Effective Process Solutions

Making Process Improvement Practical

Process Improvement

Business Competition demands that companies be efficient, effective and practical.  There is no time to waste!  EPS provides your organization with practical solutions that come from real life and can be easily tailored to various situations.

Our unique philosophy is to help your organization identify risks, then to help eliminate them.

Common problems

* Does your software organization suffer from to many defects, too much rework, or excessive cost overruns?

* Is the productivity, morale, and management awareness in your organization too low?

* Is the margin for error on cost and schedule estimates too high?

* Is your answer to any of these questions, “I don’t know, but I should!”?

Can your processes improve?

* All things are done by process.  The process can be defined or undefined, repeatable or not, but it exists for all things.

* An undefined process cannot be controlled or measured because it has no form and many masters.

* An uncontrolled process cannot be improved because its reactions are unpredictable.

* Attempting to improve an unstable process yields further instability and is therefore wasted effort.

* A process must first be defined, then understood.  Only then can it be improved.

How long will it take?

* The range for change between maturity levels is generally 6-24 months.

* The truth is that no one can really know until your current process is evaluated for weaknesses.

* The common method for process evaluation is to impartially compare your process to an industry standard model such as the CMMI.

* An action plan addressing the discovered risks will yield an estimate of change that is relatively unique to your organization’s abilities.

How much will it cost?

There is no easy answer for cost because of the many variables involved.  To say otherwise would be misleading.

* First, you must define what you want from process improvement.

* Next, you will need to determine the current state of your process.  This will be your baseline.

* Have an expert compare your current state to your goal and identify the gaps.

* Now you will be able to estimate your costs for process improvement.