making software development predictable

Getting PredictableSM Assessment

Based on your performance improvement goals, we make recommendations on how to close the gap between where you are now and where you’d like to be.

Our first step is to explore your end-to-end methodology from the discovery phase through deployment. Do you have a consistent approach to your methodology? If not, where are the inconsistencies? Does the methodology create obstacles or does it efficiently solve business needs?

Next, we examine how the organization defines and executes roles and responsibilities. Are all the key roles accounted for? Does everyone approach these roles consistently? If your organization has four different project managers, are there extreme differences in how they go about their jobs? Do they yield similar results? The third area we look at is metrics. How does your organization measure success? Are there metrics that define progress and realized value in terms that make sense to all project stakeholders? Is it based on business milestones and objectives?

Once these three steps are complete, we can begin to identify the specific areas of your organization in need of a tune up. Often these areas are interdependent. For example, if you tweak your processes, you may also need to review your roles and responsibilities to make sure the right heads are still in the
right hats.