The key to a successful technology project lies in the coordination of several critical success factors:
- The right people
- The right technology
- The right methodology
Although the right technology forms the basis for a reliable system, solid methodologies are vital to the success of any project. Developers and users are more satisfied with the finished product when the analysis and design of the target system are carefully done. When a project is managed and implemented correctly, valuable time and money is saved by not having to redo what should have been done in the first place. Failures usually happen when shortcuts are taken, and the proper methodology is not followed or performed with enough care.
Strategic Technology Group (STGroup) offers a variety of methodologies that address the business challenges of organizations in assisting in:
- Definition of business challenges/changes
- Definition of new needs
- Specification of technology requirements to achieve needs
- Evaluation/development of business solutions
Utilization of these methodologies results in clearer definition of users needs, risk reduction, and total project cost minimization.
STGroup offers the following Methodologies:
- Joint Application Design (JAD) – Defines the needs of multiple organizational business units with common business
- Requirement Specification Development – Defines the needs of an organizational business unit for a specific business challenge.
- Baseline Analysis – Defines the current process, functions and content of an existing application. The resulting specification is then evaluated against the current business needs of the organization thereby producing a procurement and/or development specification for a replacement system.
- GAP Analysis – Defines the required customization of a potential new business solution based on the organization' current needs.
- Rapid Application Prototyping (RAP) – Entails development of a beta version of the solution for users to critique against the required needs defined. Once a solution has undergone prototyping and feedback from, the user population the final product is more apt to meet their requirements thereby reducing the overall project risk.
