Process Assessment

If the key to successful process improvement is taking small steps, then the key to selecting the right step is knowing where you are.  Project teams often have difficulty judging the state of their own process.  They may overemphasize their sore points, or be unfamiliar with newer methodologies and tools.

Our process assessment service can provide you with an independent review of your development processes.  We review your team organization and dynamics, your lifecycle and development methodologies, and your tools and infrastructure.  We identify the hot spots, and help you select specific areas to target for improvement. 

In many cases, management or development teams are already aware of the major trouble points, but have difficulty in getting acknowledgement of the problems.  Budgeting for process improvement is often limited in these cases.  We can adapt to your needs and fit into your budget with our focused, one-day assessment.   

Infrastructure Bootstrapping

Small companies and startups need to focus their resources on their product development.  Their engineering staff has expertise in their problem domain, which is usually not development environments.  We can help you get past this hurdle quickly, by setting up your software development infrastructure, for either UNIX® or Microsoft Windows® platforms.  Our experience in setting up environments allows us to work with both open-source and commercial tools for source control, configuration management, build and test automation, and collaborative tools.  We have experience in a wide range of tools, including ClearCase, Subversion, Ant, NAnt, GNU make, NUnit, Visual Studio, and a broad range of scripting technologies.