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Strengths

Cost advantage
Staff is strong with trouble-shooting all 5 basic products.
Willingness to do short-term work.
Generates ~$1MM annually.
Under market pricing.
Highly motivated management.

Weaknesses

Job duties and expectations not clearly defined.
Operational infrastructure not clearly defined.
Demand for services is reactive only.
Lack of reputation for expertise and no training program.
Spread of territory difficult to meet all requests.
Staff lacks familiarization and skill with less common or advanced products
Staff lacks personal motivation to excel, suffers from low morale, and has techy personalities.

Opportunities

Because duties and operational structure is so loosely defined, can build from scratch.
New product version releases offer continuous opportunity for consultation.
Identification of problems with customers using Application Server indicates a high need for post-sales consulting.
Upper management interest in improvement translates to support for necessary changes.
Many opportunities to train exist.

Threats

Economic slowdown
Competition is also often a customer.
System Integrators might oppose major growth efforts.
Improvement of consultant skills might result in poaching of staff.
Increase in service contract/agreement requirement inhibits ability to meet demand.
Placement of some staff on long-term engagements limits resources for other customers.

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