The Stream Process™
Gain Clarity Now
The biggest obstacle to gathering good software requirements is lack of Clarity. Stakeholders need to experience the possibilities of a system before they know what they want. Then, and only then, can they clearly state what their business and functional requirements are. Requirements must be experienced to be understood.
Traditionally, this understanding comes late in the development cycle, during QA or UAT, or even after deployment. That's way too late for making changes.
That is why we created an entire process around the concept of visualizing project requirements: the Stream Process™.
We also believe in taking the magic to the people, so the core of the Stream Process revolves around the Joint Application Modeling® (JAM®) session. During a JAM Session®, stakeholders have the powerful experience of seeing their application needs and wants instantly visualized and documented before their eyes. Our Business Analysts and User Experience Designers handle the details, and our clients leave the session with a foundation of their project that they can experience as well as read.
Did you catch that? With the Stream Process, you not only see your business and functional requirements, but you experience them. You can't truly get a feel for your project by reading a stack of papers.
The key components of the Stream Process are proven, highly successful, and widely accepted in contemporary business practice:
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Small, collaborative teams
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Rapid, iterative design process
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Adaptive planning
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Visualization, which allows teams to experience what the final product will be as it’s discussed, not after it’s built.
The advantages of visualization are tremendous. Over traditional methods, visualization allows teams to experience their project early, without the time and financial expense of developers writing code. The Stream Process allows for collaboration on and offline in real time, so you can feel certain everyone is on the same page. In fact, we have had some clients tell us that this is the step that makes Agile methods truly work for their companies.
In fact, while each project is unique, our approach has reduced requirements-related defects by half or more and saved overall project costs by up to 50%. The requirements phase typically costs 20%-30% of a project. We have brought that down as low as 1%. We have also helped to launch projects up to 35% faster and with more features than when following a traditional requirements process.
If you're ready to get started, contact us today!
