Challenge

• American Family established an internal Software Engineering group to promote software reuse across the organization
• They wanted to standardize their processes and adapt their methodology to incorporate reuse
• However, they lacked sufficient practical experience to complete this initiative on their own

Solution

Redpoint performed a thorough review of American Family's existing development methodology, focusing on both process and technology issues, including:

• Enhanced software development process
• Role definition for software architects
• Development of key standards
• Criteria for evaluating/using 3rd-party software
• Specific technical and framework recommendations

Results

• Project recommendations were incorporated into the Software Engineering group charter