At B2B Technologies, we believe that every customer, every business challenge, and every engagement is unique. At the same time, we know that each project follows a similar path and employs similar activities throughout the life-cycle of the project. To ensure success, B2B consultants use our proven methodology to ensure your needs are captured and your goals are met. Through B2B’s Process for Excellence (P4E) methodology, we ensure that the completed solution works as expected and is delivered on-time and on-budget.
The company has a wealth of in-depth experience in all phases of the software development life-cycle:
· Requirements analysis and application design
· User interface modeling and design
· Application development and deployment
· Data modeling and custom database design
· Business process modeling and automation
· Hardware specification
· Architecture review
Our work begins when a prospect asks us to propose services. As with any project, we carefully analyze the overall scope of what the client wants to achieve. We know that for any custom development project there are certain factors that will help ensure success:
· Effectively manage resources and costs
· Keep data secure
· Eliminate bottlenecks and constraints associated with IT generated applications
· Getting agreement from both IT and business sponsor representatives as to deliverables
For custom developed solutions to be successful, we pay close attention to the following items.
Frequent User Input
B2B believes in engaging users through all stages of the process. We do not subscribe to the “build it and they will come” mentality. Depending on the size of the engagement, this could mean several things. In the earliest stages of the project, this could mean user profiling, user interview sessions, surveys and questionnaires or observation of current processes. These activities ensure that all business requirements are gathered and analyzed, leading to a successful design. Further into the process, we develop mock-ups, prototypes, or launch a pilot to elicit further user input and feedback. All of this is before development begins, when it is easiest and cost-effective to change specifications. After development, user acceptance testing is a key milestone that ensures the project will be successful upon deployment.
Working with your IT staff
We want your IT staff to feel comfortable and knowledgeable about any system we deliver. A successful custom solution has buy-in from not only business users but from IT staff as well, who often must support the application. That is why they are engaged from the beginning. Involving IT in analysis, design, and development with frequent on-site visits and even on-site work, increases the comfort level of your IT staff with the new system.
The proof of how B2B can deliver a solution that will meet your requirements is best exemplified through our many successful engagements. Please see the case examples for the Custom Software Development practice for more information.