Minimum Path To Automation (MPTA)

What tool improvements will provide the largest return?

Which tools should I implement first?

How do I coordinate process initiatives, skills training, and cultural issues?

Will automated tools really save me time and money?

IconATG's MPTA Maximizes Return on Automated Software Tool Investments

IconATG's Minimum Path To Automation (MPTA) approach is an 11 step process to achieve maximum benefit when adopting automated software tools. The MPTA activities assure a thorough and optimal approach, and coordinate concurrent activities such as software development processes, methodology selection, cultural initiatives, and training requirements. Each MPTA activity is fully supported by detailed "how-to" instructions and artifact templates to make sure you progress quickly and carefully through the tool adoption process.

MPTA covers the full lifecycle of activities needed to deliver working, reliable solutions with full documentation and a learn-as-you-go approach for knowledge transfer. MPTA brings your own people into the process early, enabling them to easily provide ongoing development and support of your applications. Our focus is to assist your own people as they perform the work of configuring your tools and process environments, enabling the individuals who will own these environments after we are gone. We strive to provide the highest value by task-sharing, and working side-by-side to deliver on the project's goals.

MPTA Objectives

  • Assess current processes
  • Review current level of tools automation
  • Measure tools usage based on industry standards
  • Understand ROI expectations for different automation strategies
  • Customize tool usage strategies and goals
  • Determine the ability to leverage existing frameworks
  • Communicate the benefits of automation by role & activity
  • Review strategies for integrating tools
  • Install demo versions of selected tools

The 11 step MPTA Process

  • Capture existing SDLC processes
  • Explore automation benefits for each activity
  • Refine the process activities around automation benefits
  • Identify needed organizational / role changes
  • Model the to-be activities to ensure smooth integration
  • Model the to-be organizational boundaries to ensure smooth hand-offs
  • Refine the specific activity steps / responsibilities
  • Design the organizational change
  • Refine the process artifacts
  • Create task-specific best practices
  • Effect the organizational change by executing the adoption plan

Validate your Automated Tool Business Case using IconATG's ROI Estimator

IconATG's proprietary 200+ project database lets you estimate your expected Return On Investment (ROI) from the purchase and implementation of automated software development tools. Compare your own project parameters against actual results from historical projects that have previously installed and measured productivity before and after automated tools. The Savings Summary Report provides an accurate estimate for your organization's expected savings when using tools to automate your software lifecycle.

 

MPTA is Copyright 2007 © IconATG, and is a derivative of MPTQ Copyright © 2003 by Symetosphere, and used under the Creative Commons Attribution license, v3.0.