EXPERTS ON DEMAND

Get expert support whenever you need it.
Embed our experts into your team.

WHO’S LEADING YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION?

It’s an open secret. Hiring experienced digital leaders who can drive your digital transformation, product development or e-commerce projects can be a nightmare in a talent-short market like Japan. Not to mention, the price tag they come with!

But trying to do it without professional help doesn’t work either. Delays, inefficient processes, frustrated employees, wasted resources and failed projects are inevitable without having the right expertise and experience to lead your digital roadmap.

Our Experts on Demand service can help you fill this gap!

Rely on the support of our senior digital experts and deliver any project with confidence and ease.

We provide two types of services:

CONSULTING RETAINER - EXPERT-AS-A-SERVICE

With Altera’s Consulting Retainer, our consultants and experts become available to you whenever you need them.

We cover any topic and offer a variety of consulting activities to flexibly support your digital projects and activities.

Examples of concerns we can help you with

  • I need an external opinion on our digital strategy.
  • I need to get a better understanding of a technical issue we are facing.
  • I want to learn more about this new digital trend I am hearing about.

Examples of consulting activities

  • IT support / technical Q&A
  • Brainstorming (e.g. new digital strategies / products)
  • Review & Recommendation (e.g. documentation, strategy, roadmaps, project outlines, SOPs)
  • Vendor screening & RFP support
  • Talent assessments (candidate screening & interviewing)
  • Technical education & clarification
  • Access to Altera’s partner network
  • Market knowledge sharing
  • Project management support
  • Product management support
  • Technical call facilitation
  • etc.

Examples of consulting topics

  • Information technology
  • “New trends” e.g. Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Digital Transformation
  • Digital Marketing & E-commerce
  • Security
  • RPA
  • Process improvement
  • SaaS
  • Software development
  • Agile / PM methodologies
  • Change management
  • Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), & Data management
  • etc.

CONSULTING RETAINER - HOW IT WORKS

How we engage with you

Phone, Email, Visio or any other digital communication channel of your choice (e.g. Teams, Zoom)

Response time

Target: within 6 hours

Max: no longer than 24 hours

Minimum engagement time

30 min

Consulting increments

30 min

Engagement duration

Yearly (1 month trial)

Invoicing

Quarterly

PLANS

60 HOURS / YEAR

120 HOURS / YEAR

360 HOURS / YEAR

420 HOURS / YEAR

 

For pricing estimates, contact us.

TEAM AUGMENTATION

Scale up your team on-demand with our talented experts

With Altera’s Team Augmentation service, we can embed our consultants and experts into your team to support your projects with a foreseeable end date.

When you don’t have time to hire, or when you want to keep some flexibility, our team augmentation service can help you move forward quickly without risk.

From bilingual project managers to senior engineers, we can assist you for both short and long term engagements.