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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.
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.

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 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 estimates result in happier clients? Improving your ability to estimate software projects depends on your ability to produce reliable businss intelligence about your software development process. Reliable business intelligence comes from consistent data, and consisten data comes from consistent processes. Processes at the developer level must feed into processes at the management level in a meaningful way. This requires that management methods be defined independently of the development methods. There's a difference between management methodologies and development methodologies. Knowing this difference is the key to successful software process improvement. Management methods give software companies the ability to make management decisions and commitments internally and to customers. These decisions and commitments are made on the basis of data produced in a few key process areas. Without these processes, the data is unreliable, therefore, project predictability and success is only one project deep and doesn't fully contribute to the projections and success of the company.
Modern software needs QA processes that more closely fitted to each project, are dynamically adapting to the project and making development cheaper, better, and faster on every subsequent project; that truly add business value to the QA process. On time working product is a must. Processes must reflect the demands of the customer -- first and foremost. Processes must be adaptive and scalable to handle exceptions. NEED: Process that are matched to project objectives before the project gets under way and get into the detail of the standards and methods so that when the standards are followed they automatically generate the necessary 'proof' of process compliance. DON’T NEED: Processes that simply create automated markers and flags, INSTEAD: approaches that enmesh metrics and data generation into the development process so that the successful output of the process is only possible if the process was properly followed. In a well integrated project generating the data QA needs would merely be a report that runs every so often querying certain tables and build repositories. A QA program at this level of abstraction is infinitely scalable to any project, as long as there’s the will to cooperate for the purposes of benefiting the business.
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Cost:  Tired of open-ended unpredictable consulting engagements?  So are we!  How about "budgetable", dedicated, "lightweight" process advice?

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Integrity:  we're 100% life-cycle neutral.  We don't get in the way of how you develop software, we just care about helping you manage how it gets done.

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Trust:  it's your business that's at stake.  Software development processes must either reduce your costs, or increase your profit, anything else is a waste.

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Authenticity:  we translate your business’ needs into tangible activities and evolve development processes that get results, not to meet some process standard -- so you get useful intelligence about your business.

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Companies seeking to implement the benefits of the industry's best practices in profitable software development practices can take advantage of Entinex's cost-effective approach and extensive implementation experience across many industries, markets and organizational size and cultures.

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Dedicated Process Improvement Advisor*

  • eDNA-P, Determinations of Needs Assessment for Processes*
  • Gap Analysis to preferred benchmark or standards*
       » Process Improvement Road Map
       » Process Improvement Strategy
       » Prioritized Action Plan
  • Hands-on Process Implementation, 10+ hrs/week:
       » Review Existing & Select New Processes
       » Develop & Track Measures of Success
       » Create, Install, Validate & Pilot Processes
       » Training, Facilitation and Coaching
  • Daily e-mail/phone call progress reports
  • 8 Weekly spool-up meetings
  • Monthly progress meetings

$7656/Month

Committed Navigator

Many other software developers may not even need even as much as a dedicated process leader.  These companies might have a less aggressive schedule but would still realize significant benefit from the same services as a dedicated process person, but would simply require less of such a person's time.

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Part-Time Process Improvement Advisor

  • eDNA-P, Determinations of Needs Assessment for Processes*
  • Gap Analysis to preferred benchmark or standards*
       » Process Improvement Road Map
       » Process Improvement Strategy
       » Prioritized Action Plan
  • Hands-on Process Implementation, 6 hrs/week:
       » Review Existing & Select New Processes
       » Develop & Track Measures of Success
       » Create, Install, Validate & Pilot Processes
       » Training, Facilitation and Coaching
  • Daily e-mail/phone call progress reports
  • Up to 8 Weekly spool-up meetings
  • Monthly progress meetings

$5104/Month

On-Call Expert

Some companies and organizations simply need objective insights and guidance with little to no follow-through or implementation.  These situations might be making very protracted progress, might have internal resources to "carry the ball" once it's given to them, or might simply be strapped for cash or time to invest in process thoughts.

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Process Advisor/Analyst

  • eDNA-P, Determinations of Needs Assessment for Processes*
  • Gap Analysis to preferred benchmark or standards*
       » Process Improvement Road Map
       » Process Improvement Strategy
       » Prioritized Action Plan
  • Training, Facilitation and Coaching
  • Daily e-mail/phone call progress reports
  • Up to 8 Weekly spool-up meetings
  • Monthly progress meetings

$2668/Month

* also available a la carte

Just because you’re looking at implementing a disciplined approach to developing software, doesn't mean you need the full battery of the industry's formal standards.  It also doesn't mean you can't benefit from them either, or that doing so has to slow you down or cost a fortune.  Why shouldn’t you benefit from expert process improvement?

Are your software development activities less important than those of larger companies?  To you, your costs and profits are just as important as the multi-million dollar risks are to the blue chips.  In fact, perhaps more so.  Wasted effort in your company could be devastating.  But, what’s at risk if you don’t move forward?  Probably just as dire.

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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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