RPALM™ is an accelerated and results-driven methodology, designed to provide tactical and strategic key improvement recommendations to go from current state to desired end state within a proposed timeline. It stands for ResultsPositive Application Lifecycle Management (RPALM™) Assessment Methodology, which is a proprietary methodology designed to be prescriptive and lightweight, covering 21 topical areas across 3 main ALM categories. Our approach is prescriptive in that we answer the who, when, how, why, and what through a series of focused interviews and expert analysis of project artifacts*. It is lightweight in that we employ a results-oriented mindset that delivers a fast, actionable, comprehensive, and no-frills assessment of your current ALM environment within 1 week. *The RPALM methodology leverages industry expertise of practicing QA Leaders and Test Managers. Derived from real-world experienced QA professionals, RPALM cuts straight to the fundamental components that your organizations can employ quickly to gain visibility, reduce costs, increase delivery control, and improve overall solution delivery quality. If you are using HP Quality Center or Application Lifecycle Management today, you may be a candidate for RPALM. Prime candidates for this service experience: • Difficulties in managing and creating traceability between requirements, tests, and defects – resulting in lack of control and visibility. • Lack of collaboration and communication between multiple and often distributed teams – resulting in project delays and resource misalignments. • Problems in managing cross-project and cross-initiative enterprise releases. • Inability to ensure project planning and tracking with a clear lack of key performance indicators (KPIs) and ability to properly monitor project health, in real-time. • Difficulty in making Go/No-Go decisions for major system releases. Visibility into critical Go/No-Go criterion is unwieldy to gather and make sense of internally. • Lack of standardized processes across the application lifecycle. Every team is doing it ‘their own way’ and standards are difficult to enforce. More information at www.resultspositive.com

1. RPALMPeople, Process, and Technology – RPALM™ is a rapid assessment
methodology that can be leveraged at any phase of the system delivery
lifecycle.

2. RPALM™ is an accelerated and results-driven methodology:
• Designed to provide tactical and strategic key improvement recommendations
to go from current state to desired end state within a proposed timeline.
• Stands for ResultsPositive Application Lifecycle Management (RPALM™)
Assessment Methodology
• A proprietary methodology designed to be prescriptive and lightweight,
covering 21 topical areas across 3 main ALM categories.
• Prescriptive in that we answer the who, when, how, why, and what through a
series of focused interviews and expert analysis of project artifacts*.
• Lightweight in that we employ a results-oriented mindset that delivers a fast,
actionable, comprehensive, and no-frills assessment of your current ALM
environment within 1 week.
• People, Process, and Technology – RPALM™ is an assessment methodology
that can be leveraged at any phase of the system delivery lifecycle.
*The RPALM™ methodology leverages industry expertise of practicing QA Leaders and Test Managers. Derived from
real-world experienced QA professionals, RPALM™ cuts straight to the fundamental components that your
organizations can employ quickly to gain visibility, reduce costs, increase delivery control, and improve overall
solution delivery quality.
What is the RPALM assessment methodology?

3. You’re a good candidate for RPALM if you have:
• Difficulties in managing and creating traceability between requirements, tests,
and defects – resulting in lack of control and visibility.
• Lack of collaboration and communication between multiple and often
distributed teams – resulting in project delays and resource misalignments.
• Problems in managing cross-project and cross-initiative enterprise releases.
• Inability to ensure project planning and tracking with a clear lack of key
performance indicators (KPIs) and ability to properly monitor project health, in
real-time.
• Difficulty in making Go/No-Go decisions for major system releases. Visibility
into critical Go/No-Go criterion is unwieldy to gather and make sense of
internally.
• Lack of standardized processes across the application lifecycle. Every team is
doing it ‘their own way’ and standards are difficult to enforce.
What makes you a good candidate?

4. Provides an objective assessment of current state (‘As-is’):
• Analysis and understanding your current business needs
• Assess current level of adoption with recommendations for adoption level increase
• Assess the level of business value realized from your current ALM investment, while
identifying hidden opportunities to extract more value
• Provides an independent audit and health check report with details of identified issues
Confirms desired end state (‘To-be’):
• Present and discuss key recommendations
• Present and discuss industry best practices detailed for each ALM area discussed
• Showcase Overall Maturity Rating with respect to RPALM™ Assessment Methodology*
Provides Actionable ALM Implementation Roadmap, including:
• Quick wins and low hanging fruit
• Short term options and recommendations
• Long term options and recommendations
*The RPALM (ResultsPositive ALM™ Assessment Methodology) approach is an actionable methodology aimed
at increasing organizational awareness and implementation of tactical ALM principles that ultimately
encourages project stakeholders to embrace a holistic ALM-centric approach to software quality management
rather than subscribing to a reactive mentality of defect management.
Business Value of RPALM

