SAMPLE RESEARCH PROJECTS
 

   
 
 
 
 
 

Given below is a short list of selected projects that we have recently undertaken for various clients. Projects of a very sensitive nature have not been included. The list below is not intended to be comprehensive but only to provide a quick overview of our capabilities.

Hands-on Product Evaluations, Benchmarking & White Papers
  • Compared the developer productivity of building an identical business process application with BPM software and a traditional Java Development Environment for a major software vendor. Published white paper.
  • Evaluated the relative strengths and weaknesses of several competing Java development environments for a major Fortune 500 company.
  • Evaluated competing Application Servers for developing product road map and product positioning for a large software vendor.
  • Evaluated the combined development and deployment environments of two leading software vendors for a Fortune 1000 company.
  • Performed benchmarking tests of two major Java development environments for a major software vendor. Published white paper.
  • Performed benchmarking tests on competing debuggers using Pendragon Software CaffeineMark for a large software vendor. Published white paper.
  • Developed a large software application using Microsoft technologies for capturing Business Requirements in any solution domain and matching the results with vendor offerings for an enterprise software company.




Business Strategy Development & Market Research
  • Helped the Executive Vice President of a major Fortune 500 software company to revise the strategic direction of the company's Enterprise Server Division. Project involved numerous customer interviews at CIO level, interviews of senior management and extensive review of confidential internal documents to determine: (a) Strategic Issues; (b) Operational Issues; (c) Market Segmentation; (d) Generating Alternative Solutions to the issues and defining a Strategic Direction for the company.
  • Identified new business opportunities for a medium sized software firm in the architectural/database/language conversion tools and services market. Project involved evaluating the potential of these markets including market analysis, sizing and forecasts.
  • Strategic analysis, market sizing and forecasts of the e-business platform market for a major software vendor.
  • Strategic analysis, market sizing and forecasts of Internet and Intranet software Markets.
  • Conducted a large phone survey of 300+ phone interviews of CIO's, VP's & IT Directors to determine the major issues and trends in the EAI and Enterprise Portal Markets.
  • Conducted a large phone survey of 300+ phone interviews of CIO's, VP's, IT Directors and Software Developers to determine the issues and trends in the Web & Java application development Markets.
  • Conducted a large mail survey for a Fortune 200 computer company to evaluate competing technologies for component based software development.
  • Conducted numerous studies and phone surveys for multiple clients on Software Development Markets in USA, Europe and Japan.
To learn more, please send an e-mail to jay@strategicfocus.com.

 

 

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