He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards
ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
- Leonardo da Vinci
At Greystone, we tackle every project using a structured process of
sophisticated, time proven, results-oriented development and management
methodologies. That enables us to get your work done on-time, on-spec and
on-budget.
In order to write practical software, to provide truly total solutions, we have
to first determine what software to write. That means we have to know and
understand our clients’ businesses every bit as well as they do.
Half of science is asking the right questions.
- Roger Bacon
Greystone manages our client relationships with simple goals in mind:
to facilitate high-level business understanding, proper technological
application, and on-going personal involvement and support. As a Greystone
client you have a knowledgeable Greystone Consultant who functions as your main
contact person. Your Greystone Consultant learns your business and your
projects, knows what questions to ask to get to the heart of your problem, and
then interfaces with the rest of your Greystone team of experts to accomplish
exactly what you need done.
You always deal with a single, knowledgeable contact. That’s the way your other
professional advisors operate--your law firm, your advertising agency, your
accounting firm, and your business consultant. We’ve proven that it’s a
dramatically effective management tool in the software development arena, too.
All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we
shall control.
- John von Neumann
Our approach to development methodology balances the benefits of a
repeatable process with the recognition that no two situations are the same.
Where circumstances indicate, we use Scrum and other agile techniques.
Occasionally, a sequential software development cycle (Waterfall) is more
appropriate, particularly when agile principles can be applied within each
phase. When working on joint teams with our clients, of course we follow their
methodology.
We believe that whichever methodology is employed, the critical success factors
are consistent and thoughtful application of the methodology combined with care
in execution.
To learn more about our proven development methodology, please
contact Greystone .
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