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3rd Point Of View - 3POV
3POV provides sensible IT, Operations and Business consultancy and advisory services for organisations that require an unbiased third point of view on any initiative, project or organisational matter in need to be dealt with.
We leverage our extensive experience with Private, Education and Government sectors.

The 3POV edge
We deliver straightforward value based on our three pillars:
Pillar #1: Fair Dinkum Approach
We are straightforward and we will deliver to your expectations. 
  • We provide unbiased consulting and advisory services in a direct, sensible, and no-gimmicks fashion
  • We use plain language and follow common sense based on years of experience
  • We do not hide behind frameworks, technology or vendors
If you are not satisfied with our services, we will waive our consulting fees. Our SKIN is in YOUR game. That simple!
Pillar #2: Technology & Vendor Agnostic
Our core belief is that technology must support the business - not the other way around.
This belief means that 3POV is Technology & Vendor Agnostic to be able to provide unbiased advice - our only bias is to add value to your unique needs.
Our advice is completely independent and our recommendations are uniquely tuned to your organisation and your situation.
Our business model ensures we are Technology & Vendor Agnostic: 
  • We are not aligned with any technology or vendor
  • We do not get commissions from vendors or third parties
Pillar #3: Framework Agnostic
Frameworks ARE important. They provide a frame of reference upon which we can compare specific processes or practices.
However, we have often seen consulting advice utilising frameworks to hide behind them. Advice such as "according to COBIT" or "as per best practice" or "TOGAF says" are often an introduction to multiple caveats that do not provide value and are often not relatable to your situation.
  • In our advice, we may reference frameworks but we will never hide behind them
  • Our advice comes from us and not from a text book.
  • Our advice is straightforward unique to your situation
Our Services

CIO/COO as a Service
Interim CIO/COO on Demand
 
  • Interim CIO/COO: To guide your organisation during delicate times
  • IT Assessment: Assessing IT environment to identify gains and efficiencies
  • Extract value of existing IT: Realising the full potential of IT resources, investments and assets
  • End-to-end IT Auditing: Policies, Processes, Procedures, Practices, Contracts, Licensing, etc
  • Strategy & Policies: Assessing alignment or gaps between Strategy and Policies
  • Technology Assessment: Guidance through the complex environment of ICT. Giving structured and practical advice at the Executive level to deliver realisable business gains
  • Architectural Assessment: To ensure that the IT Service offering is supporting your organisation's objectives
  • Business Cases: Developing of business cases to support change, strategy redirection and industry disruption
  • Process Improvements: Assessing existing practices and suggest changes to streamline operations
Executive & CIO Partnership
Sounding board for Executives and CIOs
     
    • Work at strategic level, policy making and high level operational matters
    • Share experiences and provide advice on how to energise teams, deal with difficult situations, manage corporate politics and more
    • Insights into new approaches as a result of interacting with peers with different experiences, skills and knowledge
    • Managing change: Restructures, mergers, new services, updated processes, projects, etc with emphasis on clear internal communications and expectations setting
    IT & Operations Mentoring
    Bringing the best out of Staff and Teams
      Our Services
          
        • Mentoring individual staff and teams
        • IT process and cultural alignment to organisational objectives
        • Sense of Purpose: Mapping individual objectives to Team objectives and to Company Goals
        • Energising IT departments to be customer centric; cultural alignment towards delighting the customer
        • Establish IT environments that foster innovation
        • Value of processes: Change Control, Service Desk, Incident Management, Escalation, Documentation, Service Catalogues and more
        User-Inspired IT
        Putting People Before Technology
            
          • Delight the customer:
            • Responsive IT... be an enabler and not a roadblock
            • If it's difficult for the end user, it doesn't work
            • Deliver a workplace that enhances their work every single day!
          • IT serves the business, empower its users and adapts to the way people work
          • People, information and knowledge connected everywhere
          • Sound security invisible to the end user: Protection does not mean obstruction!
          • The path of least resistance is the path for user-inspired compliance 
          • IT cultural alignment:
            • Energising IT departments to be customer centric
            • Cultural alignment towards delighting the customer
            • Enabling IT environments to foster innovation
          Knowledge Sharing
          Knowledge is power when shared, not hoarded
              
            • Establish knowledge sharing and open communication culture
            • Identify roadblocks to knowledge sharing:
              • Cultural: Knowledge hoarders, extreme access controls
              • Technological: Must support unstructured and organic growth - do you have a wiki?
            • Enabling documentation re-use and suitable infrastructure
            • The only sustainable competitive advantage is continuous innovation - application of new knowledge
            • Knowledge sharing propel careers! Knowledge hoarders often stagnate in the same position for years
            IT Disaster Recovery
            Expect the Best (but plan for the worst)
            Our Services
               
              • IT Disaster Recovery readiness assessment: How ready is your organisation to face an IT disaster?
              • Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) analysis
              • Backup, Archiving and Restore assessed against policies, procedures and practice
              • Near-line, Off-line and Off-site assessment
              • Data / Information Systems Classification
              • Cloud / Alternate Sites
              • Testing Plan and Communication Plan review
              Selection Panel: RFP, Contracts, Employment
              Independent Panel Member & Documentation Review
               
              • Selection Committee: Do you need an unbiased member in your selection panel?
              • Requirements Validation: What thou shall ask, thou shall receive
              • Assist with preparing or reviewing documentation:
                • Position Description
                • Service Contract (Cloud, Licensing, Hosting, Telecom, IT Services, Facilities, Administration, etc)
                • Request For Proposal (RFP), Tender, etc
              • Vendor Management
              • Selection and Evaluation process review
              • Initial target pool of potential employees / vendors
              Peer Review
              Bringing Verticals Together
               
              • Complex technologies or issues require different viewpoints from the verticals involved in the solution
              • Provision of peer-reviewed advice when deep vertical expertise is required

              About Us
               
              3POV was created by Max Vit following an international career in IT, Operations and Manufacturing spanning over 25 years within Private, Education and Government organisations.
               
              Max leads a team of like minded IT and Operations consultants, all of whom have extensive industry experience in the many verticals that compose the complete stack of IT and Operations service delivery.
               
              3POV is a Sydney based organisation with national focus. We can attend your premises as well as operate remotely, with ease and around the clock if necessary. We adapt to your needs.
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