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Component-Based Software Development and the Software Factory
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Company Customizes Software, Cuts Development Time
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Problem?
There is a crisis today in Information Technology: 80% of IT software projects are still unsuccessful. The projects are unsuccessful, because they are not delivered on time, are not delivered within budget, or they do not deliver a product that meets the customer requirements or expectations. Approximately 50% of all software projects cost 200% of their original estimates. 30% of software projects are cancelled. Fewer than 10% of IT groups have defined processes. How is it, in today’s world of numerous new information technologies and tons of silver bullets, the same statistics are holding true, year in and year out?
Solution?
The solution to this crisis in the software industry is the realization that there is not a silver bullet that will fix the problem, but rather it is good engineering practices that will fix the problem. This is demonstrated because, 20% of all software projects are successful. Successful software projects follow a disciplined, strongly engineered, and well-architected approach to building software systems.
How Synergistic FrameWorks makes this possible?
Synergistic FrameWorks produces consistent and reliable results utilizing sound engineering practices. Synergistic FrameWorks employs a highly repeatable process for developing software, using an incremental and iterative approach, which allows custom enterprise wide database applications to be forward engineered from information models. Synergistic FrameWorks Software Factory Approach provides a disciplined, strongly engineered, and well-architected approach to building software systems. The results are highly reliable products, delivered in the shortest amount of time, at an optimized price.
Results?
Synergistic FrameWorks provides organizations with the comfort and satisfaction of knowing, that when you engage Synergistic FrameWorks for your next software solution, results are guaranteed. Synergistic FrameWorks Software Factory Approach has proven to be 100% successful in delivering projects on time, in delivering projects within the budget, and in delivering projects that meet the customers’ expectations
Reason 1) Guarantee of Results
Synergistic FrameWorks guarantees results through a phased and incremental approach across the life span of your software project. We guarantee that you will be satisfied in every phase of the project. A phase is not completed until you have approved and it has your acceptance. Through this phased approach, Synergistic FrameWorks is able to help you manage risk, guarantee satisfaction, and get results.
Reason 2) Repeatable Software Development Process
Synergistic FrameWorks has applied its’ extensive years of experience in building software systems from different domains, and have defined a software process that is so effective and is so repeatable, that we guarantee your success. It has been long identified that one of the main causes for the failure of software systems today has to do with the organizations failure to manage scope creep within the project. Scope creep has been long identified and associated with the lack of good requirements. So any good software process must first start with a rigorous and well-defined approach to defining the requirements of the system. Synergistic FrameWorks uses its’ metrics that it has captured over years in order to accurately and reliably estimate the time, the effort, and more importantly, the cost to your organization for building the software system based on the identified requirements. Synergistic FrameWorks employs standards based approaches for gathering requirements. It is less important wh at technology implementations are then used to implement your software project. Whether you are an open systems house, a Microsoft shop, or a Java connoisseur, all software projects must start with reliable and effective requirements. The requirements form the common foundation from which all resources involved, business domain experts, information models, programs, test requirements and end user benefits, are aligned. Synergistic FrameWorks process has proven itself time and time again. Synergistic FrameWorks guarantees you next project’s success.
Reason 3) Proven Iterative Approach
Through years of experience, Synergistic FrameWorks has a refined process based on an iterative and incremental approach. Synergistic FrameWorks realizes that the best way to minimize scope creep is to define the requirements up front and as thoroughly as possible. However, Synergistic FrameWorks also realizes that it is often difficult for end users to visualize how they would use a new system until they see it. Sometimes in the beginning, users do not know what they want. When the users see the new system for the first time then changes and ideas as to how that system shall be applied become apparent. Synergistic FrameWorks realizes this key fact in the incremental and iterative approach to building software systems. So with that, Synergistic FrameWorks has defined a unique approach to applying the entire software development lifecycle from requirements, design, construction and deployment in an iterative fashion, guaranteed to deliver results within weeks. Synergistic FrameWorks address t he “it is exactly what I asked for but not what I wanted” scenario. Synergistic FrameWorks process accommodates this reality and this dilemma within the practice of developing and deploying successful software projects.
Synergistic FrameWorks Software Factory Approach incorporates the iterative and incremental nature that naturally occurs in building new software systems. Based on short-term phases, Synergistic FrameWorks delivers a new version of a working software system. There are no “throw away” coding sessions, but rather, there are incremental releases of refined and new functionality. The ability to refine functionally over time is both the reality of building and software system today and the necessity in ensuring your end users are delivered a product that enables them to perform the tasks requested of them.
