Improving customer value… accelerating performance… containing costs… building better products… generating trust… achieving business goals.

These are the types of expectations facing most software development organizations today. Finding the right partner to enable this type of change taking productivity and effectiveness to the next level is a critical step in meeting this challenge. At SPC, we make your software organization more productive by improving:

• Effectiveness
• Efficiency and
• Business Results

Focusing on business results and outcomes makes us different. We are experts in making the software process work better and we have a proven approach to improvement that is practical and generates longstanding results. This enables us to deliver real business value.

We understand your need for business results.

who benefits from working with SPC?

Any organization engaging in software development can benefit from SPC’s offerings. SPC’s client base ranges from small technology startups, whose core business is software development, to large multinational corporations that leverage software development to improve business systems and operational performance.

Historically, SPC clients have come from a wide variety of industries as diverse as technology, telecommunications, financial, health care, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, and government.

diagnosis, assessments, audits When you start to have questions about how productive, effective or efficient your software organization it is time to have an external diagnosis. Disappointing project outcomes, product delays, impacted business results, or escalating costs are often the catalyst behind the decision to undertake an assessment or audit. An assessment is a positive reaction to the event, an unwillingness to accept a repeat situation in the future. SPC has performed 100+ assessments. A sample of issues diagnosed include: Disconnects between development priorities and business goals Unpredictable development and delivery time Poor product performance and quality Unrealistic schedules and estimates Gap Analysis with accepted best practice

Services We deliver client value by working collaboratively with software leaders through our core service offering: Consulting Services: identifying the root cause of problems and recommending corrective action. Training: improving the knowledge and capabilities of your people. Advisory Services: optimizing performance and supporting decision making for continuous improvement. We are able to customize the mix of these services for the particular needs of our clients ensuring the practical path forward and right fit. Our clients value that we do not commit them to large-scale initiatives. We can package our services into digestible chunks that allows you to make productivity improvements at a pace that matches your organization.

We are experts in making the software process work better. We can identify the sources of problems that impact your productivity and effectiveness. SPC can propose concrete corrective action that is both easy to digest and adopt plus is practical and generates longstanding results. Contact SPC to Make Your Software Organization More Productive.

A Focused Approach

We have an approach that creates lasting positive change by optimizing the process, people and technology skills required for development organizations to meet their most critical challenges. Our deep domain knowledge enables us to deliver real business value.

Our impact can be seen in:

• Improving productivity
• Reducing costs through increased efficiency
• Increased alignment between development priorities and business goals
• Outcomes that help attract/retain customers
• Improved and predictable development and delivery time
• Heightened product performance and quality
• Decreased cost of performance and rework
• Superior agility in software practices
• A flexible, responsive organization

SPC’s Expert Knowledge and Relevant Insights mean you have the industry’s most enlightened expertise and perspective working with you to realize the full business potential of your software development process.

Whether it’s changing process and practices through our consulting services, developing stronger technical and leadership skills with our development training, or advising leaders on critical IT issues within our executive support services, SPC’s commitment to your success is matched by the depth and range of our integrated services that will deliver value throughout all levels of your organization.

Is SPC right for you? Contact a representative and discuss how we can help your organization optimize improve business results through increased productivity & effectiveness.