Consultation Delivery Process

  • Culminates with requirements specification document (spec)
  • Requirements spec is listing of granular “shall” statements
  • Requirements spec and delivered solution share version number
  • Customer approves requirement spec before exiting this phase
  • Briefing at which possible solutions is discussed with client
  • Multiple possible solutions discussed and respective pros and cons
  • Includes case diagrams, sequence diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams as necessary to illustrate solution design
  • Customer may disapprove possible solutions and/or request additional solution research
  • Solution implemented or built, tested, deployed to pre-production environment
  • Includes testing requirements
  • Includes vulnerability scans
  • Briefing at which the final solution is discussed with client
  • Test results discussed
  • Demo of solution
  • Solution deployed to production environment
  • Client signs operational acceptance letter to confirm solution is deployed and operating in accordance with requirements spec