Process Improvement

 

The need for effective Quality Management is often a driving force for the implementation of business critical IT projects. Businesses looking to reduce costs, improve business processes, reduce risk and attain a transparent overview of all business information and metrics turn to Process Improvement as a methodology to deliver an effective approach to IT Quality Management.

SQS-UK delivers a comprehensive and effective approach to IT Quality Management and Implementation that successfully delivers solutions to meet these challenges.

The SQS-UK methodology is both vendor and product-independent and covers the requirements and criteria specified in ISO/IEC 15504 and Capability Maturity Model (CMM). The process covers process, strategy, people, assets and tools. The process begins by reviewing the current processes deployed and highlighting areas of weakness, suggests immediate actions and develops an action plan to implement these actions.

With over 20 years of experience of implementing successful assessments, SQS-UK consultants and assessors are quickly able to identify the critical success factors of IT projects and processes and provide effective implementation strategies. Uniquely, these assessments can also provide a benchmarking process that enables comparison with other successful businesses within the specific industry.


SQS-UK offers the following services:

  • Consulting
    • SWOT analysis
    • Analysis of development and test environment
    • Planning and implementation of the improvement process
    • Introduction of continuous quality management process
  • Services
    • Document analysis
    • Executive management interview
    • Project and process management review
    • Initial investment success verification and retrun on investment calculation
  • Solutions
    • Assessment workshop
    • Focussed assessment combining testing, configuration management and procurement strategy
  • Tools
    • Vendor independent tool evaluation and selection
    • Tool implementation
  • Training
    • Knowledge transfer programme
    • Customer specific training plan
    • Tool specific training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits
Potential savings of 5% to 35% of IT Budget with effective risk reduction, IT Benchmarking against best in class and a transparent overview of all information and metrics deliver real value and improved processes and performance.