North Patrol is an information system consultancy specializing in the design of digital services. We shape ideas into a vision and service concept, identify the best architectural and technological solutions, design a functional user experience and competitively tender the ideal partner for implementation.
We don’t sell implementation projects or licenses; we are genuinely on the client’s side.
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The work done during the project preparation phase serves as the foundation for more detailed planning during the execution, enabling a smoother implementation phase and a more predictable budget for the customer. A good preparation phase also involves engaging the customer’s own organization, providing the project more favorable reception during the roll-out phase.
North Patrol specializes in project preparation and early-stage planning for information systems.
A solid requirements specification is our way of documenting early-stage plans as requirements and describe what is to be accomplished. This creates a shared understanding for both the client and the software development team of what needs to be achieved.
Good requirements specification in the initial stages of a project is also a key factor in high-quality tendering.
As a truly impartial operator, we can assist in technology and partner selections. We facilitate numerous tendering processes annually and have developed processes and methods for conducting high-quality tendering. It is important to us not only that the customer receives a good contract, but the tendering process itself is high quality and interactive. For this reason, many vendors gladly participate in tendering organized by us and offer their best resources for these.
We have an exceptionally good understanding of the Finnish software industry. We read nearly 1000 quotations annually and have extensive discussions with various agencies. In addition to this daily expert work, we constantly conduct self-funded research, focusing particularly on web technologies and the prevalence of different system solutions.
All of this gives us a unique foundation to assess the strengths, weaknesses, realistic budgets and workload required from customers for various solutions.
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40 weeks ago
Finland implemented its long-prepared transparency register on January 1, 2024, as the transparency register law came into effect. The transparency register is a system where lobbyists for companies and associations must disclose how they attempt to influence decision-makers. North Patrol acted as the project’s consultant partner in the preparation, requirements specifications, and tendering process.
27 weeks ago
We at North Patrol updated our analysis of Finnish web technologies. We analyzed the websites of 2500 different organizations, including a comprehensive sample of large corporations, online stores, public administration organizations, and associations. This first review article of this year’s survey focuses on the platforms of the main websites of these organizations.
We serve hundreds of organizations from various industries, including public administration and advocacy organizations. Here are examples of different projects we have undertaken.
February 2023 –
Scouting digital services concept development, roadmap, service design of processes, technology recommendations
August 2022 – March 2023
Transparency Register requirement specification and procurement
June 2022 – May 2023
Preliminary study, requirement specification, and procurement for digital services
December 2021 – March 2022
Preliminary Study for a Secure Extranet
December 2021 – June 2022
Content management system requirement specification and procurement
October 2021 – March 2022
Support for the Procurement of the Right of Occupancy Queue Number Register
February 2021 – October 2021
Concept Design and Tendering of the Occupational Pension Law Service (telp.fi)
November 2020 – June 2022
Audit and Procurement Support for the 'My Sanasto' Project
May 2023 –
Preliminary Study and Procurement Support for Website Renewal
February 2023 – October 2023
Preliminary study, concept development, definition, and procurement of the website
February 2023 – June 2023
Enhancement of service pathways for the VTT Website
January 2023 – August 2023
Specification and Procurement Support for Moottori.fi Online Magazine
November 2022 –
Planning and Implementation of the OAJ.fi Website Concept Renewal
October 2022 – July 2023
Conceptualization, specification, and technology and supplier selection for the website renovation
May 2022 – November 2022
Preliminary Study for the Website Renewal
October 2021 – February 2022
Website Concept, Specification, and Tendering Process
April 2023 – June 2023
Evaluation of Intranet Concept and Technology Options
April 2023 – November 2023
Intranet Pre-Study
November 2022 – January 2023
Consultation on the Preliminary Study of the Intranet for the Ministry of Justice's Administrative Sector
January 2022 – June 2022
Intranet specification and procurement
January 2022 – June 2022
Staff Intranet Requirements Specification and Tendering
November 2021 – September 2022
Intranet preliminary study and requirement specification
November 2021 – March 2023
Concept for developing Intranet content
October 2021 – November 2022
Preliminary Study on Wiki Platforms
December 2022 –
Requirement specification and procurement of websites
May 2022 – November 2022
Requirement Specification for Education Online Store
December 2021 – March 2022
Preliminary Study for the EMMA Online Shop Project
September 2021 – March 2022
E-commerce Preliminary Study, Technology Selection, and Tendering Process
September 2020 – December 2020
Development vision and preliminary study for digital services
January 2020 – April 2020
Consultation on the Tendering of the B2B E-commerce Solution
September 2019 – December 2019
Technology Assessment of E-commerce, Digital Marketing, and Communication Platforms
May 2019 – June 2019
Support for Technology and Partner Selection for the E-commerce Solution
June 2023 –
Requirement Specification and Tendering for Websites
May 2023 –
Preliminary Study for the Website Renewal of the Ministry of Justice's Administrative Sector
May 2023 –
Consulting on the development plan for online services
March 2023 – September 2023
Procurement of the Content Management Solution for Metsähallitus Hiking Destinations and Services
March 2023 – June 2023
Consultation on the development of content for Vantaa.fi website
January 2023 – June 2023
Support for the procurement of WordPress solutions
November 2022 – January 2023
Technology study for the Church's common web publishing platform
September 2022 – November 2022
Consulting on concept models for crisis communication
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We are a team of ten consultants, all of whom are experienced designers and technology experts. Every year we design and prepare over 50 different online services and information systems. Our customer satisfaction is very high (9.5 out of 10), and we have helped many customers transform their digital services.
We specialize in high-quality design and requirements specification of digital services. Our mission is to help customers succeed in their software project by creating the best possible foundation for implementation – whether it is an agile implementation done inhouse, a project done with a partner, or a publicly tendered project.
Many software companies recommend software solutions that they also implement themselves. We don’t do that. We don’t do software implementation projects or have partnerships with technology providers. Our perspective on the software market is broad, as it should be for our customers. Our goal is always to find the best possible software solution for our customer, whether it’s a custom-built solution, a SaaS service, an open-source platform, or a combination of these.
We design digital service concepts, implementation methods and architectures that are sustainable and can be further developed. We place great importance on the feasibility of software solutions, the availability of good partners and the predictability of costs.