Custom Software Development, Implementation, Integration and Support for Energy Market Participants by Energy Market Experts
The continual evolution of energy regulation, energy markets and energy companies creates a complex software landscape that will always present new competitive opportunities and will always require new software solutions or updates and enhancements to existing systems. Although these investments are time and resource intensive, in most cases they are either mandated by government regulation or supported by business cases that are too compelling to ignore. The key is to recognize that these software challenges are usually driven by energy industry changes, not simply the need to update technology standards. Energy solutions need to be designed and implemented by industry experts who focus on energy market operational efficiency and profitability, as well as software technology experts with a proven ability to deliver. If you don’t engage a team with this mix of expertise, the result can be costly project overruns, unmet business objectives, higher cost of system ownership, early obsolescence, and missed profit opportunities.
The Structure Group's world-class Software Solution Center (SSC) is based in Houston, Texas, the heart of the U.S. Energy Business. Our professionals provide an outstanding combination of proven software development and implementation expertise with the finest combination of business and technical knowledge in the energy industry.
One Hundred Percent Focus on the Energy Industry
Structure's Software Solution Center is 100% dedicated to energy solutions. For us, the Energy Industry is not simply one of many vertical markets, it is our only business. From start to finish, our software projects include the involvement of our deep-domain expertise in our energy consulting practices. We also maintain ongoing product expertise and partnerships with the industry’s leading software vendors in: Market Solutions, Energy Trading and Risk Management, Generation Operations and Optimization, AMI/MDM – SmartGrid, Enterprise Asset Management, and Revenue Cycle Management.
Fixed-Fee Protection and Long-Term Support Reduces Your Cost of Ownership
Structure is well acquainted with the demands of delivering software to meet industry-mandated deadlines, and we've developed a robust methodology to ensure we consistently deliver our solutions on time, on budget, and with high quality. The solution frameworks that we develop on an ongoing basis can often be leveraged to shorten the delivery schedule and reduce the cost to deploy and support our solutions. These abilities often allow Structure to offer the protection of fixed-fee development that helps you eliminate costly overruns.
Ongoing support of custom software solutions is one of the greatest challenges faced by energy companies. These organizations often lack the man-power, in-depth knowledge of the software, and in many cases, the right technology skills. In the past, this often meant the selection of a sub-optimal packaged software product. Structure removes that obstacle with an option for long-term application support from our Software Solution Center.
Structure's Software Solution Center makes it possible for you to:
- Extend your in-house IT capabilities
- Focus on your core business
- Reduce dependency on multiple vendors
- Limit gradual growth of long-term IT costs
- Combine the advantages of onsite requirements specification, UAT, and implementation with offsite development
- Lower your cost of ownership
- Protect against project cost overruns with fixed-fee contracts
For more information, contact Scott Haddix, Director, at scott.haddix@thestructuregroup.com.