During the
tRIP
development process, our project team specifies
the system objectives, builds and delivers a series
of partial and increasingly complete implementations.
These iterations, yield working deliverables. The
composite of these deliverables comprises the final
product.
tRIP encompasses six major phases
(described below) that cover the entire development
project life cycle and guide our project teams from
concept through delivery. Each phase maps closely
to the various phases of the Rational Unified Process
(RUP). The remainder of this section explains each
of the six phases, identifying its corresponding
RUP phase and deliverables. It is important to note
that our methodology is flexible, providing our
development teams with the ability to easily adapt
to individual customer requirements.
1. Business Engineering
Understanding the needs
of the business
During this phase, Technik consultants work closely
with the client to produce a “Blueprint” that
includes the team’s findings and recommendations
custom-tailored to the client’s Business requirements.
The Blueprint is developed based on review of
the client’s business objectives, technical environment,
and existing investments. The Blueprint provides
executive-level information needed to plan, prioritize,
budget, and execute an organization’s Business
initiative.
2. Requirements
Translation
Translating business need
into the behaviors of an automated system
This phase maps to the RUP’s “Inception” phase.
During this phase, a detailed set of documents
mapping the client’s objectives to their functional
and nonfunctional requirements is produced. Functional
requirements are used to express the behavior
of the system, specifying both the input conditions
and planned output conditions. Non-functional
requirements include usability, reliability, scalability,
performance, security, and availability.
3. Analysis and
Design
Translating requirements
into a software architecture
During this phase, which maps to RUP’s “Elaboration”
phase, a well-defined set of design documents
that address how the system objectives will be
met in a rapid application development process
is developed. The project team determines best-fit
Web technologies that meet functional and nonfunctional
requirements, deadlines, and budget constraints.
4. Implementation
Creating software that fits
within the architecture and has the required behaviors
During this phase, which maps to RUP’s “Construction”
phase, a series of application modules that have
been unit tested are integrated with each other
to provide an executable. During this phase, concepts
become operational software solutions.
5. Staging and Testing
Ensuring that the required
behaviors are correct, and that all required behaviors
are present
During this phase, which maps to RUP’s “Transition”
phase, we confirm that application modules function
properly and meet the requirements set forth during
the business engineering phase.
6. Project Rollout
Everything needed to roll
out the project
During this phase, a fully functioning system
and/or application meeting the client’s business
objectives, deadlines, and budget is launched.
Final deliverables may include user, administrator,
and operations manuals; online help; a distribution
and installation plan; and an optional training
manual.
Iterative Reassessment
Throughout the process,
continuous reassessment remains the key to successful
application deployment. Associated deliverables
may include refinements to any previous deliverables
such as project plan and risk factors/mitigation
plan or other adaptations in technical and functional
areas to proactively address the often rapidly
changing customer’s Business environment.
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