|
What We Do
Project Assessment, Recovery, and
Control Services
|
|
Home | About Us | Methods and
Practices | Project Profiles
|
|
True State
Assessments
Our project assessments provide objective, unbiased
answers to the most important questions:
·
Can this project still return more business value
than it would cost to complete and maintain it
·
Can this project return more business value than the
alternatives we have now
We review the client's currently
available strategic investment options, including the project in question.
We assess whether or not the project can still return more business
value than the other available options.
We start by revisiting and
revalidating the current technology business case. We look for obsolete or
incorrect assumptions about business and technology drivers. We also look
for underestimated or ignored costs and risks, and for overstated business
benefits. Finally, we look for underestimated or ignored potential benefits
that could compensate for other weaknesses.
We map the business case to business requirements, business
requirements to functional requirements, and functional requirements to
technical requirements. By identifying significant defects in any of
these deliverables, or disconnects between deliverables, we can
realistically evaluate risks and benefits.
|
|
We also review project risk factors that
often get too little attention, such as
- Team
instability
- Overlong
schedules
- Dependence
on untried technology
- Poor
communications between developers, vendors, and stakeholders
- Other
potential red flags.
Our template-based approach leverages an
extensive, continually updated repository of efficient, effective, adaptable
and easy-to-use tools. All are based on recognized, consistent, proven
best practices. This eliminates most of the redundant effort of preparing
methods and tools that drives up the time and cost of other consulting
approaches.
In the end, we deliver a report of findings and
recommendations to continue, rescope,
reschedule, or cancel the project. All recommendations are vendor neutral. This
allows the client to choose any other qualified resource for follow on work.
Recovery and Control Services
Many
clients have already decided to continue troubled projects. They often
need help in getting them back on track and keeping them on track. For
these projects, we provide template-based recovery and control services that
emphasize independent project quality management. Our recovery and
control services include
- Quality
review of deliverables, including user requirements, functional
specifications, technical specifications, code, and testing
- Planning and
management of quality gates
- Recommendations
for process improvements
- Post-implementation
reviews
- Business
process documentation updating, cleanup, and improvement
Contact Us
You
can reach us at (609) 977-6214 or by email at Info@HamiltonTechMgt.net
|
