Nobody can argue against the fact that what only counts in a project is the final outcome: what the product is like, how it cost and how long it took. If the final product meets its goals, the final user feels comfortable and is happy with it, and cost and duration were reasonable, nobody would care about how it has been built up.
But, unfortunately for those optimistic minds, years of practical experience have proved that a project lacking of proper practices, trained people, standards and processes, makes it unpredictable from any point of view: budget, duration or quality. And for an organization stood on this mud-like basement, it is impossible to improve and succeed both in the short and long term.
LIVEWARE can help you to define all the necessary processes for a successful project, implement them into your team, and control and oversee their execution througout the duration of the project. Not only will this ensure that processes are in place, but also your team will learn from past experiences and implement improvements in areas where the process has not worked well.
We use best practices based on the community and our 20 year experience in software development projects. We also use the CMM-I Process Areas as a framework.
As an example, we might perform in your project the following activities:
- Definition of a Quality Plan for the project.
- Training, mentoring and coaching during the implementation of new processes.
- Verification of compliance to processes through evidence.
- Corrective action plan based on findings.
- Improvement of current processes based on Defect Analysis.
Some of these activities must be done on-site, but others could be done remotely from our branch office in Argentina. This would cut costs dramatically with the same level of service and expertise.
Metrics of all our activities are used to evaluate the status of the project in terms of quality.
