meeting software deadlines avoiding nightmares
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Some Alarming Statistics
Hardly 2.5% of organizations globally manage to finish
100% of their projects.
More than 30% of projects are devoid of baseline.
In almost 75% of cases, key IT stakeholders are under
the impression that the project will fail at one point or
the other of the project.
Generally 40% of respondents feel that their business
objectives were unclear.
With smaller projects, there is a 70% chance of timely
completion in the agreed cost
Challenges in Meeting Custom Software Delivery & Implementation Deadlines
Constantly Changing Requirements
The term “custom” is sufficient to indicate that the development is not going to be simple
01The slightest change in requirements is sufficient to disturb the development phase, and also result in a lag in the SDLC
02IT defined requirements must be mapped to business objectives to ensure clarity at as many stages as possible
03
Complex Integration into
Existing Software
Customized deployment may be required for final
integration with rest of the IT environment
QA testing may not have considered live
production integration challenges, resulting in
schedule lag
“The nightmares that the deadlines give are not without its reasons. The challenges for custom software solutions are huge and require acumen and maturity to be tackled”
Dependencies on Different Teams
In Customized software delivery, a team is just
waiting for another team’s work to finish before
proceeding with final implementation
Based on the complexity of customization, a
particular dependency may cause re-coding in
another part of the application
The end result would be schedule lag along with
cost considerations to resolve all dependencies
Procrastination It is observed that developers try and complete
the easy projects first while customized software
requirements are stuck in the pipeline
The Top Few Approaches to Meet the Deadlines
Risk Identification
It is vital for project managers & key IT
stakeholders to consider every project risk
minutely that can possibly hamper delivery
schedule
The project executives and key folks driving the
requirement need to understand that risks are not
just operational, they could have a profound
impact at strategic levels
Appropriate identification of mitigation or
contingency plans for each risk will ensure that
deadlines are not missed
Realistic Estimations
Attributes like enthusiasm & optimism need to
have a check while estimating software delivery
timelines
Accurate estimations with a 360 degree
consideration of each and every aspect that could
hamper project schedule
Effective Collaboration
Regular connects with the team are required to
identify any blockers and ensure that they are
removed in a timely fashion
Developers need to talk to QA, requirement owners
and other groups involved with final integration
Issue escalation at the right stage is also essential to
ensure deadlines are not missed and troubling
factors are effectively addressed
Knowledge sharing is also part of team collaboration
and is the responsibility of the manager in charge of
software delivery & implementation
“And of course, no point in shying away from the challenges. Well thought of approaches adopted by custom software development companies keep a project on track assuring that things go the way they are expected to”
Modular Approach
Adopting a modular approach that involves work
division among the right team or groups is
essential for project success
Resourcing To meet deadlines, it is essential that the right
resources are identified before the actual project
commencement
Metrics & Tracking
For all IT projects including software development,
periodic metrics reporting and tracking is of vital
importance
Metrics such as cost overrun, schedule slippage,
bugs detected, on time delivery become reliable
pointers and indicate the health of the project
Practical Project Execution Methodologies
DevOPS
It is all about syncing “development” &
“operations”
Teams that are already supporting the live
environment work in close collaboration with
teams that are introducing changes or developing
This leads to improved monitoring, faster bug
fixing and overall reduction in delivery deadlines
“Modern day project & service delivery solutions adopted by custom software development companies come up with practical approaches to keep the project timelines under check all the time.”
Agile & Continual Release Planning
Agile way of working will surely help reduce
schedule lag and it relies on continual planning &
course correction
Agile has higher scope of accommodating
revisions compared to routine software delivery
There are tools available in the market that
support continual releases right from
Development to QA testing
Case Study – Greeting in the Fast Lane
The Team and Tool Scenario
Consider the case study of a global greeting card manufacturer
The organization generates thousands of new as well as redesigned
greeting cards on a yearly basis
The technical team was stuck in a major transformation project and
were facing a huge number of problems in meeting deadlines for
solutions
The organization adopted an application performance monitoring tool
that keep track of development environment and keep replacing
multiple underperforming tools.
The tool aided significantly in troubleshooting when a particular error
was generated and could plot correlations with other components
The tool enables the team to pinpoint the root cause of high priority
issues and guide the developers where to begin investigation, while
removing roadblocks
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