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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, SCRUM, 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 and practicalities 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 mailto:shelley@osel.netkonect.co.uk (additional
contact details on our home page).
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