Dedication Group

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Dedication Group helps you establish where you are now, where you want to go, and how technology will get you there. Lower your costs, improve efficiency, increase competitive advantage.
Dedication Group are experts in getting software projects delivered. Business analysis, project management, training, and everything in between.
Dedication Group are passionate about your software being the best and most suitable it can be for you. Navigating software procurement. Outsourcing guidance and management. Software quality reviews.
IT Strategy & AdviceDedication Group provides soloists, entrepreneurs, and small-to-medium businesses with help defining, researching and planning how technology is going to get them to their strategic goals. Regardless of who you are, the fundamentals of our technology advice can be tailored to suit your needs. At a matter of process, we first take the time to learn about your business before technology solutions are proposed. Our clients are a diverse group. If you have an idea for a business
which is dependent on technology, you have an existing business
running inefficiently, you need an IT Strategy to complement your
Business Strategy, or you just need unbiased guidance on a specific
project - we can help!
Project ManagementDedication Group specialises in the management of software projects.
We follow a robust mixture of formal and agile processes, but we believe that processes should aid in delivering a successful outcome to you, not stand in its way. Our attention to detail and total commitment provides you with exceptional quality and cost control at all stages of your project. By engaging Dedication Group for your next project; you can expect expert planning and execution to give you certainty over your outcomes, timeframes and implementation costs. Combine this with constant stakeholder engagement, transparency of project progress and honest feedback; and you have a winning result every time. Dedication Group's Professional Project Management Services comprise: Read on to find out more in detail.
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Outsourcing & Software
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Vendor Management & Software Fit
By presenting a detailed analysis of the true cost of implementing a particular software package into your organisation, you are able to make an informed decision on which solution provides the best matching functionality for the least expenditure. Dedication Group's Software Procurement Advice calculates your true Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the software solution, including:
- Purchase and subscription costs
- Implementation costs
- Ongoing infrastructure and support costs
- In-house staff requirements
- Business process re-engineering and training costs
Software Procurement Advice can help you make a confident decision by researching the available options in the marketplace; providing you with a comprehensive analysis detailing the features, costs and relative merits of each solution.
Outsourcing Guidance & Vendor Management
When standard software packages cannot meet your specific requirements, or if you do not have sufficient software development resources in house, it becomes necessary to enter into an arrangement with an external software developer.
There is always risk in engaging an external developer, whether it is to build a custom solution or to outsource due to resource and cost constraints. If this attempt fails, there will often be significant time, cost, and strategic flow-on effects to your business. Dedication Group's Vendor Management service ensures that you minimise these risks when entering into a new arrangement or evaluating an existing outsourcing arrangement.
Key areas for focus are:
- Software quality measurement techniques
- Service level agreements (SLA's) and definitions
- Technology fit and integration considerations
- Methods for tracking and controlling delivery milestones
Dedication Group will help you review and assess competing vendors, and help you define the quality, standards and final or ongoing you expect to be delivered.
Software Quality Service
The IT benefits of good Software Architecture and high quality Code often include improved performance, scalability and reliability; not to mention better security. More importantly however, good software can benefit your organisation through increased staff productivity, improved customer satisfaction, and lower financial and reputational risks.
Dedication Group's Code and Architecture Reviews provide independent verification to IT & Senior Management that proposed solution designs will complement your business strategy rather than hinder its implementation. Our comprehensive assessments are based on proven, industry-standard practices.
Software Quality Services are technology services with real business benefits.
Code Reviews
Code Reviews ensure the foundations of your systems are solid.
Code Reviews are a proven, effective way to minimise defects. Depending on your organisation, these defects could cost thousands or millions in re-engineering efforts if they make their way into production software. Code Reviews streamline the testing effort by proactively improving software quality before applications leave the development environment.
A Dedication Group Code Review can uncover these shortcomings before the code achieves production status. We can help you attain:
- Quality, defect-free software
- Systems that are appropriate and completely meet requirements
- Software that complies with enterprise coding standards - Dedication Group can help you define your company's coding standards too!
Call Dedication Group for an objective and timely Code Review today.
Architecture Reviews
Dedication Group's System Architecture Reviews provide independent verification that proposed solutions truly meet stakeholder requirements and provide strategic value to your business. System Architecture Reviews are a proven strategy for lowering the business risk of implementing software solutions.
Call Dedication Group for a professional, standards-based review of your solution architectures.
Dedication Group Automated Code Review Tools
Software code reviews are often the first quality best practice to be sacrificed when project deadlines are tight. A Dedication Group Automated Code Review installation continuously evaluates developed code against stringent benchmarks; day in day out, without fail.
Free your people from manual code reviews without increasing the risk to your business.
Call Dedication Group for expert installation and configuration of the latest open source and commercial tools.
Enhanced Environments for Software Development
If you develop your software in-house, or plan to do so in the future, the creation of an enhanced software development environment within your IT department could deliver significant cost savings and risk reduction.
Efficient In-house Development Environments are one of the biggest risk reduction mechanisms available to an organisation. They are a standard feature in large companies, where they dramatically cut the risk of software development.
An enhanced development environment provides the resources to automate many of the processes undertaken in software development. By freeing your top IT people from everyday routine tasks; your best people can focus on higher value activities and are able to respond more nimbly to the business' requirements.
Dedication Group have significant experience and expertise in the installation, configuration and ongoing administration of Enterprise Development Environment tools.
