risk management
Rapid Change Brings Heighted Risk
Transformations bring various risks, including potential Technology risks (such as the strategies, processes, systems and people that manage technologies) and Operational risks (which can be process, technology or people driven).
Risk Management
We can help develop the strategies, processes, systems and people to effectively manage these potential risks and ensure your new technologies and processes align with your business objectives.
Our Risk Management solutions harness the power of industry standards, proprietary methodologies and domain expertise to bring Agile methods in conducting Risk Management projects including IV&V.
Public Sector Risk Management
- Legacy System – Many are operating monolithic, legacy systems that are often ridged and fail to meet today’s digital business needs.
- Costly Upgrades – Legacy technology portfolios are often redundant and expensive to upgrade, which detracts from other modernization goals.
- Gaps in Skillsets – Teams may not be equipped to implement new process, technology and organizational change.
- Regulatory & Compliance Rules – Public Sector regulations may impede in the adoption of new technology and process.
Are You on the Best Path?
- Validate that you are on the right track
- Identify potential for increased business value
- Recommend improvements and potential alternatives
Methodologies to Support Your Unique Risk Needs
Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V)
Agile IV&V – Assess roles, process and tool usage in Agile, Product Management and Organizational Change Management initiatives.
Agile Embedded IV&V – Provide testing information earlier as part of the Agile team.
Traditional IV&V – Provide structured IV&V methodology to address multiple Stakeholder groups, vendors and management.
Rationalization
Technology Rationalization – Assess Architecture, Development, Operations, Data & Security
Process Rationalization – Review Testing, BPM, IT Service Management (ITSM), Legacy to New Technology Migrations
Organizational Change Management Rationalization – Assess Agile, Product Management, Lean
Quality Assurance:
Quality Assurance – Conduct QA using early approaches results in quicker remediation
“As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.”
Mohib
Software Automation Developer
Solutions
IV&V
Faster feedback and continuous communication using Agile methodologies
Rationalization
Ensure new processes and technologies meet business objectives
Quality Assurance
Utilize early testing approaches for quicker remediation
Success Stories
Latest Thinking
Quality Assurance Using Behavior-Driven and Test-Driven Development
Learn how xScion assisted a large health payer digitally optimize their member onboarding process through new Automation processes.
Shifting QA Left Part 1
Learn how Shifting Left makes QA part of the process from day one with a focus on quality from the moment development begins.
Shifting QA Left Part 2
Learn how Behavior Driven Development can facilitate improved stakeholder interaction and resolve development ambiguity while streamlining downstream development and testing tasks.
Latest Thinking
Shifting QA Left Part 1
Learn how Shifting Left makes QA part of the process from day one with a focus on quality from the moment development begins.
Shifting QA Left Part 2
Learn how Behavior Driven Development can facilitate improved stakeholder interaction and resolve development ambiguity while streamlining downstream development and testing tasks.