Ensys expertise covers a wide range of the media industry, from technical and technology platforms, print and production processes, plus the associated Advertising, Editorial and Business operations.  Our staff collectively have hundreds of years of experience in the industry and are well placed to tackle the most difficult issues.

While “traditional media” forms in print and television have declined over recent years, a new  “media sector” has developed incorporating online and digital content.  The media industry has grown today to include a wider range of players who publish content for  internal and external audiences.

Information may now be in many electronic forms covering traditional text and photos, to audio, video, graphics It may be syndicated an item at a time, or packaged or bundled into print or electronic products or online channels ranging from websites, blogs, email social media and Wikis.

Significant changes have also been seen in distribution models with increased availability of free sources and challenges being faced by traditional syndication or subscriptions models.

Ensys understands the technologies and processes that organisations need to establish get their information out to customers, subscribers, readers, advertisers … and their own staff internally.

See Ensys’s Australian media business consultancy to make the most of the changes occuring in your media industry.

Pop in for a coffee and a chat – just please mind the mess!

Ensys Project Management Consultancy in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne:

Phone: 1800 882 951
Email: info@ensys.com.au

The checklist below represents a Medium Enterprise scale project best practices that Ensys Consulting endorses.

Following this strategy could require professional and experienced project management consultancy. We recommend finding an experienced vendor neutral project management consultancy for your important projects.

For more information or advice about successful IT project management, contact us at info@ensys.com.au or www.ensys.com.au

Peter Leather has kindly prepared a summary of the major changes – I have included his comments below:

“All of the GENERIC RESPONSIBILITIES have been updated: mainly re-wording and minor clarification. Level 5 has the most changes.

Eight new skills have been added and 1 removed which (I think) gives a new total of 97 skills.
The 8 new skills for SFIAv5:
#1 Data management
#2 Business architecture
#3 Learning & development assessment
#4 Animation development
#5 Service acceptance
#6 Data centre estate management
#7 IT Contract management
#8 Community management

One skill has been deleted / replaced
# Information policy formation (content merged into Information governance and Information management)

Forty five (45) new SKILL LEVELS have been added and 3 skill levels have been removed – which I think takes the total in SFIA v5 to 342.
# Information governance (was Corporate governance of IT) – level 5

# Information analysis – level 7, level 3

# Information content publishing – level 1

# Technical specialism – level 4 added ,

# Innovation – level 5

# Data management – new skill with 3 levels (4, 5 & 6)

# Business risk management – level 4

# Business Architecture – new skill with 2 levels  (5 & 6)

# Stakeholder relationship management – levels 7 & 4

# Learning and development management – levels 7 & 4

# Learning and development assessment – new skill with 4 levels (3,4,5 & 6)

# Animation development– new skill with 4 levels (3,4,5 & 6)

# Information content authoring – level 1

# Testing– level 1

# Service acceptance – new skill with 3 levels (4, 5 & 6)

# Change management – level 2

# Problem management – level 3

# Data centre estate management– new skill with 4 levels (3,4,5 & 6)

# Procurement– levels 7 & 4

# Supplier relationship management – level 2

# IT Contract Management – new skill with 3 levels (4, 5 & 6)

# Client services management – levels 3 & 4

# Professional development – level 4

# Community management -  new skill with 1 level (5)

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Three (3) skill levels have been removed:
# Technical specialism –level 7

# Information policy formation  – levels 5 & 6

Overall changes in skill number by level:

Level 7 +3 skill levels; Level 6 +7 skill levels; Level 5 +8 skill levels; Level 4 +13 skill levels; Level 3 +6 skill levels; level 2 +2 skill levels; level 1 +3 skill levels.

As mentioned previously – it is quite a painstaking task to get this information from the web site so apologies in advance to the review team if I have not transcribed this 100% correctly! .

Businesses which use SFIAasses will gain valuable insights into the skills of their workforce and allow them to identify areas of skill weakness, allowing improved training and development of staff.  SFIAassess also assists with improved resource allocation and succession planning.

If you would like to find out more about SFIAassess, contact us at info@ensys.com.au

Effective IT project management helps to reveal hidden project costs and optimise the benefits and value the project delivers. Having experienced IT project managers is a key requirement for business, to ensure that projects and business strategy are both aligned.

A common mistake made with a managed IT project, is that the delivery is focused just on the key deliverables – creating or changing the businesses technical products. An experienced IT consultant will understand and remain committed to the purpose of the project – why it has been commenced and what benefits are supposed to be realised to the organisation overall. Proper project initiation and planning will ensure the project objective is aligned to the business goals, strategy and finance. This experienced approach will reduce costs by commencing only those projects which benefit organisation goals directly.

There are three key factors every IT consultant should consider to ensure effective project realisation:

1. To prioritize projects: place first only those projects which deliverables have a direct benefit and are aligned to the organisational strategy.
2. To deliver projects: deploying mature skills and proven processes and tools to maximize the quality of project delivery.
3. Measure the results: monitor and control the project performance, costs, scope, time and transition of project deliverables into organization benefits.

Ensys Consulting

The Ensys consulting booth is located in the Business Process Management Section at booth N33

Where we will be showcasing our SFIA Technology and Assessment Platform and you will be able to speak directly to our experienced friendly SFIA Accredited Consultants, on this special International framework.

Skills Framework for the Information Age is changing the IT Industry both in Australia and overseas.  It is being adopted by many businesses in Australia and SFIA has been made mandatory for all Queensland and Commonwealth Government departments.

SFIA enables organizations to gain clear visibility on the true skills of their most valuable asset  ̶   their resources.

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Currently, there is a great number of ERP software for the various business needs and the first challenge a CIO encounters is to identify the organisations business needs and communicate them clearly to the consultant. Ensys approach to this stage is that the user is ultimate judge of the system performance and our professionals ensure that the system chosen will correspond to the business specific needs and set-up budget.

After mutual consent about needs, goals and objectives of the system are reached, the Ensys consultant gives recommendations about the best suitable ERP software and develops the implementation project. Ensys consultants are able to develop a project within the timeframe and allocated budget, meeting the highest level requirements.

When implementing the ERP software, Ensys consultants recommend a pre-test stage to see the performance of a new system running in parallel to the old system; however, certain other tasks should be performed sequentially – from start to finish. The Ensys professional consultant ensures that all processes work correctly and meet the set-up goals and objectives.

The next step is the implementation of a new system, which is considered as the most complicated stage. Here you have to consider the data transfer in the right format, provide relevant training for staff and communicate changes properly. Ensys consultants provide supervision of project implementation and handle in a professional manner all issues that may arise.

The last step is to evaluate the performance and assess ROI. Ensys consultants provide after-implementation consultations on the ongoing basis to ensure high performance of the new ERP system.

Contact us for more information about Ensys approach and ERP services.

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