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As difficult as it is to buy the right software, you’d think they’d call it hardware. You need to be an expert in how to buy software. You need to know how to write a software specification. For every business there are many problems or needs that can be addressed.  Technology will only be able to solve certain problems.  For every one of those there are many technologies that will work.  For every technology there are many more products or solutions of that technology.  And, for every product or solution there are that many more vendors.  How do you know if the vendor you picked is even going to have a product, a technology or a solution that can solve your problem and that it's the right problem to solve with technology? First you need to figure out which business problems need to be solved.  Then you need to narrow down which of those business problems can be solved with technology. After that you need to determine which technologies are the right ones to apply to solve those problems.  Only then can you identify the technology product or solution to address those needs.  Don't even think about talking to a developer or vendor until you've done these steps. CMMI can be applied to small companies and in agile development environments and methods.You can achieve a CMMI level rating even though you use XP (Extreme Programming) or another Agile Development approach or method.Looking for help implementing CMMI?  Need someone who will understand that 'your're different?'  Looking for discipline in a lightweight environment?  Entinex understands and can help you achieve your process objectives.Software development isn't manufacturing.  So why do people keep trying to use manufacturing methods on software?  Manufacturing QA doesn't work in software which is why so much software QA is so painful.  Entinex has the solution. Don't let obsolete thinking about software processes intimidate you out of pursuing a CMMI level rating.  Old-style thinking about software processes have not kept up with the times, but Entinex has.  Entinex understands that you're in business not for the process but to make money selling software products, solutions, and services. Let Entinex help you achieve your process goals without breaking your bank or rhythm.
Did you know that your technology project has an 80% chance of failing?  Do you know what to do to improve those odds?  Do you know what to ask your software developer or vendor to make sure they know what to do so that the project you're paying them to do doesn't fail?

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Less than 3 out of 10 software projects succeed to come in on time, come in on budget, do what the customer wants them to do.  Why should your software project be among the (more than) 7 failed projects? Over 50% of all failed projects over-run their budgets by 189%, over-run their Schedules by 222%, deliver an average of 60% of what the customer wanted.  In other words, customers paid twice as much, waited twice as long and got half of what they expected.  The common theme is that NONE ever had a reliable estimate in the 1st place. The odds are against you.  Most software developers and their clients have no means of accurately estimating the software project, predicting the outcome of projects or ensuring project success.
Software development isn't manufacturing.  So why do people keep trying to use manufacturing methods on software?  Manufacturing QA doesn't work in software which is why so much software QA is so painful.  Entinex has the solution.  Don't let obsolete thinking about software processes intimidate you out of pursuing a CMMI level rating.  Old-style thinking about software processes have not kept up with the times, but Entinex has.  We understand that you're in business not for the process but to make money selling software products, solutions, and services. Let us help you achieve your process goals without breaking your bank or development rhythm.  Entinex helps small or agile software developers achieve high level ratings of CMMI.
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We recognize that we have a "hard sell" to reach some clients.  This points to a fundamental problem with business: few concerns are already thinking strategically about technology, and even fewer are process-focused.  Complicating the matter is that we solve problems very close to and often painful for businesses to acknowledge, let alone to solve.

Nature vs. Nuture
The nature of business and technical processes are such that many companies develop processes organically; rooted in crisis management, neglect, evolution, mandate, or culture.  These process roots cause companies to seek business solutions in the symptoms of the problems and not in the causes of the problems.  These roots are often the behind-the-scenes processes that have now rotted, thus creating the broken situation brought out by the symptoms the company is experiencing.

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In effect, businesses are often faced with the possibility that the source of their problems are their own way of doing/operating the business.  This is a difficult "go in" position for Entinex.  We attempt to avoid this where possible.  Solutions are not found in what's being done wrong, they are found in what needs to be done.

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Entinex addresses this challenge by approaching our clients in the manner in which this industry responds best: building relationships.  Entinex's business is a service.  A consulting service.  We recognize that services are relationship businesses.  And, consulting services are not the service businesses are happy to need.  Technology Management is an industry in which relationships and good will are the key to working well together.  Therefore, Entinex is a business in an industry in which a key to success as a business, and success in its chosen industry is the strength of the relationships it creates and nurtures.

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Did you know that your technology project has an 80% chance of failing?  Do you know what to do to improve those odds?  Do you know what to ask your software developer or vendor to make sure they know what to do so that the project you're paying them to do doesn't fail?
Would you like your software estimates to improve?  Would you like to have predictability and consistency in your software projects?  Wouldn't it be nice if you could forecast your capacity for new work and your sales effort?  Wouldn't better estimats result in happier clients?

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