Sencia Canada Ltd. - Our Process

Our Six Step Methodology

Sencia's Six Step Methodology identifies the critical tasks that will help our team achieve project goals as well as identify and manage risks and quality on a typical project. This strategy is why we have such success meeting timelines. The skilled team assigned to your implementation includes: Technical Project Manager (TPM), Business Analyst (BA), Programmers, Quality Manager (QM), System Trainer, Technical Support, Creative Designers, Account Manager, and Network Administrator. You receive project updates throughout implementation regarding: project progress, completed and outstanding deliverables and milestones, expected delivery, and issues and concerns affecting the project schedule. Documentation is designed according to our Quality Manual.

Step 1: Identify Project Scope

"Discovery Meeting" The TPM and BA hold a kick-off meeting with your team to go through Sencia’s base product configurations and finalize objectives, timelines, and priorities, as well as identify risks and opportunities.

Step 2: Plan Development

We provide clear documentation that focuses on the elements necessary for implementation. Deliverables include defining: technology requirements and resources, an implementation plan, and integration plans such as single sign-on.

Step 3: Specifications Development

Client and Sencia teams must both approve the configuration plan specification. This process ensures that both teams have an excellent understanding of the plans for integration or interoperability with existing database(s), communication strategy, and graphic strategy as needed. Documentation sign-off from both teams is required.

Step 4: Technical Development

During this phase, we begin configuring your hardware and software. The programming team adds configurations to the base system and conducts other technical work to meet your business cases (e.g. integrations, single sign-on). The TPM assigns tasks and code reviews during this development and also reviews all completed technical development to ensure it meets with specifications and industry standards. Once the TPM is satisfied, the system is then released for system verification.

Step 5: System Verification

Quality Assurance (QA) testing verifies criteria established in the specification are met. Upon system verification, Informetica will address any remaining issues, and correct and test them prior to system launch. Rigorous weekly QA testing ensures that the environment always remains stable.

Step 6: Deployment and Training

Once all validation (user acceptance) testing has been completed successfully, the system is deployed, migration is completed, client site managers are trained, and plans for future refinements are discussed, if necessary. Deliverables include project acceptance and approval for launch, movement of the test site to live servers, testing software for production use, and training for site managers.