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Requirements Gathering services
“Analysts report that as many as 71% of software projects that fail do so because of poor requirements management, making it the single biggest reason for project failure“ – CIO magazine, Nov 15 2005
Requirements are the key to project success. Gathering good quality requirements is critical to the design and development of software that must meet strict business and quality criteria.
CBF Consulting Requirements Analysis is intended to:
Conduct a Qualitative Analysis of client pains and needs
Build credibility and trust to establish a working relationship
Demonstrate technical competency and industry-specific manufacturing knowledge
Facilitate cross-departmental discussion and derive consensus on the primary inefficiencies and challenges
Distinguish between workflow and organizational inefficiencies
Deliverables as part of the Assessment Process:
1. Assessment Findings Summary
2. Executive Summary (Top challenges identified and possible methods of improvement)
3. Business Case
4. User Requirements (Solution requirements to meet business objectives)
5. Solution alternatives and lowest-risk migration path
6. Project Plan outlining solution path at a high level
7. RFQ/RFP development
8. Vendor proposal review with client
The assessment develops the short and long term strategies that ensure a solution is a process enabler of the company’s 21st Century business practices such as Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma.
Point of clarity: Engagement tailored to each client needs. A qualification call with a CBF Consulting representative is required before final contract price.
Breaking the mold to shape your future
Posted by admin in General information on May 1, 2006
CBF Consulting is an innovative firm established to offer you a more inventive method of gathering requirements and information for all of your projects and the value behind them before engaging in vendor and tool selection to achieve your project goals.
Too often, a corporation sets improvement goals and brings in vendors to assist in reaching those goals. The goals become shaped to what the vendor can offer – often to ensure vendor selection and increase the vendor”s profitability; when, in fact, the corporation itself could have developed a strong set of requirements for the project, requiring the vendor to show why they are the most competitively priced and how they can best meet the business objectives.
Developing a strong set of requirements is an art form that often takes years of experience to perfect. Most consulting firms charge between $15,000 and $200,000 or more to develop requirements for you, and all too often they are led by a vendor who is desperate to make the sale.
CBF Consulting, Inc. brings a fresh approach to the conventional requirements gathering process. We have created targeted, user-friendly courses to help you gather and define your requirements and develop a business case to justify the project. And, we have performed the due diligence to back up the business case! Read the rest of this entry »