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SWITCHCRAFT©
Switchcraft© is a proprietary methodology for software development,
developed by Strategiqa after studying more than 200 software development
companies. The methodology focuses on the current industry challenges and
leverages on them. It addresses the usual challenges faced by the software
services companies like low productivity, poor quality, high cost of
development and lack of skilled resources.
Process Straightjackets
Though there are many
international models and methodologies to help us develop
good , cost effective software, they have been grossly
misunderstood and misinterpreted. This has resulted in a
huge process overhead where the fundamental philosophy of
process is completely forgotten.
Any process exists and
must exist only to mitigate a business risk. But today,
many processes have been defined and implemented for
managing audits and maintaining certifications. Strategiqa
questions this practice and helps companies to get out of
these binds so that they can free their true potential.
The Solution
To handle
these challenges, an innovative methodology,
Switchcraft©
has been developed, which involves process re-engineering
with the objective of deskilling the operations. This
enables the organizations to run projects with a few
high-skilled resources and deploy a majority of low
skilled resources.
The focus
here is on quality assurance by getting the ground work
done by the seniors. The methodology also focuses on
making most of the operations repetitive, using reusable
frameworks and templates. This also reduces the need for
Product Testing.
Features
Some of the
salient features of the model are
- Very
few high skill resources are required
- High
productivity from low skilled teams
- Focus
on product engineering and design
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Reduced need for elaborate testing
-
Redefined roles and responsibilities
-
Clear performance
measures
Benefits
Switchcraft©
delivers the following benefits to the customers
- Reduced resource
costs
- Reduced training
needs
- Effective project
planning and tracking
- Reduced cost of
quality
- Effective change
management
- Improved
requirements management
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