Executive Insight

Outsourcing Partnerships

Effective Software Development

Knowledge Transfer

SMS provides selected clients with unique insights into the whole-life effectiveness and efficiency of soft systems.

We work on behalf of stakeholders with private and public sector decision-makers to improve outcomes, increasing value while reducing cost and risk.

Using evidence-based methods and benchmarks of value delivered, we coach business people and technologists to work as partners.

We are dedicated to rightshifting the performance of outsourced services, along with those managed in-house. The returns can be £5 GBP or more for every £1 invested.

To deliver results that meet your needs, we provide recognized subject matter experts.Our recognised specialists have wide experience, enhanced by SMS’ objectivity as an independent consultancy and trusted 3rd party.

This definition-to-deployment know-how enables us to contribute authoritatively on the cost-effective use of softsystems to implement our clients’ business strategy.

Executive Insight : How to right-shift soft systems performance

• Analysis shows that 80% of soft systems waste up to 80% of the time, effort and resources invested in achieving business goals. Looked at as an end-to-end system, they are not very effective.

• The average software-intensive business product development project achieves less than a tenth the productivity of the high performing systems.

• Software-intensive business product development costs the average business eight times more than the high performing systems.

Most IT and software professionals have no experience of a high performance environment. If you want to join the high performers, engage a specialists guide.

Outsourcing Partnerships: Working together to deliver business outcomes

Desired business outcomes are achieved when:

Software suppliers:-

• Understand the client’s business
• Work in partnership to respond to changing requirements
• Are pro-active and flexible
• Share risk
• Are responsible stewards of the client’s knowledge capital

Clients:-

• Understand their own strategic goals
• Communicate - don’t dictate: let the supplier apply their technical know-how to achieve defined business goals
• Align business and procurement
• Manage risk
• Share reward

A productive, collaborative relationship is best facilitated by an experienced, independent intermediary with expert knowledge of the software process

Effective Software Development: Tools, techniques, models and frameworks for perfecting software process.

• Estimating
• Risk
• Requirements
• Project Scope Management
• Software Size Measurement
• Workflow Management (Project Management)
• Software Process Improvement
• IT Service Management
• Security

SMS offers unsurpassed expertise in all aspects of managing the software process at competitive rates

Knowledge Transfer: Empower your team to deliver results

Training an expert engineering workforce in methods, tools and techniques requires a set of education and training products that collectively provide support over time, to all the relevant audiences, to establish and sustain the use of relevant methods.

SMS's training package includes such a range of offerings, including on-line training packages, which can be tailored to suit the circumstances of your organisation.