You have an established software development process. The question is, how do you improve it—without having to throw away what’s working well? In a fashion-fixated industry always looking for the next big thing, how do you evolve without having to reinvent? There are no silver bullets, no magic solutions. The best way to stay in fashion is to maintain your ability to evolve over time—to be agile and smart no matter what process or technology you’re using. At Ivar Jacobson International we separate out the concerns of software development, allowing you to adopt discrete practices that address specific challenge areas while preserving your overall process.
Agile. Flexible. Smart.
To paraphrase Albert Einstein, being smart is about doing things as simply as possible—but no simpler. It is about knowing when to be agile and when to offer more, when to follow the rules or break from convention, when to grow or pull back.
We provide your software development team with easy-to-follow practice guidelines that, when implemented, help you accelerate the pace of change and realize successful results. Our practice-based approach to software process improvement helps you ensure that projects start out and stay under control, are well prioritized and well understood.
Where you can be smart
Being smart applies throughout your organization. Ivar Jacobson International can help you be:
Smart with teams—by getting analysts, developers, testers, etc., to truly work together
Smart with projects—by thinking big, working incrementally and eliminating critical risks
Smart with requirements—by expecting change
Smart with architecture—by building ‘skinny’ and adding bulk later
Smart with modeling—by capitalizing on repeatability
Smart with documentation—by focusing on the essentials
Smart with process—by taking a practice-based approach
Smart with knowledge—by applying the right skills, competencies and thinking to complete each task successfully
We can assess your organization or current project, assist with the implementation of relevant practices, and provide training and certification to boost your team’s skills and capabilities.