- Middleware
- Messaging and the Enterprise Service Bus
- LDAP
- Application Generators
- RDBMS
- Hardware servers
- Data Storage
- Database Schemas
- SOAP
- J2EE
- .Net
- Multi Tier
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Knowledge Management
Knowledge is infrequently shared widely. Often those who "know" are not aware of the asset or that value
can be added to the organisation from better use of what they know. Indeed, as business becomes more competitive, those
who do not leverage their knowledge assets are doomed to lose them, while others power forward.
Below are listed some of the techniques and approaches for Knowledge Management we can deliver.
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- Data Modelling
- Process Mapping
- Needs Analysis
- Taxonomy and Ontology
- Indexing and Searching
- Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence
- Personal Agents
- Balanced Scorecards
- Adaptive Workflow
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Security
Security is a state of mind. But we have all the tools to address various weaknesses and vulnerabilities that will give you peace of mind.
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- PKI
- RSA
- PGP
- Secure Email
- Encryption
- Firewalls
- VPN
- Smartcard
- Authentication
- Intrusion Detection
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Database Design
Managing data in all its manifestations is a science. Below are listed some of the techniques and approaches
to defining, storing, manipulating and representing the data you hold.
All these are necessary and important to allow you to glean business information from your investment in data handling.
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- Data Modelling
- Data Compression
- Storage Area Networks
- LDAP
- Data Warehouse
- Datamart
- Cubes and OLAP
- Data Mining
- Clustering and Replication
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Networking
The NET is now a common term, but we can help you determine what technique is best suited for your "net".
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- Load Balancing
- Wireless Networking
- Clustering
- Segmentation
- IP Routing
- Voice Over IP
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Mainframes
Yes, we know there are lots of mainframes out there, and we do not consider it a "dirty word".
The mainframe was a "server" long before the concept became fashionable.
Although new technologies emerge on a ever quickening basis, we have been around since "before then".
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- DB2
- CICS
- COBOL
- Assembler
- Universe
- IDMS
- PICK
- ADS/O
- IMS DB/DC
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Software Development
"Software Development" can mean a variety of approaches to the creation of executeable logic, from scripts, to objects, to hardware circuits.
Whatever the technique required to implement your business logic we can help.
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- J2EE
- JSP
- XML
- CORBA
- ColdFusion
- Microsoft VB
- VC++
- ASP
- Active X
- Scripting
- DCOM
- COM+
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Creative Design
This aspect of technology has come into its own with the advent of the world wide web.
However, there are graphic artists and designers who orient their design for print and other media who are not familiar with Interactive Design and cannot gain the best performance or effect
on the NET.
Our approach is outcome-centric. We start from where we wish to end up and work backwards.
All of our creative design is developed within a full brief of the business outcome and the interactive environment into which they will be implemented.
We will work with your advertising agency, if you prefer, and adapt their outputs to your online environment.
Or, we can provide the site navigation, animation and creative elements required for the impact and effect you are seeking.
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- Navigation schemes
- Colour Palettes
- Useability and Accessibility
- Graphics, Buttons and Icons
- Multi-media
- Audio, Video Streaming
- Site review
- Site Audit
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