The Need

For entrepreneurs considering investing, acquiring or those that simply want to validate internal development projects, an independent judgment on the technical validity of a business plan or application can reduce the risks. Technical assessments can highlight potential problems, correct oversights and validate costs and schedules, which are too often underestimated.

The Solution

Scio offers Technical Assessment engagements for on-demand and SaaS applications with an in-depth study of your application by our senior development team. The assessment will validate aspects that can be assessed for the phase of the application lifecycle of the product.  It can include any of the following areas:

• Technical Design
  
• Application Security
• Usability and Accessibility
  
• Quality Assurance
• Database Assessment
• Operations Assessment
  
• Product Support Assessment
• Infrastructure Assessment
  
• Technical Team Assessment

Our Approach

• Our team will leverage automated assessments tools wherever possible and combine it with an in-depth analysis of the design and/or existing code.
• Current business operations and the skills of the in-house technical team are also areas that should be part of a full review. ISVs moving from desktop applications to Web applications and from licensed to subscription models can present risks if the in-house team is not well positioned.
• Potential issues will be identified, prioritized and reviewed with your team to assure nothing has been overlooked and the existing design intent is understood.

Key Value-Added Elements

• Scio’s strong experience in building, maintaining and designing web applications.
• On-demand market expertise to give you more insight about the risks and technical validity of the project.
• Collaborative review methodologies to ensure the in-house team is aware of the issues along with recommendations on how to proceed with corrective actions.

Value Received

• Minimize risk
• Validation of costs, resource needs and schedules
• Potential problems and issues are identified and prioritized
• Thorough reports detailing the results of the technical assessment