Our Approach

We believe that good project management and design result from the intelligent use of sound structured methodologies at all stages of the project's life cycle.  Nowhere is this more important than in e-business application development.   With the proper structured methodologies, we literally create order out of chaos!   

Our proven track record of success can be made to work for you to help you achieve the results you seek.   We believe in doing projects right the first time!

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These are the key elements of good project management:
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Complete control over all phases of the project life cycle, following the best practices of the Project Management Institute.
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Identification of all risks associated with the project, together with probability of each risk occurring and impact to the project if it occurs.  Development of a risk mitigation strategy for each identified risk.
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The use of best-practice methods for gathering business  requirements and business rules (including interviews, requirements meetings and brainstorming). 
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Correct assessment and analysis of business requirements and business rules.   The use of business process flows, use cases, scenario flows in documenting requirements, with the goal of obtaining 100% consensus from the Business owners before development starts.
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A realistic project plan defining project scope, goals, tasks to be accomplished, timelines, resources required, and a projected ending date.    (Well-defined timelines for design, analysis, prototyping, development, system testing, user acceptance, implementation and post-implementation phases).
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Thorough definition of system architecture to be used to accomplish project goals.
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Thorough data analysis of existing databases and/or complete data modeling.
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Complete system design delineating all processes and data elements, and/or graphical object model.
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Gradual completion of all phases of the project, with full accountability for work produced at all levels.
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Control over "scope creep".   A well-established Change Control process designed to handle proposed changes to the requirements.
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The use of Earned Value methods for keeping the project on-time and within budget.
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Thorough system testing of all parts of the system, using all possible scenarios.
 
Statistics show that 70% to 75% of all information technology projects fail because one or more of the above key elements of the project life cycle was left out.
 

 

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