·         Analysis

·         Design

·         Implementation (Code, Construct, Test)

·         Maintenance.

There are many different models and methodologies, but each generally consists of a series of defined steps or stages which may include but are not limited to:

·        Assessment, strategy, preparation realization, measurement, analysis, design, code, construct, test, implementation and maintenance.

The oldest of these, and the best known, is the waterfall: a sequence of stages in which the output of each stage becomes the input for the next. These stages can be characterized and divided up in different ways, including the following:

·        Project planning, feasibility study: Establishes a high-level view of the intended project and determines its goals.

·       Systems analysis, requirements definition: Refines project goals into defined functions and operation of the intended application. Analyzes end-user information needs.

·       Systems design: Describes desired features and operations in detail, including screen layouts, business rules, process diagrams, pseudo code and other documentation.

·        Implementation: The real code is written here.

·        Integration and testing: Brings all the pieces together into a special testing environment, then checks for errors, bugs and interoperability.

·        Acceptance, installation, deployment: The final stage of initial development, where the software is put into production and runs actual business.

·        Maintenance: What happens during the rest of the software's life: changes, correction, additions, and moves to a different computing platform and more. This, the least glamorous and perhaps most important step of all, goes on seemingly forever.

Our professional consulting services will provide:

·        IT Services Delivery Account / Project Management (PM) overseeing the project scope, goals, plans, designs, analysis, support, Quality Assurance (QA), installation of new/existing systems apps delivering client acceptance of projects within budget.

·        PM of software development methodologies:

·         SDLC – Software/Systems Development Life Cycle

·         RAD – Rapid Application Development

·         RUP – Rational Unified Process

·         Agile / Scrum

·         Waterfall

·       PM driving of the corporate division’s efforts initiating standards and business processes to ensure consulting engagements meet or exceed client’s expectations. We’ll recognize/respond to market trends in consulting services while defining and implementing improvements to the business processes including SOW’s, RFP’s, and P&L.

·       PM identification with coordination of areas for improvement recommending and implementing solutions. We’ll assist in determining the risks impact of projects issues while providing a big-picture understanding to the project team.