We don't claim to be a full service consulting firm and we don't try to
be. What we do try to be is very good, very knowledgeable and good mentors
at what we do. After all, that's what you're really paying for isn't it?
Not just the ability to do a job, but also the ability to train and guide
your people to do the job after we leave.
We try to concentrate on the people side of IS project management. Whether
you're developing a new accounting system or the latest e-commerce website. The
people side of IS projects are the most important. Specifically, we provide skills in the following:
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- Project Management
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One of the most difficult aspects of any development effort is
to achieve what was desired, when it was desired, without upsetting
the participants. The ability to lead a project, whatever its
technology, is often more crucial to success than the technology used.
We rightly pride ourselves on our success in leading development
efforts in multiple environments and technologies.
We bring over 20 years of progressive project management experience
in all sizes of projects from small one person week development to
multi-million dollar multi-year package implementations.
This
experience
is
supplemented
by current
education
in modern
techniques.
In
addition
to a
Masters
Certificate
in Project
Management
from York
University,
we are
members of
several
SIGs of
the
Project
Management
Institute
(PMI).
We have experience in applying set project methodologies of varying
flexibility (e.g. Kepner
Tregoe,
PMI/PMBOK) and have incorporated many of the
better aspects of those methodologies into our own processes.
We have experience in developing and applying ISO 9000-3 compliant
project management processes. We also are familiar with the SEI's
Capability Maturity
Model
among
others.
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- Methodology & Process Mentoring
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The most important skill an IT/IS person can bring to your
project is the knowledge of your business. And it's the most expensive
to develop. No consultant can ever match an employee for knowledge of
your own business!
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But IT/IS is changing. How do you keep the very expensively
learned business knowledge while trying to meet the IT/IS needs of
tomorrow.
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Outsourcing isn't the answer. Neither is hiring people just out
of college. The solution is mentoring. Helping your people to learn to
apply new skills. And we can help! We've had extensive experience in
helping people to internalize new skills and to apply new techniques.
Whether it's passing on skills we already have (such as Project
Management or Object Oriented Design) or skills we learn together,
you'll find our mentoring services a great help in ensuring your most
valuable assets continue to add value to your
organization.
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- Business and Systems Analysis and
Design
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Developing software is one issue but how do you know that you're
developing the right software for the job? And how do you know that
the software you're building is the best you can do for your situation?
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That's where our analysis and design capabilities can help your
project to succeed!
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Many organizations can bring years of Analysis and Design
experience to bear on your problems. So do we!
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But we also bring our experience in the operational and
management sides of business. We have over 10 years in operational and
administrative management. Got a problem ... not only do we empathize
... we've been there!
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Whatever your analysis and design methodologies, we can help. Whether
it's RAD (Rapid Application Development), JAD (Joint Application
Development), or OO (Object Oriented), we can help.
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- LANSA Development
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LANSA is a comprehensive, repository based development tool for rapid
systems development (i.e. a CASE tool). It is capable of deploying systems
onto many different platforms (including the IBM AS/400 (iSeries), PC, Unix, PALM OS,
and WWW browser) using the same underlying software (not that we're
suggesting you do that).
Using the
same skills,
your
people are
able to
develop on
most of
the major
platforms
you might
need. It is extremely well positioned for development
of E-Commerce modules either from scratch or integrating legacy systems.
- We have experience in providing full life cycle development from
initial selection of the LANSA tool through implementation of
LANSA.
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- We also have a great deal of experience in using the tool from
initial project objectives through design, development and
testing to implementation using both RAD and waterfall
development methodologies.
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