5. How RPALM Delivers Positive Results, Fast
RPALM™ leverages sound quality assurance principles:
• We employ a holistic and umbrella mentality, knowing that:
– A sound ALM foundation reduces defects, decreases cost, and mitigates risk project risk.
– We cut across the Application Lifecycle to provide immediate feedback
– Traceability is the cornerstone of high quality software delivery
– People, Process, and Technology must work in harmony
• The RPALM™ Assessment Methodology

6. RPALM™ Engagement Approach
• Review draft deliverables
with sponsors
• Iterate and update
deliverables
• Review final deliverables
with sponsors, governance
committee and executives
• Document assessment
findings
• Review Top 10 findings with
project sponsors
• Analyze assessment findings
• Identify opportunities and
solution recommendations
• Draft Roadmap
• Develop estimates by phase
• Document business case
benefits
• Conduct requirements
tracing workshop
• Conduct visionary “end-
state” workshops
• Conduct ALM best practice
sessions – “end-state” inputs
• Conduct individual interviews
• Conduct group discovery
sessions
• Review current processes,
governance model, and
reporting
• Confirm engagement goals and objectives
• Confirm critical success factors
• Collect and review “as-is” documentation
• Confirm participants and roles &
responsibilities
• Tailor and confirm project schedule and
workshop / interview days/times
• Review and discuss 21 key factors
• Confirm buy-in of requirements tracing
workshop (function of RPALM™)
• Schedule workshops and interviews
Establish the
ground rules
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RPALM™
Methodology
RPALM™ Assessment
21 Topics
Conduct Interviews &
Review Project Artifacts
Best Practices
& Recommendations
Improvement
Roadmap
TPI DB
Categories Areas
Stakeholder
Relations
Stakeholder Commitment
Degree of involvement
Test strategy
Test organization
Communication
Test
Managemen
t
Reporting
Test process management
Estimating and planning
Metrics
Defect management
Testware management
Test
Profession
Methodology practice
Tester professionalism
Test case design
Test tools
Test environment

7. RPALM Areas of Focus
Interviews and Artifact Review Blueprint & Road Map Development
• Solution Blueprint
• ALM Roadmap
• Implementation Road Map
• Phased implementation road map
Review ALM best practices and related
maturity models
Utilize analysis of current processes,
organization structures, and tools to develop
Blue Print & Road Map
RPALM™ 21 Topics across People, Process, and Technology
• Commitment to Quality
• Team Harmony
• Perceived Engagement
• Communication Effectiveness
• Quality Organization
• Test & ALM Strategy
• End User Empathy
• ALM Toolset Analysis
• Interface Analysis
• Automated Tool Analysis
• Requirements Tool Analysis
• Manual Testing Tool Analysis
• Performance Tool Analysis
• Peripheral Tool Analysis
People ALM Process Technology
• Requirement Intake Process
• Design Process
• Build Process
• Test Planning & Design Process
• Reporting Process
• Testware Management
• Traceability Discipline
• Conduct requirements tracing workshop
• Conduct visionary “end-state” workshops
• Conduct ALM best practice sessions – “end-state” inputs
• Conduct individual interviews
• Conduct group discovery sessions
• Review current processes, governance model, and reporting

8. Assessment Deliverables
• High level implementation road map
• Phased implementation options
Implementation
Road Map
• Solution Blueprint
• Quick Win and Short Term recommendations & benefits
• Long Term recommendations & benefits
Solution Blueprint &
Recommendations
• Documented customer goals & objectives
• As-is Assessment Findings
• As-is Process Assessment Analysis
Assessment
Findings

9. Participants
IT Directors &
Portfolio
Managers
IT Architects,
DBA’s
IT Business
Analysts,
Developers
IT Team Leads
IT Business
Analysts,
Developers
Business Unit
Team Leads
Business Unit
Managers
Client Sponsor &
Sr. Client
Executives
Executives Group*
Management Group
Staff Group
*Primarily focused on sponsorship, review & approval of findings & recommendations

10. Services Pricing*
Solutions / Services Price
RPALM™ Rapid Assessment & Roadmap Services (5 Days) $7,500
RPALM™ Traditional Assessment & Roadmap Services (10 Days) $15,000
*Packages can be configured to meet your specific requirements.
Read about the RPALM™ Risk Free Guarantee

11. RPALM
• The RPALM™ Risk Free Guarantee
• We are an organization of Software Quality Advocates and Fanatics
with decades of real-world QA and Testing Experience.
• Our ALM-certified consultants will work with your project team
closely to craft an assessment that is value-add.
• If you are dissatisfied with the perceived value of the RPALM™
roadmap delivered after the 1-week engagement, we will provide
an additional 10 hours of focused consulting effort at no-charge.

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