Agile Software Development & Project Management Advisory

3A-Strategy's Agile Software Development and Project Management practice helps you maximize your use of agile methodologies for better project predictability, greater client satisfaction, increased team productivity, faster time-to-market, reduced defects, and decreased cost overruns.

Plus, you'll explore successful new strategies for managing the evergreen issues of requirements engineering, software testing, software productivity benchmarking, risk management, software reuse, estimation, software design, and other critical software development and project management issues. All to create better software faster.

This service offers insight and advice on the unique benefits of various agile approaches - Extreme Programming (XP), Adaptive Software Development, Crystal Light, Lean Development, Scrum, Dynamic Systems Development Method. You discover how iterative development can help you solve your most formidable software development challenges and you learn what agile methods are suitable for what types of projects.

With our workshops and custom consulting from experienced consultants with the agile methods, you can get guidance on creating a methodology suitable to your needs, tailoring it to your specific projects, and acquiring the speed and flexibility necessary to ensure your enterprise's competitive edge.

Each of our Associates in the Agile Project Management team is an expert in agile project and/or traditional project management and its related disciplines. The Senior Consultants offer unmatched expertise based on years of hands-on, real-world experience. Here are just a few of the areas where the Consortium can assist you:

E-Business Software Delivery Practices

Practices such as Lean Development, Critical Chain Project Management, Extreme Programming, and Adaptive Software Development can benefit your IT organization by improving quality and time-to-market development, but they can have a disruptive impact on your organization. 3A-Strategy can help you determine which of these new practices is right for your organization. Our extensive experience with traditional software development techniques provides a foundation to help you evaluate your development alternatives and choose methods that limit the disruption of current and planned projects.

Project Management Performance Consulting

Whether you want to set up a "walk-in clinic" and bring in a Senior Consultant to coach a new project manager, or you simply need help reviewing project plans and schedules, this service will jumpstart your project and keep it on the right track as surprises occur.

Executive Coaching, Management Mentoring, and Facilitation

If you're in the midst of a project and need to talk with an experienced manager, our Senior Consultants can provide the expert advice you're looking for. Coaching engagements can be structured to answer your questions and help you see how to be most effective. If you're finding that the decisionmakers in your organization are "stuck," our Senior consultants can facilitate structured meetings or informal communications, or both.

Virtual Team Building

We'll help you determine your project staffing needs by reviewing project requirements and then evaluating the skill sets of your inhouse staff and suggesting resources for augmenting your team virtually. We'll help you determine the best collaboration tools and techniques for managing your project and help you track the progress of your team through the life of your project.