Technology Strategy Evaluation

Definition

Technology strategy evaluation is the quality control task during which the customer organization’s technology strategy is evaluated.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the technology strategy evaluation evaluation are to:

• Determine if the customer organization’s technology strategy is:
  • Complete.
  • Consistent with its digital branding strategy and business strategy.
  • Effective.
  • Efficient.
• Determine if the deliverable technology strategy work products are:
  • Correct.
  • Complete.
  • Consistent (internally, externally with other work products, and externally with related conventions).
  • Understandable.
• Identify defects in the deliverable technology work products so that:
  • The defects can be fixed.
  • Defect trend analysis can be performed to improve the process and staff training.
• Determine if the associated requirements engineering, architecting, and security engineering tasks are:
  • Completed.
  • Effective.
  • Efficient.

Preconditions

The technology strategy evaluation task can typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The strategy inspection team is adequately:
  • Staffed.
  • Trained in the technology strategy evaluation task.
  • Trained in its associated techniques (e.g., inspection).
• At least one technology strategy work product is ready for evaluation.

Completion Criteria

The technology strategy evaluation task is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The following technology strategy work products have passed their evaluations:
  • Requirements Set:
    • Technology Analysis.
  • Architecture Set:
    • Technology Strategy
  • Security Set:
    • Security Policy

Steps

The technology strategy evaluation task typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an incremental, iterative, parallel manner:

• The technology strategy team informally evaluates their work products in accordance with the associated technique(s) used.
• The strategy inspection team formally evaluates these technology strategy work products in accordance with the associated technique(s) used.

Techniques

The technology strategy evaluation task can typically be performed using the following techniques:

• Desk Checking
• Inspecting

Work Products

The technology strategy evaluation task typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Quality Set:
  • Desk Checking
  • Demonstration
  • Inspecting
  • Walkthroughs

Guidelines

• Inspecting tends to be the most effective quality evaluation technique for identifying defects.
• Evaluations can be incremental and are typically iterative.