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We are
continually developing new software engineering and process improvement
products to make software engineers and managers more effective and
productive:
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Software Engineering Tools:
PODS is a set of software engineering
utilities that instrument development activity to give a detailed, real
time picture of software quality
and project status, as well as easing routine development tasks – See our
PODS page.
We can
provide you with sets of the fundamental procedural tools required for
developers and managers to maintain effective control of software
development.
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Software Process Improvement
Tools:
Real, cost effective SPI is an
exploratory and potentially risky activity that needs to be managed with
care. We have many years of SPI experience and have encapsulated this in the
RPI toolset. This simple, teachable set of tools puts in place SPI best practice
without delay or undue dependence on scarce experience or expensive
consultancy.
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Software Development
Infrastructure:
World class software development organisations
have discovered how to get the best out of their software development
capability with good organisational infrastructure. The development of this
infrastructure normally takes years to develop and become effective. We have
learned from the best and have developed a number of robust infrastructure
models and prefabricated infrastructure processes that can be quickly adapted
and begin working in weeks, rather than the usual months or years.
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Our
services include:
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Process Engineering:
The potential value of industry standard software development and management
models (RUP, PRINCE2, XP, CMMI…) is widely recognised. They can give software
development projects many benefits, but tailoring them for operational use
can be costly and risky. Working directly with project managers and planners
OSEL's Process Engineers can put in place in your projects the essential and
high value parts of these models, to meet your real world needs - and
constraints - delivering measurable benefits to the projects, and eliminating
unnecessary bureaucracy, delay and technology transfer costs.
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Software Development
Evaluation:
Our independent assessment and
evaluation services are carefully scoped and mapped (mapping generic
reference models to your operational models, not visa versa – business first,
model second - always) to give you insight into the operation of your software
development activities; so you can evaluate their alignment to your business
objectives and compare their operation to software engineering models and
standards. Reports - ranging from a targeted, cardinal points report through
to a comprehensive diagnostic - identify organisational strengths and
weakness, activity patterns, stress points and best practices, together with
practicable proposals for improvements. Where earlier evaluations have been
conducted changes in software development capability are identified allowing
the effectiveness of process improvement activity to be assessed.
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Process Improvement
Planning:
From the understanding and
communication of business need, through to the tactical planning of process
and technology introductions, our PI planning identifies the high value
changes to development capability and reduces the risks associated with
technology transfer.
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Software
Process Installation:
We can install and (if needed) operate key elements of software development
processes, carefully tailored to your needs and capabilities, in a matter of
weeks. We are developing a Software Production Engineering capability
for the rapid, low cost, low risk introduction of software technologies and
processes. Processes include:
- Requirements Management
- Configuration Management
- Software Quality Assurance
- Project Tracking and Reporting
- Risk Management
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Managed Services:
The best software development
organisations equip their projects with the infrastructure and services –
Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Process Groups - necessary to
make them more productive. These can be an expensive time consuming overhead
for small to medium sized organisations, especially those required to
demonstrate conformance to software engineering standards such as CMMI, or
PRINCE2. We can supply you with the infrastructure and services you need to
make your projects productive and meet development standards by providing you
with a set of cost effective, managed services, called upon only when
required. You get the benefits of world class infrastructure but with only a
fraction of the cost.
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Training and Workshops:
We have a set of well developed
workshops and training courses ranging from introductory courses on the
principles of software engineering - useful for establishing organisation
process baselines - to customer designed courses to meet your specialised
needs – see our training page.
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Contact us for details and prices for these
products and services: email info@osel.co.uk (additional contact details on our home page).
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