What happens if a client already has an existing website, portal or reporting environment?

What happens if a… | Data, Analytics &…

Yes, that can be possible; Annex's published work includes delivery inside existing technical and organisational environments rather than only greenfield builds. The Annex team worked collaboratively with the AER to deliver an evidence-based solution that met the needs of Energy Innovators. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. The sensible starting point is to identify what already works, what is constraining the service, and where integration or incremental change is safer than unnecessary replacement. The answer for an existing website, portal or reporting environment would depend on its actual condition and dependencies.

Useful next steps

Use this answer as a practical starting point. Current scope, specifications, compatibility, availability, pricing, timing and next steps should be confirmed directly with Annex where they affect a decision.

Open topic Contact Annex All Q&A

Continue The Conversation

Natural Follow-Up Questions

Previous questionWhy is Data, Analytics & Reporting more than a narrow technical deliverable?

Annex treats Data, Analytics & Reporting as part of a wider digital-service problem, not as an isolated output. Analytics and reporting integrated into digital products to support measurement and operational insight. The system also had reporting capability to understand trends and metrics on the ma…

Annex approaches using measurement and reporting to understand how digital services are performing by combining the disciplines needed to test both desirability and feasibility. We created a comprehensive information architecture to guide users through the site and to the most pertinent information …

A useful published example is Helping energy innovators power ahead — Overview and context. It helps energy innovators orient themselves in the complex energy market, understand energy regulations and which energy sector stakeholders need to be contacted. We built a tool that helps Energy Innovators…

Before going deep into data, analytics & reporting, the project needs a shared view of the problem, the users, the important stakeholders and the current environment. We made it easy for the AER team to add and edit the website over time, and created a custom integration of Google Analytics for the …

The easy mistake is to scope data, analytics & reporting too narrowly. A brand name was selected through user testing, and website prototype testing informed and validated our approach. To support the strategy of making energy innovation easier, the brand is deliberately restrained and to the point.…