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At Briq, we’ve built a thorough implementation process designed to help your business go live on the platform as soon as possible. Our implementation managers are industry experts who will help address your needs in the best way for your business.
That said, many businesses want to know what they can do to help get Briq running fast. It’s a great attitude to have, since the implementation is a collaborative process between Briq and your business. Our platform is custom-tailored for each company that uses it, so our client’s voices and participation are of the utmost importance.
For those eager to make their implementation successful, we’ve put together this quick guide on what companies can do to help. By the end, you’ll know the best practices to get your solutions up and running as smoothly as possible. Let’s dive right into how businesses can supercharge their implementation process.
Know your processes
Briq is a personalized platform. We don’t force companies to adopt any prebuilt process or bend their needs to any forecasts or automation we’ve already built. Instead, Briq digitalizes your existing processes and uses this as an opportunity to make improvements while we’re at it. In this way, adopting Briq will be a new approach to a familiar process.
However, Briq first needs to understand your process before we can digitalize it. Once your business has settled on the systems and processes they use, it’s essential to catalog them. Be prepared to provide your implementation team with any formalized processes you plan to automate or attach to the Briq platform. If you either don’t have a formal process or documentation detailing it, describe what kind of systems you’d like to have in place. Whether it’s a forecasting workbook or a unique budgeting process, it’s important to give your implementation team clear and detailed resources for them to use when digitalizing your business. Think of it like preparing blueprints for the project, so our team can get right to constructing as soon as we’re on site.
Set your priorities
Our financial automation platform has an extensive list of tools. From forecasting automation to instant budget allocation, Briq features are built to help construction companies, and we’re always adding more. It’s a platform for you to run your business on and serve all your construction finance needs.
Moving a business onto a platform takes time. The customizable nature of our platform means we try to get the details right as thoroughly and precisely as possible. Trying to adopt all of our features at once may not be feasible. Instead, we try to roll out improvements one at a time, so that every system is complete before we move on to the next. As a consequence, it’s important to set your priorities and decide what you want from Briq ahead of time. Try to organize your deliverables in order of priority so that our team knows where to focus its efforts. Knowing which systems you want to improve fastest, which require the most attention, and which will add the most value allows us to help address your needs in a practical, timely manner. All of this will allow us to set milestones, give accurate timelines, and get your priorities taken care of first.
Designate points of contact
Briq was created in part as a solution to a common industry problem. The software out there wasn’t being used by the teams it was made for. The available tools were confusing to use, underdelivered on needs, and didn’t see widespread adoption across the business. At Briq, we make sure that isn’t the case by connecting directly with the employees who use the platform. We address their concerns head-on and apply their feedback to the platform.
To do this, it’s essential for businesses to loop their employees into the conversation. We advise picking a select few managers or core members of your departments to spearhead the process. We’ll work with them to make sure the software interface will make sense for their employees, and understand what day-to-day use will look like for them. Additionally, these same team members can be the advocates that train their peers when it’s time to roll out the platform across the company. They’ll be the champions of the implementation process for their department or team. By connecting us with your teams from the start, we can address goals fast and ensure that Briq sees widespread employee buy-in early on. Best of all, it gives employees a voice in what the software they use will look like.
Share your business goals
A financial automation platform does more than digitalize your processes. It allows you to improve them at every level. Companies can alter any piece of their workflows, forecasts, and processes on the Briq platform. This provides construction companies an opportunity to overhaul their processes without having to retrain employees or spend a significant amount of resources reviewing the whole business.
To make the most out of this process, we recommend companies come in with certain goals set. If the plan is to cut the forecasting time in half or your business wants to eliminate redundant steps in a workflow, let us know. The implementation team is here to help your company achieve whatever goals it wants to meet with Briq. We’ll be able to base our designs and implementations around getting you to the numbers you want to see. The more we know about where you want to go, the better we can help you get there.
Communicate proactively
While points of contact, business goals, priorities, and processes are all important to touch on, they all stem from one core principle: communication. Most, if not all growth concerns can be handled by proactive communication with our team. Open communication and active listening are the keys to supercharging your implementation process. The more collaboration your business brings to the table, the faster and better you’ll be able to get Briq up and running. Our team comes prepared to give its all, and if yours does too, then there’s nothing stopping us from success.
If you’d like to learn more about the Briq implementation process, and each step along the way, check out our Briq Roadmap. It contains an outline of the process, timeline estimates for each step, and a description of each stage.
Looking to see what Briq can do for your business? Speak with our experts and learn how Briq can help automate your construction processes.
