Our Expertise, Process & Global Delivery Model

What we do is complex. That’s why how we do it must be as simple as possible. Even though our teams cover multiple time zones and continents, we all work in unison toward a common goal—meeting your business needs, on time and on budget. When you partner with us, you can count on full transparency and accountability, open lines of communication and a great attitude from everyone involved.

FULL LIFE CYCLE DEVELOPMENT

From initial vision and requirements setting to product development and deployment, to maintenance and enhancements—our approach to product delivery is easy to follow, every step of the way.

Vision

Select the project.

Identify Options
Prioritize
Develop Initial Vision
Consider Project Feasibility
Assess Business Case
Align Project Goals

Requirements & Architecture

Initiate the project.

Gather Requirements
Define Architecture
Create Domain Model
Set Up Environment
Create Test Plan

Development

Iteratively develop a working system that meets stakeholder needs

Elaborate Requirements
Refine Designs
Prepare Wireframes and UI prototypes
Collaborative Development
Test, Fix Bugs
Evolve Documentation
Internally Deploy and Demonstrate

Acceptance & Deployment

Release to production.

Final System Testing
Final Acceptance Testing
Finalize Documentation
Train End Users and Support Staff
Deploy
Beta Test as Appropriate

Maintenance & Enhancement

Operate and support to release.

Operate System
Support System
Identify Defects and Enhancements

Project Management

Initiate

Develop Project Charter
Identify Stakeholders
Obtain Funding & Support

Plan

Define Scope
Develop Project Plan
Finalize Budget

Execute/Monitor/Control

Direct and Manage Project Execution
Acquire and Manage Project Team
Manage Stakeholder Expectations

Verify and Control Scope, Cost, and Schedule
Report Status and Monitor Risk

SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

A dedicated Delivery Manager ensures cohesion, collaboration, and camaraderie between your team and ours.

Offshore Development Model

Coordinator as intermediary—telephone game

Slower startup / less responsive

Communication issues and misalignment

Only works for simple tasks, delivers limited value

Coherent’s Model

Delivery Manager as value added facilitator

Direct collaboration between client and team

Faster startup / more responsive

Better visibility and control for all parties

Complex activities within complicated environments

Our Services Delivery model is Built On:

Accountabillity

Our Delivery Managers provide a single point of contact and manage all aspects of the client relationship.

Autonomy

Delivery Managers are authorized to advocate for client, commit resources, resolve issues and negotiate finances.

Expertise

Teams are skilled in producing software with high quality and high velocity.

Collaboration

Open and frequent communications ensure understanding, enable innovation and improve results.

Structure

Issues, risks, and changes are carefully managed so nothing is missed and everything is in alignment with project goals.

CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

Our distributed cross functional teams are assembled based on individual project needs, you’ll always get an A-team to work on yours. The following graphic shows just a few of the possibilities of how Coherent’s teams can be structured.

Example Team A

Example Team B

Example Team C

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Process

Complex projects done simply