Inception & Elaboration Service for Information System

The provision of these services are based in RUP (Rational Unified Process) which are adopted for EasyWeb Conceptual Framework, EasyWeb Implementation Framework (If EasyWeb product is applied), and as well for the Organization specific case.

Inception Services - Work Scope and Objectives:

This service targets Organizations which require to implement or enhance an Information System to support their business. This Service is independent of the EasyWeb products. The use of EasyWeb product is optional, and only in case the Organization finds it appropriate for their needs. The main outputs are the IS Requirements Specification and IS Development Project Plan.

Work Scope and Objectives within this service include:

1. Assessment and Process engineering using EasyWeb conceptual framework: 

• Assessment of Organization Business Objectives and all involved Stakeholders. Assessment of the Organization about Strategy, Governance, Capabilities, Culture, and Current Performance.
• Assessment of Organization about IT Environment and Management. Assessment of Human Resources, any existing Information System, Infrastructure, Projects, Policies etc.
• Assessment of business processes by creating a static and dynamic view of these processes. 
• Assessment of any metrics used to measure performance, quality, progress, etc.

Depending on the Information System Domain and the targeted Organization, this service is done from an ARK IT business Analyst in collaboration with a Domain Expert. The Domain Expert could be one of Ark IT business integrator partners or someone from the Organization as well.     
The main outputs are: Business Glossary & Rules; Business Vision, and any supplementary Business Requirements.

2. Definition of Information System Scope and boundary conditions, in collaboration with the targeted Organization

• Establishing the project's Information System scope and boundary conditions in terms of 
  1. Reusable components of EasyWeb Implementation Framework (if based in an EasyWeb product),
  2. Integration or Migration of current Systems or Data,
  3. Integration or information exchange with third party systems, if relevant.
• Requirement Specification and suplementary requirements, including acceptance criteria and what is intended to be part of the IS and what is not. 
• Discriminating the critical use cases of the Information System and the primary scenarios of operation.
• Exhibiting, and optionally demonstrating the realisation of some of the primary scenarios (if based in an EasyWeb product).
• Estimating potential risks (the sources of unpredictability) 
• Preparing the supporting environment for the IS project.

Driven by Information System Domain and targeted Organization, this service in done from an ARK IT System Analyst in collaboration with a Domain Expert and representatives of the targeted Organization. The Domain Expert could be one of Ark IT business integrator partners or someone from the Organization as well.     
The main outputs are: Requirement specifications, User Interface Prototypes, Bill of "Reusable/current/third party components", Requirements Management Plan.

3. Support for IS Project Management, Configuration and Change Management

• Estimating the overall cost and schedule for the entire project (including the internal Organization costs)
• Preparation of Information System implementation plan, Iteration Plan and Risk Management.
• Configuration Management Plan and change request procedures.
• Information System Acceptance Plan

The Project Management service is performed by an ARK IT Project Manager (PM) or from the targeted Organization PM in collaboration with Ark IT System Analyst.      
The main output is the Information System Development Plan

Elaboration Services - Work Scope and Objectives

This service is provided only in case the targeted Organization has decided to use an EasyWeb product. It is a continuity of Inception Service, providing the next iteration (going in more details) around all activities and outputs of the inception, providing the first generation of the IS product. The main outputs include the EasyWeb Product profile selection, deployed and configured as specified during inception services, using reusable components and services.

Work Scope and Objectives within this service include: 

1. Deployment of IS product as a stable baseline for the next generations product cycle:

• Selection of appropriate EasyWeb product, reusable services, and configurations based in the Organization requirements.
• Adoption of layout and presentation as defined during the inception services. 
• Development of User Interface Prototypes for use cases not covered from IS baseline product.
• Development of Application Interface Prototypes (if not available) for use cases not covered from the IS baseline.
• Migration of current organization metadata and data.
• Preparing the supporting environment for the realization of use cases not covered from the IS baseline
• Deployment of IS baseline, making it available to current stage end users.
• Acceptance of IS product current release (if a significant number of primary scenarios are covered)

This service is performed from ARK IT deployment manager, GUI Designer, and API Designer in collaboration with Ark IT System Analyst, Domain Expert, and with the Organization representatives as well.     
The main outputs are: Baseline Information system product configured for the targeted organization and reviewed Requirement Specification for the new use cases

2. Preparation of development environment for interfacing and integration with current organization systems or third party services.

• Review and fine tuning of interfacing and integration scope for every single third party system or service.
• Refine the development case for each external system or service.
• Preparation of development environment, including the process, tools, documents and automation configuration, required to support the Ark IT development team.
• Demonstrate that the baselined IS will support the integration as required and at a reasonable cost and in a reasonable time

This service is performed from an ARK IT System Administrator and Integrator in collaboration with an Ark IT System Analyst, Domain Expert, and with the Organization representatives as well.     
The main outputs, for each single external service, are: Reviewed Requirement Specification for each integration case, and integration working Environment.

3. Support for Integration Project Management, Configuration and Change Management

•     Estimating the overall cost and schedule for each integration case (including the internal Organization costs)
•     Preparation of integration implementation plan, Iteration Plan and Risk Management.
•     Configuration Management Plan and change request procedures, for each integration case.
•     Acceptance Plan for each integration case

The Project Management service is done from an ARK IT Project Manager (PM) or from the targeted Organization PM in collaboration with Ark IT Integrator and System Analyst.      
The main output is the Integration Development Plan.