3. “A successful application is any application that serves the needs of the business” Applications are built and implemented through a set of large and small projects Project Failureis when a project: Is over Budget or Behind Schedule Is Cancelled Fails to meet organizational needs
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5. “The Business Analysis and Project Management skills are the greatest skillsets that aid successful applications” Companies with poor business analysis capability will have three times as many project failures as successes. 68% of companies are more likely to have a marginal project or outright failure than a success due to the way they approach business analysis. Over 41% of the IT development budget for software, staff and external professional services will be consumed by poor requirements. The vast majority of projects surveyed did not utilize sufficient business analysis skill to consistently bring projects in on time and budget. Source: “The Business Requirement Benchmark”, IAG Consulting, IIBA Founding Partner
6. “The level of competency required is higher than that employed within projects for 70% of the companies surveyed.” Source: “The Business Requirement Benchmark”, IAG Consulting, IIBA Founding Partner
7. If there are no proper business requirements “then where do the design specs come from”Randy A Steinberg, Implementing ITIL
8. “We partner with our customers under contracts with a winning equation… Fixed Cost + Fixed Scope + Timely Delivery = Guaranteed Results”
9. Skill and Resource Allocation The senior requirements facilitator is not easily produced and many organizations are finding this out the hard way. The truth is; this person is 1 in 10,000. ING – “The case for outsourcing Requirements Facilitation” Portfolio Manager BA (CBAP) & PM (PMP) 10yr Prof. Team Leads Sr. Business Analyst BA (CBAP) 5yr Prof. On-Site Sr. Project Manager PM(PMP) 5yr Prof. On-Site Sr. Development Manager 10 Year Prof. Close Shore Senior Development Teams (70% more cost effective than US based developers – savings passed to customer) GC-Costa Rica | GC-Egypt | GC-India (Systems Analyst, Development , QA) Developers - .Net, PHP, ASP, PERL, JAVA, XML, C#, VB, RPG … DBA – Oracle, MSQL, MySQL, DB2 … Sr. Development Teams 5 Year Prof.
17. Proven Operational Frameworks Proven SDLC Frameworks Process Improvement Given to every customer Measurement Bodies of Knowledge, Best Practices and Benchmarks
25. @ Height: Over $5 Billion USD in annual sales The largest Auctioneer in the world Over 35,000 employees Rapid Automotive Sales Process Product: Vehicle Auctions
26. “They are fabulous! Geniusco was instrumental in providing information critical for decision making in the Specialty and Heavy Truck and Eq area. They are excellent communicators, project managers, project scope documenters and do an excellent job translating our needs.I regard them highly.” Karen Braddy, General Manager of Specialty and Highline Sales
27. @ Height: Over $1 Billion USD in annual sales The largest private owned Home Builders in the Southeast 37 Years in Business Refined Home Development Process Product: High Quality Homes
28. “We have made tremendous strides in the last year thanks to you. I appreciate your commitment and energy and especially the generosity with which you share your knowledge in the domain. The web is our future and I’m glad you guys are here to lead the way.” Handwritten letter to GC by Jack Wieland, Executive VP of Sales and Marketing