Reason 4) Specialists in Building Enterprise Database Solutions
Synergistic FrameWorks are specialists in building Enterprise Database Solutions. All of the software projects that Synergistic FrameWorks has helped create for our customers are deployed using relational database technology, in a distributed environment accessible across the enterprise and utilized by different users at all levels of the organization. In building an information system, the system is only as powerful as the information model that the system is built on top of. The information model is the blueprint of the system, identifying the capabilities the software system will be able to achieve, as well as the limitations of software. Through the utilization of standard object oriented analyses and design techniques, as well as standards based information modeling using the Unified Modeling Language, Synergistic FrameWorks will create a customized information model which is designed specifically to meet the requirements of your organization.
Reason 5) Reduced Cost Across Application Life Cycle
Synergistic FrameWorks is able to reduce the cost across the application life cycle from requirements, development, deployment and maintenance, by applying sound engineering practices and employing a proven iterative and incremental approach to software development. Using an itemized list of features based upon the requirements, Synergistic FrameWorks is able to reliably produce accurate estimates of timeframe and costs, and efficiently build software systems through forward engineering of information models. Statistics have shown that 80% of the total cost of ownership of a software system occurs in maintenance. This is not the case with systems delivered by Synergistic FrameWorks, because of their sound and proven approach to building software systems, which is reliable and repeatable.
Reason 6) Model Driven Development / Model Driven Architecture
An information system is only as good as it’s information model, and it is from the information model that your software system is empowered or crippled. A model driven architecture users the information model as the foundation and driver for the development of the application. The model is the blueprint, communication tool, and forward engineering specification of the application, shortening the distance between concept and application code.
Synergistic FrameWorks has been utilizing a model driven approach for developing software systems since 1992. The co-founders of Synergistic FrameWorks have presented at technology conferences in Hong Kong, Bombay, London and Silicon Valley, about using model driven architecture and model driven approach in developing software systems. With Synergistic FrameWorks, your organization will realize numerous benefits including:
- Higher ROI
- Lower cost of maintenance
- Improved reliability of software solution
- Insulation from implementation technologies
- On-time delivery
- Within estimated budget
- Requirements meeting the needs of end users
Reason 7) Experts in Applying Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Synergistic FrameWorks was founded with the charter to utilize the practices provided through object oriented analysis and design and achieve the business benefits of faster time to market, reduced cost of development and improved reliability. Synergistic FrameWorks co-founders pioneered the use of OO in the business environment and have exclusively utilized object oriented technology in building software applications since 1990. The founders of Synergistic FrameWorks have been involved in projects that have won international awards from Computer World Magazine on real-time, distributed, object-oriented systems. Synergistic FrameWorks utilizes proven design patterns, factoring out abstractions across business applications to guarantee and ensure reliability of software applications. As one customer said “the application built by Synergistic FrameWorks is the most reliable application within our organization”. Synergistic FrameWorks software applications are extremely reliable, with short time frames to market and high returns on the investment.
Reason 8) Platform and Vendor Independent Architecture
Today’s new technological “silver bullet” will likely become tomorrow’s lost opportunity. Third party hardware and software vendors come and go. Software solutions need to be architected and built in a way that the business is insulated from the volatility in the technology arena. Even if a vendor goes out of business, your business needs to continue to thrive. Synergistic FrameWorks Software Factory Approach architects into solutions upfront, the ability to give you independence from any particular third party hardware or software vendor. In addition, a platform and vendor independent architecture positions you to be able to integrate new enabling technologies when they become available. Software solutions architected by Synergistic FrameWorks, isolate the business functionality of the software application from the technology on which the application resides.
Reason 9) Wide Range of Experience
Synergistic FrameWorks co-founders, Doug Collins and Steven Beaver, have a combined total of 40+ years of software development experience ranging in a variety of industries including telecommunications, education, banking, insurance, manufacturing and retail. Synergistic FrameWorks has a wide range of experience and brings this experience to the table when working with you in developing and designing your custom software solution. With Synergistic FrameWorks, our experience is your insurance policy against project failure. We ensure you avoid the pitfalls, utilize the appropriate technologies, architect a state-of-the-art solution, and guarantee to deliver you the functionality that you are striving to achieve.
Reason 10) Made in the USA
In today’s modern era there is still a lot of bad software that is being written and a large percentage of software projects failing at huge expenses. Naturally companies are addressing this problem, but often they are addressing it in the wrong way. Many companies are outsourcing to offshore development houses in an effort to reduce labor costs. In doing this, they are addressing a small symptom of the problem and one least likely to make a difference. To build software successfully, reliably and have it be useful to users, companies still need to hire highly trained architects and specialists, invest in good upfront decision-making, and employ sound and successful engineering practices. Sadly, this is not currently the trend.
Synergistic FrameWorks is the cost-effective alternative to offshore software development. Synergistic FrameWorks does not believe in “offshore” outsourcing – but rather believes in “rural shore development” and investing in the United States by keeping jobs, salaries and tax dollars in the United States. Synergistic FrameWorks is proud to say “Made in the USA”.
Please contact us to discuss your enterprise wide software needs.
References:
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