Instant Objects Ltd

Maxim

A proposition, esp. a pithily-worded one, expressing a general truth
about science, law, or experience. - Shorter Oxford Dictionary

The Maxim Process

It is our aim to capture all the pertinent information about the business area in a concise and structured manner.
The following description describes the process as a number of sequential stages that follow in a logical order. While this is largely true, some of the processes can happen in parallel or more than once.

• High-level Requirements Analysis
• Build a prototype
• Produce a proposal with interactive presentation.

Once we have an order, then the sequence becomes :

• Detailed Requirements Analysis
• Build a second prototype
• Data Conversion of existing data
• Detailed Interface Design
• Implementation

Build a prototype

Human nature is a funny beast. We are all much better at criticising ideas than conceiving them.

For that very reason, we present a working prototype as soon as possible. This gives people something to kick against and generally enhances communication. In fact, if you look at the sequence of events above, you may notice that we have produced two prototypes before any detailed design.

About the only down side of the early prototype approach is that there are periods in a project that we appear to be making no progress.

Proposal

At this stage, we prefer to use a workshop to review the prototype. This is normally the best means for people to assess how well we have captured the business problem. Once we have feed-back on the prototype, we are in a position to present our proposal.

Data Conversion