Introducing an ALM strategy takes time. Your focus should be on practices, and practice improvement, and not simply tools. You should aim to implement ALM iteratively. For example, phasing in new practices over time. When drawing up your implementation plan, you should also make sure that it is aligned with your key business drivers.

Rhytha's is ideally suited to assist your organisation with this transition by combining the outstanding features of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) with the extended best practices refined throughout years of working in application development.

Rhytha's has designed a 5-step process enabling you to quickly implement ALM in your organisation by:

. assessing where you are at right now;
. gaining business and key stake holder support;
. building an implementation plan; and
. executing against that plan.

We focus on establishing the right processes, then enable your team to implement those processes. We then select the right technology which supports your team in repeatedly implementing process and collaboration within the organisation.

Rhytha's specialise in assisting organisations to implement ALM processes through a deep understanding of MS tooling - such as Visual Studio Team System (VSTS), MS Project, and SharePoint, as well as an an extensive understanding of multiple methodologies that can be applied to managing a project, such as the Microsoft Solution Framework, Scrum, and Agile methodologies.

Step 1
Online assessment.

Step 2
One day (1) on-site awareness overview to key stakeholders, which includes an overview of ALM & ROI benefits and an analysis of current ALM maturity.

Step 3
Three (3) day on-site deep ALM assessment. At completion you will receive a detailed solution roadmap and prioritized plan specific to your environment and application needs.

Step 4
Five (5) to Ten (10) days customizable implementation of tools (VSTS), methodologies (such as MSF, Agile and SCRUM) and Best Practices.

Step 5
Ongoing support, mentoring and training.