The Need

For companies or individuals considering new cloud-based services or applications, acquisitions, or internal application development projects, an independent judgment on the technical validity of a business plan or application can reduce the risks. Technical assessments can highlight potential problems, correct oversights and validate costs and schedules, which are frequently underestimated.

The Solution

Scio offers Technical Assessment engagements for Internet-based applications and SaaS products with an in-depth study by our senior architects and development team. The assessment will validate aspects that can be assessed for the phase of the application lifecycle of the product.  It can include any combination of the following areas:

• Technical Design
  
• Application Security
• Usability and Accessibility
  
• Quality Assurance
• Database Assessment
• Operations Assessment
  
• Product Support Assessment
• Cloud Services and Infrastructure Assessment
  
• Technical Team Assessment

Our Approach

• Our team will leverage automated assessments tools wherever possible and combine it with an in-depth analysis of the design and/or existing code.
• Current business operations and the skills of the in-house technical team are also areas that can be part of a full review.
  
• Potential issues will be identified, prioritized and reviewed with your team to assure nothing has been overlooked and the existing design intent is understood.

Key Value-Added Elements

• Scio’s strong experience in building, maintaining and designing web applications.
• On-demand market expertise to give you more insight about the risks and technical validity of the project.
• Collaborative review methodologies to ensure the in-house team are aware of the issues along with recommendations on how to proceed with corrective actions.

Value Received

• Minimize risk
• Validation of costs, resource needs and schedules
• Potential problems and issues are identified and prioritized
• Thorough reports detailing the results of the technical assessment