At AFC we’d rather focus on solving problems and building trust than skills. But we do bring skills to the table. The AFC Capability Matrix better explains these skills.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Work style – Working Flexibility – Adjunct labor – Remote work | – Pay-as-you-go charge model. – No cost to customer to provide space or tools. – Flexible resource availability. – Contractually, there is no guarantee for customer to provide work. – The contract protects the relationship and sets out working expectations. -All staff are a D4 on the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model with high competence and high commitment. -Fully functioning remote offices. |
| Project Management / Program Management – Manage projects from business case – Manage offshore development of software/hardware for projects – Project charter – Project management plan through execution and closing – Project Management Office (PMO) standardization and adaptation of common tools and practices – Program Portfolio Management | – Staff are PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certified. – Manage concurrent projects – 10-50 at once. – Manage projects with software (Microsoft Project) and without (Spreadsheet) – Manage projects with and without Earned Value Management. – Managed projects in construction, telecommunication, oil & gas and legal industries. – Includes management of a project management office (PMO). – Extensive documentation kept to document all processes and operational information for project or business; this includes document management with revision history and ensuring that all this information is kept in a single location for easy retrieval. |
| Business Analysis – Identify business needs – Find solutions to problems – Facilitate process improvement – Data Modeling & System Mapping – Write business cases | – Analyse business needs and write business cases. – Assessment of current practices with identification of improvements/enhancements to improve metrics. – Create standards and processes to solve business pain points. |
| Business Development Support | – Develop strategy – Sales support – Marketing support – Establishing metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) |
| Process Improvement & Business Optimization | – Identify processes significantly impacting operational or project efficiency and facilitate a team of professionals to develop solutions acceptable to stakeholders. – Help process be adopted by entire firms if needed. – Merger / Acquisition process assessment (as-is) and adaption of new standards (to-be) through integration of tools, processes and training. |
| Automation – Automate tasks via process creation and software – Includes use of Low Code Development | – Develop a data structure that can be easily pulled into a dashboard to facilitate business decisions, reduce labor, improve time to produce deliverables. – Take processes designed on flat spreadsheets and convert to relational database design and modern UI to improve reporting, task productivity and task collaboration. Low Code Platform Experience Includes: QuickBase, TrackVia, SharePoint, Microsoft Power Platform, OutSystems |
| Information Technology (IT) – Software – Computers (Servers/Desktops) – Data Centres | – Staff have experience in all areas of IT including architecture and security (GSEC certified). – Software experience in desktop and enterprise tools (including ERP). |
| Legal – Writing contracts – Reviewing and analysing contracts for issues – Negotiating contracts | – Developed engineering and collocation contracts. – Regularly reviewed/analysed customer contracts for changes and flag problematic clauses. – Partially automated review/analysis of contracts with software. Note: this is not legal advice, all contracts will need to be reviewed by a board-certified lawyer. |
| Accounting / Bookkeeping – Budgeting – Income Statements – Balance Sheets – Accounts Payable – AFE Approvals – Accruals – Capital Management Program – Budget, Forecast and Capital Lookback – Invoicing | – We can develop and maintain income statements and balance sheets. – Staff are familiar with and able to execute most basic accounting skills. – Process assessment for various accounting groups on how data/information flows within a group to identify areas where efficiencies can make a positive financial impact. Note: Staff currently has no accounting designation. |
| Human Resources | – Develop policies and procedures – Recruit staff – Manage large program resource model and onboarding – Development of Training |
| Conceptual Design / Feasibility Study (Engineering) | – We have Flex-Consultants with an engineering background. This means we can complete initial conceptual design / feasibility study in order to develop a business case. The business case can be then used to create a budget and conduct an invitation to bid (ITB) for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies. Note: AFC staff do not provide finalized engineering designs complete with professional engineer’s stamp. AFC simply reduces the cost by doing the upfront work. |
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