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Genome International Corporation (GIC) deploys a proprietary process, GVIP (Genome's Value Improvement Program) to ensure continuous improvement and optimization in performance of its resources working in Bioinformatics and other software projects.

SCOPE AND GOALS :

The primary value additions GVIP is designed to accomplish for our project stakeholders are

Continuous monitoring of compliance to various coding standards, reporting process, development process, naming conventions, library structures and all other project deliverables (hereinafter referred to as CI, configurable items)

Detection and mitigations of any deviations within reporting intervals
Minimize bugs in coding and documentation by multiple internal and external reviews
Early detection of design and architecture errors by domain and functional reviews
Additional external assistance in lifecycle phases including Integration, cutover, pilot and data migration of CIs
Value-adding project metrics to monitor cost, quality and time of projects
Utilization of knowledge pool to assist stakeholders make decisions in selection of tools, databases, products etc. by using the contemporary market knowledge and expertise
Project risk management, mainly related to human resource

Depending on the type of project engagement, CIs and specific domains, a combination of the above would be applied.

The scope of GVIP is limited to external, balanced review of ongoing software projects. GVIP is not designed for active management of actual projects, which is the responsibility of respective project managers.

SALIENT FEATURES OF GVIP:

Provides an independent and balanced external review of software projects
Provides a flexible process and documentation tool to maintain project risk registers and industry/domain best practices
Integrates seamlessly with current PMI recommended project management methodologies including PRINCE2
Works with Waterfall, Sprial, Agile, Iterative, Extreme programming, SSADM, DSDM and test-driven project methodologies
Includes Six Sigma, CMM, ISO 9000 and ASQ based Quality Assurance practices during weekly conferences

HOW DOES GVIP WORK?

The diagram explains the reporting structure of GVIP

The main components in he GVIP are

Genome Program Managers. The program managers of GVIP are qualified and experienced process and program managers with more that 15 year of experience in IT program management, PMO and I.T. Quality assurance.

GIC assigns one program manager for each 20-30 Programmer Analysts (PA) it employs. This resource interacts with the PAs on a regular basis by means of emails and video conferences. During these interactions, the PA's status reports are reviewed and the areas addressed by the Scope and Goals above are discussed, and the findings and minutes are logged.

Project Managers. These resources are the actual project execution managers, of both our Bioinformatics and business IT projects at client sites. Depending on the agreed reporting (optionally agreed as indicated by dotted arrow connectors), the findings and suggestions from PA status reports are communicated by Program Managers or PAs to Project Managers.

Programmer Analysts (PA). These are actual project resources that perform PA duties in the project including, but not limited to software design, data modeling, functional configuration, development, data & server management, testing and operational support of software applications.

Resource pool (RP). These are experienced resources, sourced mostly from current PAs, identified and grouped based on tools, technology and business domain expertise, such as banking, financial services, mortgage, supply chain, retail, manufacturing etc. Members of the RP participate either in live teleconferences between Program Managers and PAs or review the findings and minutes and provide their feedback with suggestions.

To get more information on how GVIP can help your project, please email to gvip@giconline.com