C-08Service
Technology Plan
Decide what the work needs before you look at products. Strategy before implementation.
Before you buy software, computers, a website or a system, we work out what the work actually needs, in what order, and what it should cost over three years. You get a written plan and a requirements list you can send to any supplier, including ones that are not ADA.
What you get
- What you use today: devices, software, internet and paper
- What the work needs, from the people who do it
- Options, including free tools and things you already own
- Costs over three years: once-off, monthly, internet, training and repairs
- The order to do things in, and what can wait
- Risks: data, backups, passwords, and depending on one person or one supplier
- A requirements list you can send to suppliers for like-for-like quotes
What to bring
- The problem you want solved, in your own words
- Any quotes you already have
- Access to the people who will use whatever is bought
If you do not have something on this list, tell us. We work with what there is.
How it runs
You see the price and the scope in writing before any work starts.
Problem
What is going wrong, described without naming a product.
Today
What you already have, and how the work is done now.
Options
Two or three ways to solve it, with three-year costs.
Plan
The recommended order, the budget and the requirements list.
Questions this service answers
Each page has checks you can do yourself first, at no cost.
I am about to buy software or equipment
What to settle before you compare products or sign a quote.
Open the questionOperationsThe same mistakes keep happening
Work takes too long, gets redone, or depends on one person being there.
Open the questionDirectionI want to grow but do not know what to do first
Many ideas, limited time and money, and no clear order.
Open the questionHad a Business Check-up? If you book this service within 30 days of a check-up, the N$199 you paid comes off the price.
Questions about this service
Will you recommend ADA's own services?
If the plan points to work that ADA Web or ADA Tech does, we say so, and you can ask them for a quote. You are free to take the plan to any supplier. The fee is the same either way, and the requirements list is written so that anyone can quote against it.
We already have quotes. Is it too late?
No. Bring them. Comparing quotes against a written list of needs is often where the saving is found.
What does “from” mean in the price?
N$1,299 covers an organisation of up to 10 people at one site. Larger organisations are quoted before work starts.
Other services
Monthly Review
One hour a month with someone who has read your plan and asks what happened.
OpenBusiness Check-up
One hour of structured questions and a one-page written summary of what to fix first.
OpenCustomer and Competitor Study
Fifteen customer conversations, up to five competitors and a written report of what we found.
OpenTell us what you are trying to decide.
You do not need a business plan to talk to us. Say what the business is, what you want from it and what is in the way. A Business Check-up costs N$199 and comes off any other service you book within 30 days.