Online gap analysis gives same results as the conventional form of Gap Analysis but at a much lower cost.
It offers huge savings in terms of the cost incurred in travel and stay of the LA/consultants.
It gives your teams the flexibility to choose the day and time convenient for them to provide inputs for gap analysis. Every thing need not be done in the week of LA/consultant’s visit.
The service gives you the opportunity to learn from the expert advise of Asia’s largest operational consulting firm.
Lays the foundation of process improvement journey. The organization may or may not proceed with the process improvement journey after the gap analysis; however, in both the cases this exercise is beneficial i.e. the investment made by the company is protected in both the cases.
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If the organization goes for model based process improvement journey (e.g. CMMI®) – the findings of the gap analysis can be used as the base for initiating the journey.
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If the organization does not go for model based process improvement – the findings of the gap analysis can be used for internal improvements, by closing the process weaknesses highlighted during the activity.
Gives you the freedom to choose your consulting partner for the process improvement journey.
Who can use this Service?
eGAP can be used by any software company to assess their process capability.
The service is driven by SEI’s CMMI® model and is useful for companies targeting CMMI® Level 2 or CMMI® Level 3.
The service is independent of the organization size.
The service supports all type of life cycles: full development, software services, software products, maintenance, enhancements, data migration etc.
Prerequisite
Organization and teams involved in eGAP are aware of the objectives of the initiative
Process Engineering Teams, Management and Functional Leaders understand the practices involved
Client has assigned a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) who would ensure that the required resources are available to help in performing the gap analysis
Infrastructure like video-conferencing, audio-conferencing, required to conduct online gap analysis is available
Teams who would be participating in gap analysis activities have basic understanding of the CMMI® model and the Process Areas till level 2/3
Waiver: The last prerequisite can be waived off in case the organization is opting to take the Overview to CMMI® training
What do you get from the Service?
The deliverable of the QAI eGAP service is a presentation and a report detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the existing organizational processes along with the improvement areas as per CMMI® PAs.
CMM® and Capability Maturity Model are registered in the US Patent and Trademark office. SEISM, CMMI®,
Capability Maturity Model IntegrationSM are service marks of Carnegie Mellon University.
