On time, on budget and on target: We deliver. Others don't. How
are we different? There's no madness to our method.
At StoneHenge Partners, we use a unique blend of industry best
practices that we call the Nimble Method℠.
The practices themselves are not unique - indeed, some of them
have been around since the '70s. But the way we combine them, and
the passion we apply to them, creates remarkably consistent and
effective results.
The benefits:
- You're never in the dark. The client stays
involved through daily scrums and weekly progress reports.
- Technology-agnostic. Our method works whether
the project is a website, an integration or a legacy app.
- Begin with the end in mind. We size a project
up-front with an accuracy guaranteed within 5%.
1) User Experience
An Information Architect takes a holistic look from the
end-user's point of view. We study the end-users, discovering their
needs, habits and expectations, then condense them into a handful
of personas. We map the content into a hierarchy that is intuitive
to the primary persona. We design task flows for processes, like
e-commerce. And we develop page layouts at a wireframe level to
focus on the functionality before the esthetics.
Benefit: An interface that is effortless,
intuitive, and ... well, fun for your customer to use. Read
more ...
2) Function Point Analysis
A Function Point Analyst scopes the project's size, so we know
precisely how big it is and how long it will take to build.
Function Point Analysis is an ISO Standard methodology refined over
two decades by a wide body of practitioners, which allows us to
estimate "shop time" for virtually any kind of technology project.
With adequately defined business requirements, we can scope a
project's size and cost with an accuracy of ±5%.
Benefit: Accurate sizing at the start,
accountability en route, and a reliable launch date at the end. Read more ...
3) Nimble Development
Developers combine the best practices of the Agile methodology -
short iterative development cycles with daily scrums and close
client collaboration - with the best practices of the Waterfall
method -- fully defined requirements, a structured timeline and
tight change control -- to build software quickly, efficiently, and
effectively. Then we add Domain-Driven Design (user-centric coding
practices) and automation tools such as Enterprise Architect to
make the process even faster.
Benefit: The team builds high-quality code
efficiently and effectively, and you see what you're getting early
on. Read more ...
4) Project Management
Our Project Management methodology covers all the things a
project manager needs to do regardless of the type of project being
executed, the software being developed, or makeup of the team. Our
PM manages: cost, risk, scope, resources, communications, quality
control, time, procurement, and integration.
Benefit: A project manager keeps everything on
track and everyone moving in the same direction. Read
more...
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