Project Management
Management of Software development cycles can be complex. Many factors militate against swift, efficient, focussed development of the desired product. This adds cost and disrupts timescales.
IT Quorum is managed entirely by experienced contractors with over 30 years combined experience of successful software development. More importantly the team brings with it experience of what can go wrong to help you anticipate any issues early on.
The IT Quorum strategy delivers regular structured communication between the Project Manager and our customer. Typically as a standard we provide,
- Project Initiation Document
- Functional Specification -- with clear business objectives attached
- Weekly Project meetings -- duration circa 1 hour
- Ongoing project review -- helicopter view
- Acceptance Criteria
IT Quorum provides the technical knowledge required to create the software, whilst communicating effectively with the right individual(s) in your business who provide the business knowledge to keep the software requirements focused on your business needs.
- Typical Deliverables
- Project Initiation Document
- A design of a functional specification -- including a graphical interface
- A library of technical functions
- Database configurations
- Systems integration tasks
- Design and development of complete systems
- Test Plans
- Acceptance Criteria
- Functional Specification
Each deliverable will be assigned a number and an owner - a responsible individual within
IT Quorum and a skilled individual within your business responsible for approving the
outcome. Approval of development deliverables by your staff is vital to the process.
Only you know if software is achieving what your business needs. If necessary we will produce
extra GUI functionality to allow your staff to test deliverables where the functionality is
difficult to test or demonstrate.
- Cost
Each deliverable will be priced separately and created in the appropriate sequence. Once a module
has been written it must be examined and approved by the responsible person within your
organisation and any excursions from the desired functionality corrected by IT Quorum.
It is often the case that the user only realises the functionality they really want after
development has begun. This continuous unit-by-unit approval is vital to enforce the communication
and feedback that keeps development focused on your business needs. This approach keeps you in
control at all times.
- Terms
The total project cost is the sum of the costs of each deliverable.
Each deliverable will be invoiced as each module is accepted.
No development work will be carried out on succeeding modules until the earlier parts
are accepted.
This way you see your solution being created as your budget is spent,
enhancing your sense of security and control of the result.