Methodology
Services
Services are flexible and can range from a half-day C-level seminar to a longer-term
partnership including product management, engineering, sales and strategic services.
Modules include:  
1. Half-day C-Level Workshop
Goal – inform C-level of SaaS, market trends, business case, opportunities and expectations, in order to create a
commitment from the stake holders in the company
Participants – C-Level and VPs from all departments.
•        SaaS Overview
•        Business Model
•        Technology – software/architecture
•        Delivery  - 24x& operations
•        High level discussion

2. Build a business case
Goal – examine the rationale for offering a SaaS solution with the intention of reaching a go/no-go decision on SaaS
Participants – Biz Dev, Marketing, Sales
•        Opportunities
•        Threats
•        Customer requirements
•        Initial financial assessments:
•        Recommendations

3. Gap Analysis Study  
Goal – examine the expected investment in resources for the ISV to be able to offer a SaaS solution from the
technical and organizational point of view.
Participants - R&D, QA, Sales, Finance, PSO, CSO, IT
•        Technical
•        Business model
•        Organizational

4. Service Ready Software
Goal – identify the needs and solutions for enabling the software to be offered as a service
Participants - R&D, Product Marketing, QA
•        Architecture
•        Feature set
•        Integration
•        Security
•        Customization/Configuration
•        OSS – billing, provisioning, access, reports
•        SDLC
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