Joint Development Model
The customer asks us to only support and guide them through the
first-time design and implementation process of the product, and assure
the right fundamental design decisions are being made. For these
customers we provide a ‘a la carte approach’ to only extend their
knowledge and project team, and accelerate the learning curve of the
different project team members. This approach consists of two services:
This option, also known as Jumpstart, consists of two services:
- Accelerate and handover knowledge in the preparation, structure and
functional design stages within the project.
- Lead Development during the implementation phase
The goal of these services is to ensure a smooth implementation of the
client’s websites and to ensure that the client’s infrastructure and web
development team is able to realize future projects with a minimum of
(or better, no) Amakozi PS involvement.
The blue blocks represent activities to be executed by the client,
the orange dotted activities represent activities that are executed by
the customer but are actively supported by our professionals.
Below you will find the recommended elements of the Jumpstart
package worked out in greater detail:
- C1: Installation (and infrastructure) Services
The scope will depend on the license package selected by the client;
based on the installation of all out-of-the-box and standard Tridion
WCM functionality only (the installation of Content Centric
Applications like Comm Stats, Webforms and Outbound email is not
included), and assuming the client will take care for installation
and configuration of all hardware and software related platform
prerequisites, the costs for installation of the Tridion software is
estimated on 1.5 to 2 days per server. Optionally and in extension of
these installation services Amakozi PS is able to support the client in
conducting a Infrastructure Scan to define upfront the way the Tridion
Content Management and Deployment architecture can fit in the client’s
current infrastructure, and align the setup with the client’s security
and IT policies.
- C2: Blueprint Workshop
A workshop with business, information architecture and IT representatives
from the client in which Amakozi PS will explain the concepts of
Blueprinting, present best practices and work together with the client to
identify the requirements for a Blueprint Design and propose a blueprint
design based upon these requirements. The Blueprint Workshop has an
estimated effort of (x, dependent on scope) days including the delivery of
a formal Blueprint Design document.
- C3: Functional Design Lead
An Amakozi PS functional consultant will work with representative(s) from
the client on the ‘translation’ of the website concept and corresponding
wireframes into a design of the various elements of the Tridion
implementation, like: Schema's, Page and Component Templates, Publishing
model, Workflow, etc. Estimated effort for support of the client’s project
team is estimated on (x, dependent on scope) days.
- C4: Project Management
The client will do the overall project management themselves.
- C5: Development Lead/Quality Assurance
Amakozi PS suggests providing a combined Lead Developer/Application
Architect for guidance and quality assurance purposes during the
Technical Design and the Build phase. The role of the Amakozi PS
Application Architect will be to lead the development team consisting of
the client’s system developers in the first stages of the project. At the
end of the project the same Lead Developer in the role of Architect will
conduct QA review activities. The Lead Developer will lead and plan the
work, provide hands-on training of the developers, provide Q&A on the work
done, realize parts of the development, etc also in the first half of the
runtime of the project. Amakozi PS’s role will minimize on this area during
the project after knowledge and technical best practices are handed over.
The estimated costs will depend on the runtime of the build phase. In the
current estimation we have estimated a total of (x, dependent on scope)
weeks for the whole Build phase, with an involvement of approx. 50% during
this process. The estimated effort is (x, dependent on scope). On request
and based on the client’s actual demands this package can be extended or
decreased to a minimum.
All estimations are based on the assumption that the client will
execute the project with their own resources, and Amakozi PS has a
accelerating, supportive, guidance and ‘expertise hand over’ role within
this project. All estimations are indicative.
- C6: Training
Training courses can be delivered as a package on a per target audience
basis. Webmaster/Publisher Training (1 day)The selected training or program can be
delivered to an audience of maximum 8-10 participants per track. These
training programs can also be used as the basis for a train-the-trainer
concept within the client. On-site Training courses are offered for a
discounted fixed fee of ZAR 3600 per training-day (independent of the
number of participants to a maximum of 8-10).
There are no fees involved for preparation time or material shipment costs.
Optionally, customers can also follow the official Discovery training
presented by Tridion BV. This is at cost of 2800 euro per day, with a max
of 8-10 plus overhead costs for the Tridion consultant to present the
training (flight, etc).
- C7: Migration scan
As the migration, clean up and transformation of the client’s current
pages, content and/or structure is part of the implementation process,
Amakozi PS is able to support the client in defining the right automated
or manual migration strategy, and selecting the right tool. Based on the
outcome of this scan Amakozi PS is prepared and able to define a
customized migration proposal. The initial effort for a comprehensive
migration scan is estimated on (x, dependent on scope) days.