While these are all measurable, ultimately they are just table stakes –basic building blocks to do the job. Much harder to measure, but just as important, are the soft skills a provider brings to the project. And yet, these skills make the difference between success and failure.
Some of these soft skills include:
Clear, transparent communication with all team members.
Managing across and up in an organization to maintain scope and expectations.
Asking good questions before, during and after each sprint.
Flexibility to adapt and manage change.
Adaptability with different people and personalities.
At Coherent Solutions, we recognize that our success can only come after yours. And the way we assure your success is through a highly developed delivery management system that includes:
An onshore Service Delivery Manager who has the autonomy and authority to “make it right” for his/her client.
Defined processes that include: a visual roadmap for the project; a release plan, showing what features will be delivered with each release; financial updates to keep the budget in check; quarterly engagement reviews to gather input and work toward continuous improvement.
Tools and responsibility for building teams, managing issues, and delivering a best-in-class product.
While we consider Delivery Management to be a vital piece of our digital product engineering services, we don’t charge for our Delivery Managers’ time. We want clients to utilize Delivery Managers whenever and however they need them. Because we know that in the end, client success = our success.