Following a proven methodology in the development of custom software greatly enhances the likelihood that the final product will meet your business objectives, timetable and budget expectations. Through years of experience, BCG Systems has established a six-step develop-ment methodology, with demonstrated record of effectiveness:

Step 1: Define
Presenting the right solution starts with assessing your organization's business problems, essential needs and long-term goals. BCG Systems' professionals will ask the pertinent questions and perform the relevant analyses to determine the best path for achieving your critical objectives.

Whether your situation calls for a packaged or custom developed solution, or some combination of both, BCG Systems will first listen and then provide expert, unbiased advice.

Step 2: Design
Focused on your clearly stated set of objectives, developed in step one, BCG Systems will work in collaboration with your decision makers and appropriate staff to review your business processes and determine all functional, as well as technical requirements. A formal set of blueprints will then be designed for your project.

Once consensus is reached among all project stakeholders, development work will be initiated.

Step 3: Develop
Breaking the work effort into manageable units, BCG Systems' consultants will create and test each unit, applying quality control processes to ensure that all work is performed to specification. Throughout these processes, you will be kept abreast of our progress and performance at key checkpoints.

Step 4: Test
We will create a comprehensive test plan to confirm feature sets and validate the complex business scenarios that occur in your production environment.

Your business and technology users will be involved in a pilot and provided with all the necessary training and documentation to understand and feel comfortable with your new solution.

Step 5: Launch
Your solution deployment activities will be carefully planned and documented. Whether you are installing a packaged or custom solution, the deployment team at BCG Systems will work closely with you on planning for future growth and scalability.

Be assured that our team will be flexible and sensitive to your specific needs during launch of your solution.

Step 6: Support and Enhance
Upon successful implementation, your solution will continue to be actively maintained and enhanced to ensure that it is meeting its intended objectives and can scale as additional needs arise.

Whether your changing needs require minor improvements to a packaged solution, or a reinitiation of the definition phase for a new project, you can count on BCG Systems to be responsive and to deploy our most knowledgeable resources.