INTEGRATED IT METHODOLOGY

Our industry recognized QAIassist® Integrated IT Methodology® is applied by small and mid-sized businesses (SMB's) around the world. It is composed of deliverables from the three (project management, software development, software testing) primary IT life-cycles (see below). It provides IT project teams a tool they can utilize to consistently deliver quality products and applications on time and within budget. It also provides a foundation for organizational process management, governance, quality assurance and improvement metrics. It can be used in a multitude (agile, waterfall, prototyping, spiral, rapid application development) of delivery and support environments and is aligned with industry recognized standards, frameworks and "best practices". It is compatible and can be incorporated into all of the industry leading project management tools. Scalable by design, it is easily customized to meet the SMB's unique IT delivery and support needs - it can be implemented in whole, by life-cycle or individual deliverable. All of these factors contribute to the SMB's "IT Efficiency", operational performance and bottom line.

QAIassist IT Integrated Methodology® - an overview  
The following documents provide a context and overview of the QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology®

Context Diagram

Deliverable Descriptions

SMB's Delivering the Project - Project Management
Projects can suffer and stagnate due to a number of reasons - lack of official ownership, project scope creep, limited requirements definition, ineffective planning and status oversight, allocation of resources, issue and risk management to name a few. In the majority of cases "IT Efficiencies" can be delivered by incorporating a higher degree of project management.  The QAIassist® Integrated IT Methodology® provides project stakeholders, business managers, project managers, and project team members the tools and deliverables they require to plan, execute, deliver and complete any project on time and within budget. We offer a Project Management life-cycle component within our QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® , it is compatible with all of the industry leading project management tools and provides SMB's a scalable cost effective tool they can use to initiate, plan, control, and manage their project delivery and maintenance. > Visit our Project Management "sample" deliverables

SMB's Delivering the Application - Software Development
Far too often projects are delayed or re-worked due to deficiencies in defining the business requirements, not designing the application to satisfy those business requirements, and not building the application according to the design. In most cases "IT Efficiencies" can be obtained by ensuring business requirements, architectural design, and specifications (functional and technical) are documented, communicated and shared amongst the project team members. The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides business managers, business analysts, architects, systems analysts, and programmers the tools and deliverables they require to establish the business requirements, design the technical solution, and develop the code for the application - delays and rework are avoided. We offer a Software Development life-cycle component within our QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology®, it provides SMB's a scalable cost effective tool they can use to define, design, and construct their software development and maintenance projects. > Visit our Software Development "sample" deliverables  

SMB's Delivering the Quality - Software Testing
Frequently projects fall behind schedule during development - this results in shortening the amount of time and effort available to test the user functionality. Applications are routinely "thrown over the fence" to the Quality Assurance and Testing resources with the expectation that the application is going into production on a specific date. Testing that was originally scheduled to take a month gets whittled down to one week and applications are migrated into the production environment without thorough testing. The result, an unstable application that puts stress on the business and all of the IT resources. In almost every case, "IT Efficiencies" can be gained through applying rigor to the testing discipline to ensure applications released into the production environment meet the business needs and the specifications - applications are migrated into the production environment only upon receiving authorization from the appropriate stakeholders. The QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® provides quality managers, analysts, programmers and testers the tools and deliverables they required to ensure the application being delivered adheres to specifications and incorporates all of the business requirements. We offer a Software Testing lifecycle component within our QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology®, it provides SMB's a scalable cost effective tool they can use to verify that the application being built reflects the defined requirements and satisfies the business need - it is applicable for both delivery and maintenance environments. > Visit our Software Testing "sample" deliverables  

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We strive to ensure our clients can benefit from our QAIassist Integrated IT Methodology® prior to acquiring it. We offer a "risk free" version of the methodology that includes a context diagram, deliverable descriptions, a full suite of sample (project management, software development, software testing) deliverables, and a full suite of deliverable (project management, software development, software testing) templates.