CloudSense understands that the transition into cloud computing has an impact far beyond the IT department, with implications being felt across the business at large. Because the time to value is shorted and business change accelerated, compared with traditional systems the pressure on business users to adopt and new process and behaviours can be intense. Consequently, CloudSense consultants look at far more than just the technology change itself, but the impact any new project will have on people and process. Typically this will involve analysing the current business processes, the structural design of the organisation and its business and systems architecture, as well as reviewing the impact that any re-engineering might involve, before building a tailored programme to address the changing needs.

CloudSense is the fastest growing Cloud consultancy in the UK, our hiring policy is to attract the best consultants with sector-specific experience, in-depth understanding of business and technology. Because Cloud technology is new and changing CloudSense invest heavily in ensuring that its people are fully skilled in all relevant platforms and working practices around the Cloud to deliver value. All CloudSense consultants are familiar with operating within an "Agile" work environment and CloudSense support this with its own unique approach.

CloudSense is experienced at delivery and remains technology agnostic, with no commercial relationship with any vendors. Business success depends on the correct solutions being selected for the task at hand. Because form follows function, clear requirements and design are delivered before any implementation.

Building on past experience, CloudSense has developed its own proprietary "Success Framework" for delivering cloud advisory projects that will respond to your business needs while minimising disruption. This process starts by taking a thorough brief from you, the customer - understanding the detail of your business operations, your major challenges, business plan, goals, risks and concerns. From that, we will prepare a clear, structured and thorough roadmap on how you can move towards sustained business success through your cloud platforms.

Examples of recent advisory projects include a "sales and service" review focused on people, process and platforms at a major European network provider, an e-service capability review for a national UK regulator, and a content management process lifecycle review for a major global financial newspaper.

The CloudSense Success Framework consists of three key stages with specific deliverables and go/no go decision points. This staged approach significantly reduces the delivery risk for the customer and ensures the project follows a structured approach to delivering the three project outcomes:

1. Health Check - Deliverable - Management Summary & Presentation
2. Vision & Blueprint - Deliverable - Vision Process & Technical Architecture
3. Delivery Roadmap - Deliverable - Plan containing Scope, Priorities, Resources

CloudSense has developed its own proprietary version of the widely used Agile Software Development methodology to successfully implement cloud projects - the so-called "Responsive Delivery Method".

Recent examples of CloudSense deploying the "Responsive Delivery Method" include the delivery and ongoing support of a new end-to-end "Lead-to-Ledger" process for a major UK ISP, working as a trusted advisor on complex bespoke cloud applications for a leading consumer media company and a high profile data migration project for a major UK broadcaster.

The CloudSense Responsive Delivery Method provides a highly iterative process which utilises the best parts of Agile, combined with CloudSense's own expertise in delivering cloud projects. CloudSense puts extra emphasis on the requirements stage, ensuring that the necessary business analysis and requirements definition is conducted prior to proceeding with any form of implementation. Once a project is being implemented, CloudSense then maintains an iterative process, ensuring the project remains adaptive to the numerous changes that inevitably take place during the delivery of a project.