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Banking & Financial Delivery Process
Project delivery for banking and financial services is critical. At Softworld, our delivery process is designed to support all aspects of your IT projects and offer the on-demand talent you need to complete projects. From new systems development to operations support, we focus on the areas of control that help to insure compliance with necessary regulations and security issues. We meet strict regulatory requirements in an increasing number of areas including:
Accountability for transactional integrity
Data security
Customer information Accuracy
Privacy
Version control
Many of these same requirements also apply to acquisition conversion projects, branch automation systems, and of course, system upgrades.
The Softworld Project Management Model
Softworlds engagement model focuses on communication throughout the project process. Our project management methodology relies on established control procedures to provide senior management, project managers, and project teams for improved communication throughout your project. Our process offers continual communication, enhances cost control, and minimizes cost over-runs and schedule slippage.
The Softworld project managers focus on the following tasks:
Estimation and Planning
Project Tracking
Tasks planned and achieved
Tasks unplanned and achieved
Tasks planned and not achieved
Issues requiring management support
Issue Management
Change Management
Document Management
Risk Management
Business Risk
Schedule and Budget Risk
Technical Risk
Performance and Operational Risk
Functional and Usability Risk
Staffing Risk
Quality Assurance
To ensure the smooth completion and transition of your project deliverables, Softworld has developed stringent quality assurance procedures. The following list of QA tasks is a representative sample of a typical project. QA tasks may be added or removed as part of the planning process by QA and/or project management throughout the project life cycle.
Document Review
Completeness
Clarity
Accuracy
Traceability to predecessor documents
Overall business sense and logic
Feasibility
Testability
Compliance to templates, naming conventions and standards, etc.
Consistency (both internal and external)
Architecture Review
Data Model Review
Peer Code Review
Compliance to requirements and design specifications
Correctness of logic and syntax
Efficiency
Maintainability
Readability and understandability
Compliance with applicable coding and documentation standards
Developer Unit Tests
Subsystem Integration Tests
Functionality Tests
Business Requirement Tests
User Acceptance Tests
Operational Acceptance Tests
Softworld provides specific expertise for high level Banking and Financial projects including:
Merger and Acquisition Data Conversion Services
Core Systems Upgrades
Project Support Services
SAS 70 Audit Preparation
Quality Assurance
Year-End Processing
Systems Integration
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