Software Project Lifecycle
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Gather information on the high-level goals, objectives, and needs of the organization as related to the topic areas agreed upon prior to commencing Discovery.
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Identify current solutions, pain points & potential areas where the software system can improve the performance of the organization or processes involved. |
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Compile an overview of what functionality the system should provide. |
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Miles Technologies: Senior Technology Advisor and Business Analyst |
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Customer:Principal and Key employees |
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Outline of the Goals, Objectives, and Needs of the proposed project |
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Identify the primary processes which will be handled or touched on by the system & basic overview of each process.
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Identify complexities within the business processes that will need to be handled in the system. |
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Determine actual solution(s) based on needs & analysis of potential solutions vs. requirements. |
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Gather a more detailed description of how system will handle the processes described in the overview. |
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Identify data migration, customization and integration requirements. |
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Assess current infrastructure & general needs & plan for deploying solution |
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Miles Technologies: Business Analyst and System Architect |
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Customer: Principal and Key employees |
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Detailed Business Requirements |
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Solution Overview |
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Fixed Price For Stage 3 and a tighter range for overall project cost |
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Mockup all data entry screens, reports, web pages, and other visual content of proposed system
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Design detailed process flows |
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Develop detailed plan for software design, customization and integration. |
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Identify necessary packaged software, components, hardware, etc which will be required to implement solution. |
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Miles Technologies: Project Manager, Systems Architect, and User Interface Designers |
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Customer: Principal, Key employees and Subject matter experts |
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Development Plan, which includes detailed system design with mockups. |
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Fixed Price for Development. |
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A refined range for Stages 5-8. |
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Execution of Development Plan
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Miles Technologies: Project Manager, Lead Software Engineer, and Software Developers Quality Control Team / Software Consultants |
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Prototype system that is ready for Beta Testing with Organization’s internal staff. |
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Implementation Plan |
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Fixed Price for Stages 5-8. |
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Development of Training Program / Materials
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Onsite and/or remote training session(s) to train employees that will be part of Beta |
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Miles Technologies: Project Manager and Software Consultant who will conduct training |
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Customer: All Beta Users (these users will conduct future training when live system is implemented) |
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Beta users that understand how to utilize the system |
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Beta user testing of prototype system
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Identify usability items and bugs |
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Miles Technologies: Project Manager and QA Team |
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Customer: Beta Users |
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Ready-to-deploy system |
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Installation of necessary hardware
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Installation / implementation of software solution |
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Onsite consultation during initial implementation |
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Run through typical daily business processes within live solution |
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Miles Technologies: Project Manager and Software Consultant |
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Customer: All Users |
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Implemented Solution with version 1.0 of software |
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Monthly Budget Plan For Ongoing remote and/or onsite support
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Extended warranty options |
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Future enhancements or versions of the software will follow the cycle starting with Stage 1: Discovery |
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Miles Technologies: Systems Support Specialists |
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Customer:Tier1 Helpdesk, All users |
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Efficiently running system through ongoing support and extended warranty options |
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If applicable, a separate Data Migration project may be performed. Data migration projects follow the same lifecycle described above, and can be done concurrent to system development.