This consulting engagement is focused on the assessment of an organization's Architecture & Design processes.

Goal of Service

A clear vision regarding the specific optimization opportunities for the Architecture & Design processes.

Description of Service

The first part of the engagement is the Kickoff meeting with the key stakeholders of the architecture & design team. PE will review and validate the customer expectations and ensure the service engagement meets those goals. PE will then meet one on one with managers or leads such as architects, designers, project leaders and any staff identified as a key stakeholder. Stakeholders will be expected to discuss topics covering the existing design process, UML modeling skills, and design tools. In addition, stakeholders will provide pre-identified artifacts necessary to conduct the interviews. Stakeholders may be asked to complete questionnaires prior to the Kickoff meetings. This phase of the engagement is to document and understand the “as is” condition of the architecture & design aspect of the SDLC.

In the second part of the engagement PE works with the identified stakeholders to identify optimization opportunities. The “Optimization Report” will incorporate interview notes, observations, details, explanations, examples and draws conclusions from relationships and patterns that emerge from data and use appropriate visual aids and media to communicate its results. The Optimization Report provides a roadmap of detailed actions and recommendations pertaining to the architecture & design process.