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Advantages of 4SH-CDM methodology
The method is based on a set of structuring principles:
- Driving the development through vision : the development process 4SH-CDM must show up rapidly and clearly ties between leaders vision and business process modelling at the heart of the product. It creates an image of the foreseen future rather than engage exhaustively in a to-date analysis.
- Creating a prototype to ease iterative development: Arguments favouring prototyping of User System Interface (USI) and other visible system parts are indisputable. Prototyping is the best way to obtain user commitment in the modelling process
- Permanent end-user implication : We strongly encourage End-User and Developers to abandon the traditional tendency for confrontation and to adopt a cooperative approach.
- Encourage faster and more useful information flows : USI dynamics can be complex and tools available to build them so powerful, that writing a description of their behaviour would be harder and less efficient than build a type of operational model.
The practise we recommend is to build a limited conceptual data model at the beginning of the Design and then complete the data model based upon ideas acquired through prototyping
4SH makes the difference
- All-inclusive package pricing and end result
- Professionalism and dedication
- Experience and business model
- Workshops and progressive development
Methodology
4SH-CDM is an operational framework which focuses on end results:
- Based on superior technical expertise
- Focused on activities generating rich content
- Tailored to software development activities
4SH-CDM is a rigorous, proven approach to easily create, develop and upgrade software applications. It identifies business needs and models the content and design in a result- and process-oriented framework.
Our framework
Customized Development Method is the core method for 4SH framework. It manages the full product life cycle and is organized in 4 steps :
- Discover : The initial step gives the organization the opportunity to define technical specifications and business needs, and conceptualize the development of the product. This creative effort challenges the future product and identifies its competition.
- Design : Workshops with 4SH and the client are essential to define the content and behavior of the selected concept out of numerous tests and prototypes. The technical team identifies and validates the design, architecture and development steps of the project.
- Develop : Planning of the development must be carefully executed and controlled by a senior integration architect.
- Deploy : This phase leads to the validation and automation of the product, together with the delivery of documentation and procedures.
4SH method and the segmentation of the development process into basic steps give the customer the ability to operate and monitor the product development along a careful planning of milestones and tests.
The global cohesiveness consistency is reinforced by transverse themes:
- Business processes are defined during the DISCOVER phase and used to control the end results of the project
- Interfaces and user-friendly designs are developed progressively through the DESIGN and DEVELOP phases
- Technical architectures support the flexibility and modularity of the product
- Performance is essential and influences the architecture and modules of the product
- Tests and automation prepare the product's marketing and distribution