Governance and Programme Management
Although there is abundant theory on managing service and solutions development and delivery, including prevailing practices such as PRINCE2, PMI, CMM, RUP, Agile, SOA etc, it is the interpretation and pragmatic application of these methodologies that is challenging for large organisations, where disparate project stakeholders introduce further complexity. Furthermore, many of these methodologies are focused only in specific areas (such as software development) and fail to provide an integrated approach, and therefore are found lacking in key “real world” aspects such as services revenue and margin, operational efficiency and customer centricity.
aQovia’s proven framework integrates business, customer, programme and project management, commercial, organisational, architectural and development perspectives to provide a comprehensive model for programme prioritisation and realisation. aQovia analysis and experience with large scale programmes from an integrated approach ensures alignment across all disciplines, ensuring:
• Pragmatic guidance on how to collapse “time to market” and accelerate revenue generation
• A systematic and proven approach to “crossing the chasm” from concept to execution
• Enable step-change improvements in delivery of next generation services (e.g. SaaS)
• Increase operational efficiency
• Design and implement the migration command and control
• Reduce the overall project risk
Leveraging pragmatic global experience and cross-domain knowledge, the aQovia framework collates thousands of hours of real programme management expertise under a ‘living’ delivery framework. This framework is extended by pertinent industry best practices and supported by tools and enablers that ensure its adoption throughout the organisation. aQovia’s approach to product / service development extends the principles of Agile delivery across the entire enterprise and throughout the business life-cycle.
- Deliver business value in short cycles i.e. at least every 90 days
- Business partners can control the delivery priorities and ensure the high business value aspects are delivered first
- Greater visibility and more accurate reporting through delivery of a working product
- Early business decision to stop or continue a product’s delivery
- Promotes business collaboration and innovation through quicker, easier product realisation with less up front effort and cost overhead
- Better communication between customer, business stakeholders and technical teams
- Removes the lengthy and costly front end processes
- Improved quality of requirements through user stories, modelling and clear acceptance criteria
- Reduced risk through more frequent and early deliveries
- Early and continuous visibility of project progress
- Customer focused delivery and products versus technology driven products
- Promotes and enforces the systematic re-use of capabilities and frameworks
- Evolves and ensures the frameworks are best practices and generic across the business
- Easier to accommodate product changes without jeopardising the delivery