Scoping

At CTS, we understand that solving business problems is not only about technology. It is about meeting and exceeding customer’s needs in order to increase profitability. With this business driven approach, we focus our efforts on the right solutions that ensure a tangible return on your investment.

Opportunity

Every engagement begins by first defining the project goals and objectives, identifying the critical success factors and clarifying the stakeholders’ risks. We can provide the initial scoping of your IT projects.

Organizations continue to spend vast amounts of time and money on the custom development of IT software solutions. Many of these organizations feel that they can successfully complete this task after only a brief conversation with the end client. However, they quickly learn that it is essential to build solutions that are based on formal requirements gathering activities. Yet another lesson remains because many organizations who perform formal requirements find that more than 70% of their software projects fail. Why you may ask? The problem can be attributed to the fact that most development groups, both internal and external, fail to ensure that the delivered solutions directly satisfy the underlining purpose for performing the engagement. On top of this, even fewer groups take the time to make certain that the solution provides a positive return on investment.

Approach

The first step in evaluating the need is to identify the underlying business drivers for the software engagement. CTS will then develop a list of the stakeholders in the engagement and determine how the act of satisfying the underlying goals will provide enough benefits to the stakeholders to produce a positive ROI. CTS will then combine this with effective risk management to lay the foundation that is required for completion of a successful engagement. Next, we analyze current business processes to determine the scope of the engagement and to observe how technology and refined processes can increase stakeholder benefits. We have now successfully started your journey down the road to success.

CTS Value

The methodologies used by CTS provide a framework for developing a roadmap to engagement success. The Engagement Charter is the first deliverable in our methodologies. It enables you to focus on the engagement because it specifically details the business drivers, stakeholders, and the benefits and risks of the engagement. The Preliminary Implementation Plan then details the path down your road to engagement success. Included in this plan are the activities, schedule, and the costs and ROI of the engagement.