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Deloitte Consulting and iRise Announce Software Dev Alliance
- By ADT Staff
- November 1, 2005
Deloitte Consulting, a professional services organizations, and iRise, an app
definition software and services company, announced on Tuesday that they have
signed a new alliance agreement. The alliance aims to help clients reduce the
cost and effort associated with software development projects, while helping
improve the effectiveness of these initiatives, the two companies say.
According to a survey conducted for iRise earlier this year by Decipher, a
leading independent research organization, the vast majority of IT organizations
budget for cost overruns and software design changes resulting from insufficient
requirement definitions made at the outset of development projects. Additionally,
the survey found that nearly a third of companies set aside more than 25 percent
of their development budgets for changes that could have been avoided in the
first place.
iRise says its app simulation platform and its definition expertise help orgs
validate and simulate custom applications to mitigate risk, deliver on time
and improve the overall quality of the apps to the business.
The iRise platform can be used to quickly assemble a working simulation of
a complex system during the requirements phase, helping the business user and
the software developer find and redefine missing or unclear requirements before
coding begins.
In the past, text and static screen shots were the primary method for defining
requirements on most software development projects, the company says. With the
iRise platform, a simulation can be created in hours with no code. Because business
stakeholders often struggle with requirements until they are able to see how
the software works, projects often suffer from late stage, unplanned rework,
according to iRise.