- Analysis & Design
- Development & Testing
- Implementation & Training
- Project Management
Software Services
Analysis and design services
For use by:
- Businesses that want to better understand what would be involved in a software development project - specification, costs, timescales and business process impact.
- Businesses wanting to create a complete user and technical specification of a software / website solution ready for tendering the project.
0844 357 7360
or +44 (0)1273 013695
Analysis
Building on the learning from initial discussions, we’ll further clarify
your requirement with a formal scoping study, involving strategic department heads
and key end-users along with our technical team.
We’ll look at suitable technologies that are available; we’ll also look at
what technologies are just around the corner in this ever-changing industry.
We’ll provide a series of options illustrating the relative benefits and disadvantages
of each option.
It’s very common that “the best” solution is also the most costly and possibly
out of reach in the short term. We’ll discuss with you where you’d like to be
and in what timescale. What we will not do is recommend a solution which might
preclude you from taking the project to the next stage at some future point.
Above all, our aim is to provide you with all of the information you need,
in a language that you understand to make an educated business decision
understanding both the benefits and costs of the project.
Design
It‘s a proven fact that providing a sound, well thought through specification
at this stage can save significant time in the future. We’ve (unfortunately) seen
many IT / software projects embarked on before the design is fully understood. This
only ever leads frustration, delays and unanticipated costs - from you, your supplier
and everyone involved in the project.
Our recommended way of working is for all project key stakeholders to meet, understand
each others requirements and find a common language that all understand. A
Project Manager
will be assigned to your project to facilitate the communication between ”the business“
, ”the user’s“ and ”the techies“ assigned to delivering the project.
We find that with all teams working together with a common understanding of what’s
required in a common language, projects are delivered far more quickly and efficiently.
During this phase, we‘ll prepare a set of documentation formally describing
the project in detail (or at least the first phase*). If appropriate, we may also
provide prototype solutions so
that everyone understands what it is we‘re delivering, how it will fit into your
business process and the costs involved.
* For larger projects, or with projects that may have uncertainty in later phases, we
may recommend that these are delivered in phases so that the learnings from
inital phases, practical experience and benefits may be taken through to later areas
of the overall development.
