Professional services
Professional services that grow.
Without the partners in every decision. Partners freed from admin, projects that start with an owner and capacity, and client security reviews answered in a day.
Project intake and prioritisation
- New project request
- Summarise the request
- Business case complete?
- Score the request
- Check team capacity
- Portfolio board decides
- Approved this quarter?
- Project set up
- Starts with an owner
- Request to decision: 6 weeks → 2 weeks (Example)
02 · Professional services
Professional services
Clients ask for proof
Banks, governments and multinationals send security and data-protection questionnaires to their advisers and agencies. ISO 27001 is becoming a shortlist requirement.
Growth breaks the partnership model
Firms growing past 50 people find that every decision still goes through the founding partners.
Tool sprawl is the norm
Each practice picks its own tools. Subscription costs rise, and nobody knows who can see client data.
Growing from 50 to 150 and the founder is the bottleneck
Every decision still waits for one person.
Too many tools, too many subscriptions
You pay for overlap and still re-type the same data.
An audit, certification or customer due diligence is coming
Someone will ask for evidence you don't have in one place.
03 · Use cases
Use cases
- Lower overheadBothProfessional servicesFinancial services
Too many tools and subscriptions.
Every team bought its own software. Nobody knows what you pay for, who owns it, or who still has access. We cut the overlap and give every tool an owner.
Example Paid subscriptions: 64 → 38
- VisibilityBothConstructionProfessional services
Our projects finish late.
And nobody knows until the end. Status lives in five tools and a Monday meeting, so delays surface when it is too late. We give leadership one live view and an early warning.
Example Days late before anyone knows: 9 → 1
- VisibilityConsultingProfessional servicesEducation
Too many projects, none finish.
Every department launches its own initiatives, people are stretched thin and nothing gets done. We set up a light PMO that decides what starts and what waits.
Example Projects running at once: 23 → 9
- VisibilityBothFinancial servicesProfessional services
The numbers arrive too late.
Two weeks after month-end. By the time leadership sees last month's results, this month is half gone. We shorten the close so the numbers arrive while they still matter.
Example Close: 12 days → 3 days
- Ready to scaleConsultingProfessional servicesManufacturing
Everything waits for the founder.
We're growing from 50 to 150 people. Every approval, hire and discount still waits for one person. We write down who decides what, so the business moves without the founder in every loop.
Example Decisions reaching the founder: 60 a month → 8 a month
- Audit-readyBothFinancial servicesProfessional services
We're not ready for ISO 27001.
Certification is coming. A customer or investor wants ISO 27001, and evidence is scattered across inboxes. We get you ready, with the evidence collecting itself.
Example Audit preparation: 6 weeks → 3 days
04 · Questions
Questions
What does Devvion do for professional services firms?
Devvion steps in on decision rights, project intake, client delivery reporting and security readiness. Consulting first, then engineering where it saves the most time.
Can you help us get ISO 27001?
Devvion gets you ready for ISO 27001; an accredited body certifies. We set up the controls and the evidence so it stays current.
05 · Contact
Book the assessment.
Tell us what is slowing the business down. We'll confirm the scope and the dates on a first call.