PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Following table outlines Parcus Group approach to creation of new product and service offerings:
 

PHASE 1: Concept Development
- Market & demand analysis
- Idea generation, screening & prioritisation
- Concept development
- High level project plan

PHASE 2: Business Case
- Strategy considerations

- Business impacts incl. staff, systems, technology, legal & other issues

- Financial analysis

- Risk assessment

- Monitoring and reporting

PHASE 3: Product Requirements Document
- Detailed project planning and costing
- Product requirements document incl functional requirements, ordering, support, billing...

PHASE 4: Solution Design & Planning
- Technical solution definition & design
- Business systems solution definition & design
- Product description

PHASE 5: Development/Build & Operational Readiness
- Technical solution implementation
- Operational readiness / acceptance
- Sales & market readiness

- Beta testing

PHASE 6: Launch
- Commercial launch

PHASE 7: Project Review
- Project review & feedback
 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

To ensure satisfactory performance against the performance standards our customers require, Parcus will for the duration of any project, appoint a project manager who will be responsible for all aspects of project delivery in line with PMI PMBOK guidelines including:

- Project plan (plan development, execution & change control)

- Project scope management (initiation, planning, definition, verification & change control)

- Project time management (activity definitions, sequencing, duration estimating, schedule development & schedule control

- Project cost management (resource planning, cost estimating, budgeting & cost control)

- Communication Management (planning& performance reporting)

- Risk Management (risk identification, risk quantification, risk response development & control)

- Quality Management (quality planning, assurance & control)

Financial Services & Investments

Business strategies

Alliances and partnerships

Structured technology finance

Consulting Services

Product development

Marketing services

Technical and IT consulting

Managed services consulting

Finance and risk management

Economic & Financial Indicators

Output, demand & jobs

Prices and wages

Money and interest rates

Stock markets

Trade, exch rates & budgets

Geography

Asia & Oceania

Europe

North America