Accelerate Time to Business Value
Building custom software is a significant and risky investment. Whether building to streamline an internal company process, launching a new customer-facing product, or anywhere in between, UDig’s process focuses on the value-add activities and deliverables that drive success. Starting with our Software Delivery Accelerator is a great way to ensure your project stays on budget, is completed on time, and successfully meets stakeholder objectives.
Projects with a well-defined scope were 60% more likely to be successful than without.
Projects with a formal plan were 30% more likely to be successful than without a plan.
Where Does This Fit?
Most software projects operate using an agile or iterative delivery model like scrum. These agile frameworks all start with some form of a prioritized list of features based on business value, usually referred to as a product backlog, that facilities incremental delivery of value. Unfortunately, the gap in many of these frameworks is that they don’t provide guidance on how to get from product idea to product backlog. That’s where our Accelerator fills the gap, we help you go from idea to development ready.
Our Approach
1. Interview & Assess
ACTIVITIES
- Conduct kickoff with key executive stakeholders
- Conduct discovery meetings, stakeholder interviews, and contextual inquiry sessions
- Review current systems, processes, or documentation
DELIVERABLES
- Discovery Meeting Summaries
- Project Charter
2. Research & Plan
ACTIVITIES
- Conduct research into identified business and technology needs
- Synthesize all findings and begin to produce components of the plan
- Conduct follow-up meetings as needed to clarify understanding
- Conduct a preliminary review of findings with stakeholders
DELIVERABLES
- Findings, Recommendations, & Ideas
- Status Checkpoint Documentation
3. Refine & Deliver
ACTIVITIES
- Assemble final plan
- Conduct initial reviews of the plan with key stakeholders and collect feedback
- Refine the plan
- Present and deliver the final plan and product backlog
DELIVERABLES
- Solution Guide
- Proposal for Next Steps
Packages
Basic
Comprehensive discovery and scoping effort to define a custom software solution and deliver a roadmap to understand the expected total investment.
3-4 weeks
Includes:
- Project charter
- Future state definition
- Design concept
- Delivery roadmap
- Solution architecture & technology stack recommendation
- Proposal for executing the next phase
Premium
Establish your vision, market positioning, and technology stack then accelerate delivery by establishing your initial product backlog.
6-10 weeks
Everything in Basic plus:
- Review of existing system code and data
- Market positioning assessment
- Business risk analysis
- Multiple design concepts
- User journey map
- Initial product backlog
Enterprise
Bring innovation to your enterprise by identifying opportunities to break the “this is how we’ve always done it” mold by adopting emerging technologies and practices.
10-16+ weeks
Everything in Premium plus:
- Review sessions with your enterprise architecture team
- Incorporate any enterprise standards, procedures, or processes
- Document privacy, security, and compliance considerations
- Preliminary quality & rollout strategy
- Data migration strategy
Deliverables Summary
BASIC
All the core deliverables to ensure you have an executable plan and key stakeholder buy-in.
PREMIUM
A better set of visuals and an initial product backlog that is ready for a technical team to engage.
ENTERPRISE
Additional consideration for constraints and alignment needed to execute in a complex organization.
Meeting Summaries & Status Reporting
Good communication is critical to the success of any project, especially at the beginning. UDig includes meeting summaries and status reports at all package levels (basic, premium, & enterprise) to ensure that all findings and requirements uncovered in the interview and discovery sessions are captured and documented so all stakeholders are informed of the project’s progress.
Project Charter
Project Overview
Market Positioning Assessment
Project Goals, Objectives, & Impact
Constraints: Scope
Constraints: Time & Schedule
Constraints: Cost & Budget
Constraints: Technology
Risk Management: Project Risks
Risk Management: Business Risks
Stakeholder Register
Success Criteria: General
Success Criteria: Stakeholder Specific
Solution Guide
Solution Scope Definition
Current State Definition
Future State Definition including Architecture
Technology Stack Recommendation Including Consideration of Third-Party Platforms & Services
Enterprise Alignment Assessment
Roadmap: Incremental Delivery Plan
Roadmap: Sequencing Recommendations
Roadmap: Estimated Sizing
Privacy, Security, & Compliance Considerations
Quality & Rollout Strategy
Data Migration Strategy
Product Backlog
Initial Product Backlog
UI Designs
Design: Design Concepts
1
1-2
1-4
Design: User Journey Maps
1
1-2
Sample Deliverables
EVENT DESIGN
PORTAL DESIGN
SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SUBSET OF SCOPE DEFINITION
TIMELINE & TEAM
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do you recommend these activities and deliverables?
Will some of these deliverables just become shelf-ware?
How do I know what package is right for my project?
What if we have already completed this work, can you start with our existing documentation?
How much will the next phase of my project cost?
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EVENT DESIGN
PORTAL DESIGN
SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SUBSET OF SCOPE DEFINITION
TIMELINE & TEAM
