Who can Benefit from Hiring
FrontRunner CPC?

Design Teams

System performance is largely determined by decisions made during product architecture and design phases. Unlike many functional problems, most performance problems discovered during testing require substantial portions of the product to be redesigned and re-tested, leading to increased costs, schedule delays and possible bad publicity about the product. In contrast, some simple analysis done "up front" can avoid these problems. FrontRunner can answer developers' performance questions quickly and cost-effectively, help evaluate design tradeoffs, and rapidly identify bottlenecks so they can resolved early and at lower cost. Furthermore, because performance analysis tasks are generally concentrated in a limited period at the start of development, it is more cost-effective to engage a consultant for that limited duration then to assign (and later reassign) a permanent employee.

Startups

Many startups seek to introduce products that offer an improved cost/performance tradeoff (either by improving performance, reducing costs or both). Yet demonstrating that performance improvement to investors and customers can be especially challenging given the novelty of the technology and the startup's limited resources. FrontRunner has experience in the startup environment and brings creativity and wide experience to the task of modeling innovative technology.

Venture Capitalists

Determining if a new product meets its performance claims is a key component of any due diligence investigation. FrontRunner can provide an independent, objective evaluation of a new technologies performance.

Staff Performance Specialists

If you are responsible for performance analysis in your organization, FrontRunner can help by providing additional staff for busy periods or providing skills in areas where in-house expertise is limited. In some cases, we can help you avoid the expense of purchasing expensive simulation software by leasing licenses for a specific project. FrontRunner can also review your organization's approach to performance analysis and recommend process improvements.

Network and e-Business Architects

The same skills used to analyze new products apply equally well to existing technology. Are you facing a large or complex configuration, or introducing novel technology? Because FrontRunner's approach to performance analysis is based on fundamental principles, we can evaluate configurations that more conventional capacity planning techniques may not handle.

Consultants

Can you pose your clients' performance analysis questions but not answer them? Are you wondering if a configuration can be modeled? Or perhaps you just want to subcontract performance analysis so you can concentrate on other topics. FrontRunner can help!

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