Fintecs Offers Free DNA Test for Financial and Banking IT Systems

Fintecs, a leading Banking IT consultancy, is offering a free documentation audit tool to banks and financial institutions wishing to determine how effectively their IT documentation meets their business needs. The Documentation Needs Analysis (DNA) test was developed by Fintecs specifically to improve visual documentation - often a neglected area in banking and financial systems.

Redhill, Surrey, England (PRWEB) February 4, 2006 -- Fintecs, a leading Banking IT consultancy, is offering a free documentation audit tool to banks and financial institutions wishing to determine how effectively their IT documentation meets their business needs. The Documentation Needs Analysis (DNA) test was developed by Fintecs specifically to improve visual documentation - often a neglected area in banking and financial systems.

Fintecs Managing Director, Tony Gratton, says, 'Our visual approach to documentation has been designed to enable banks and financial institutions to rediscover the value of their hardware and software assets, to transfer vital knowledge among staff more easily, and match IT systems more closely to the needs of banking. We developed the DNA test based on extensive banking experience so that organisations can score their documentation easily but to a meaningfully high standard.'

'The priceless advantage of the visual documentation approach,' says Gratton, 'is that it gives organisations the bigger picture of how their business processes interact with their people - and where their IT investments are being under-used - so they can plan future systems with confidence.'

'Words are important as a source of reference', says Gratton, 'but for ease of understanding and a global grasp on complex banking IT systems, nothing equals a picture. The visual documentation techniques developed by Fintecs solve the problems associated with traditional IT documents. The bank's global view is always maintained, ensuring that the context of all processes is clearly displayed. Users are not required to remember details - the details are continually available. Switching between levels of complexity is easy, whether on paper or on screen. Layers are easily linked -- just like web pages. And visuals are easily emailed.'

Banks and other financial institutions can take the Fintecs DNA test, free of charge and without obligation, simply by emailing info @ fintecs.com with 'DNA' in the subject line, or calling 01737 852385.

About Fintecs:

Founded in 2001, Fintecs is a Banking IT consultancy that combines in-depth expertise in banking and the financial industry with a unique approach to the visual documentation of systems, business processes and people.

The Fintecs visual approach to IT documentation has been developed in association with one of Europe's leading banks. It is designed to help financial institutions of all kinds to rediscover the value of their hardware and software assets and to:-

Transfer vital knowledge among staff
Match IT systems more closely to the needs of Banking
Understand fully how business processes interact
Plan future systems with confidence

Fintecs draws on a wealth of experience with all kinds of financial institutions from private banking to trust administration including specialities such as asset management for private and institutional clients.

Fintecs consultancy projects have included business process analysis from front-office to back, data flows, databases and a wide range of software applications, with extensive experience of project management, project implementation, systems integration, and systems replacement.

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