Strategic Services

Solution Delivery Process

Project delivery for any project is a critical component for success. Automated business processes and the systems that support them must meet strict regulatory requirements in an increasing number of areas. Accountability for transactional integrity, security of data, correctness of customer information, privacy, and version control, are not only important to production systems, but also apply to all aspects of the system development process.

Our project management and delivery process is designed to support all aspects of IT projects, from new system development to operations support.

The Softworld Project Management Model

Softworld’s 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 with a transparent system of information flow, status, and other issues. This results in cost control, and avoiding cost over-runs and schedule slippage in projects.

Throughout the lifecycle of your IT project, 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 a stringent quality assurance process. The following list of QA tasks is intended to be representative of the 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 Project Methodology
Softworld’s development methodology involves an iterative approach to achieving a quality solution in a timely manner. This is accomplished by continuously looping through requirements, design, implementation, documentation, delivery, and support stages to deliver complex projects as a series of releases. The overriding theme for each stage is producing a defect-free deliverable on schedule.

Business Performance Assessment

Quality Assurance

Program Management

IT Strategy Assessment

Tactical Project Support & Staffing

Solution Delivery Process




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