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"VivánTech clients such as
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Stellar Application Development |
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Based on
the past statistics that have been published by
organizations such as PMI, Standish group and
others, the U.S. will waste over $50 billion on
challenged or failed projects. If you think $50
billion is an enormous number, keep in mind that
it is the projection for this year alone. No
matter what your company's size is, a good
software development partner can help keep your
projects on schedule and within budget. In this
era of doing more with less, a partner should
ultimately deliver in three areas:
cost-effectiveness, quality and timeliness.
With
staggering statistics on challenged projects, one
can deduce that many of the software development
projects in today's world are complex. However,
there is always the same set of challenges and
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Unclear Objectives and/or
Requirements
Changing Requirements
Insufficient End-User
Involvement
Lack of Management
Support/Buy-In
Resource Constraints
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An experienced software
development partner can help you address or avoid
some of these issues. If your partner has a proven
process and establishes open and timely
communications with all the appropriate touch
points of your company, the probability of success
will be much higher. With proper management
support, the change management and approval
process will be swift and efficient, allowing your
partner to navigate your project toward the end
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In
evaluating potential partners, consider the cost
savings the partner can provide to you. In
addition, take a close look at the people,
processes, and tools offered by the potential
partner. If you are interested in significant cost
savings and 24/7 rapid development, your partner
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At VivánTech, we believe
the following are the major components of a
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Regardless of the size
of your organization or the project, your
partner should help you nail down the end goal.
Ask yourself the questions: Why is the project
there in the first place? What will it
accomplish for your company? The end goal must
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This is the foundation
of the house. Your partner ideally should
include the primary use cases, actors and
diagrams and accurately define the scope of the
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Nowadays, the makeup of
a project resources vary a great deal. Depending
on the project size, some of the team members
may wear different hats. Although this is
acceptable for small projects, the need for a
single accountable person for a project is an
absolute necessity. In some cases, a senior
account manager from your partner's organization
can act as a strategic consultant, bringing a
neutral, experienced perspective to your
company. Augmenting what the project manager
does, the senior account manager can help define
where the project at hand fits in the bigger
picture. In addition, a QA and Testing group,
separate from the developers, is a sign of a
mature vendor who can deliver quality results.
Since many of the projects today involve the
web, other resources may need to be considered
such as security, user-interface/usability, art
design, network, ISP, and
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Your partner should
always keep the business needs in the forefront.
It is easy to get mired in project details and
lose sight of the end-goal. A good methodology
with the proper checks and balances goes a long
way. Mature software development organizations
follow the guidelines of the Rational Unified
Process® which has a set of defined phases such
as inception, elaboration, construction,
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This is easier said than
done. From the very beginning, the teams and the
management must have a highly disciplined
process for submitting, and approving changes.
Good methodologies have a clear way of defining
the business reasoning behind the submitted
change request and force the teams to do a
cost/benefit analysis. The process should be
designed to let the business needs drive the
changes and prioritize them accordingly. A good
change management process should not slow down
organizations but force them to examine why
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Stellar results demand
more. High caliber software development partners
with solid methodologies and talented people do
more than just planning and development. They
pay attention to the business drivers and
consider other factors such as truly learning
the business of their customers, knowing what
the end users really need, and building
solutions that are secure and scalable.
The world of software
development is constantly evolving with new
methodologies and tools. One thing that does not
change is the human element. Choose your
software development partner wisely. A good
partner can help you reduce your cost, improve
the profitability of your organization and speed
up your time-to-market. |
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