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Methodology Solutions for Common Project Management Challenges

Every program and project manager has experienced the result from the lack of clarity on a project. The lack of a process definition (methodology) can result in confusion, misunderstanding, miscommunication and project and program failure.

"Delivering the Project" - Project Management Lifecycle

Projects can suffer and stagnate for a number of reasons:

  • Lack of official ownership
  • Project scope creep
  • Limited requirements definition
  • Ineffective planning and status oversight
  • Mismanagement or mis- allocation of resources
  • Issue and risk management
  • And more!

These issues can be addressed by incorporating a higher degree of project management. The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides business stakeholders, end users, project managers and project team members the structural framework and deliverables required to effectively initiate, plan, execute, and deliver any project on time and within budget.

"Delivering the Application" - Software Development Lifecycle

Far too often projects are delayed or re-worked due to a number of issues:

  • Poor definition of the business requirements
  • Not designing the application to satisfy those business requirements
  • Not building the application according to the design

In most cases, these challenges can be resolved by ensuring business requirements, architectural design, and specifications (functional and technical) are well documented, communicated and shared among project team members.

The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides business managers, business analysts, technical architects, systems analysts, programmers and testers the structure and deliverables they require to clearly establish the business requirements, design the technical solution and develop the code for the application - delays and rework are avoided. The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides a scalable cost effective structure and deliverables that can be used to define, design and construct software development and maintenance projects. It is applicable for both development and maintenance environments.

"Delivering the Quality" - Software Testing Lifecycle

Frequently, projects fall behind schedule during development, resulting in:

  • Shortening the amount of time and effort available to test the user functionality.
  • Applications are then "thrown over the wall" to the Quality Assurance and Testing resources with the expectation that the application is going into production on a specific date.
  • Testing that was originally scheduled to take one month gets whittled down to one week and applications are migrated into the production environment without thorough testing.
  • The result is an unstable application requiring additional rework and re-testing.

In almost every case, these challenges could be alleviated by applying rigor to the testing discipline to ensure applications released into the production environment meet the business needs and specifications before they are migrated into the production environment.

The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides QA managers, QA leads, analysts, programmers and testers the structure and deliverables required to ensure the application being delivered adheres to authorized requirements and specifications . It is applicable for both development and maintenance environments.

Solutions to Challenges

Project Management (PM)

The QAIassist Project Management (PM) lifecycle begins with having authorization that a business need does exist, a business case has been documented and the necessary stakeholders have provided formal approval and authorization to initiate a project.

The QAIassist Project Management (PM) lifecycle focuses on the overall management, oversight and delivery of a project. This includes initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing a project. To deliver this PM lifecycle, the QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology defines four unique phases:

  • Initiate
  • Plan
  • Execute & Control
  • Closeout

Specific deliverables exist within each PM phase. Progression and iterations through the PM phases and deliverables is dependent on the conditions and characteristics of each unique project.

Software Development (SD)

The QAIassist Software Development (SD) lifecycle focuses on defining, designing, building, testing and releasing a business solution. To deliver this SD lifecyle, the QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology defines five unique phases:

  • Systems Analysis
  • Design
  • Build
  • Test
  • Release

Specific deliverables exist within each SD phase. Progression and iterations through the SD phases and deliverables is dependent on the conditions and characteristics of each unique project.

Software Testing (ST)

The QAIassist Software Testing (ST) lifecycle focuses on identifying the business solution criteria, verifying the business solution reflects the business requirements, and validation that the functionality addresses the business need. To deliver this "Software Testing" lifecycle, the QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology defines five unique phases:

  • Systems Analysis
  • Design
  • Build
  • Test
  • Release

Progression and iterations through the "Software Testing" phases and deliverables is dependent on the conditions and characteristics of each unique project.

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