Software Factory Organization

• What is a Software Factory?
• General Operation Outline
• Software Factory Organization (Life Cycle)
• When Does an Organization Need a Software Factory?

Planning

• Identification of the business needs
• Needs to be met
• Goals to be reached
• High level schedule
• Order of magnitude budget
• Definition of value ranges to monitor service level

Kick-off

• Selection of the initial resource team
• Beginning of the reception of requirements
• Installation and configuration of the factory’s technological infrastructure

Tuning

• Tuning and refinement of processes, quality gates, tools, and techniques defined for the operation.
• Real low and medium complexity requirements
• Gathering of performance metrics

Maturity

• Operation at full capacity
• Implementation of continuous improvement mechanisms
• Implementation of factory’s redimensioning mechanisms
• Iterative update of SLA levels
• Training processes of the new assigned resources.

Closing

• Transfer of the operation to the client or to whom he/she designates
• Creation of final reports on SLA compliance
• Information storage
• Resource release
• Technological infrastructure release
• Contract closing