We enable clients to be competitive through deployment of efficient solutions and delivery of value added services.
Stuart King and Associates opened for business in 2004 and has offices in Johannesburg to address specific needs in the computer industry related to custom software. A large demand in the industry exists for custom developed software at reasonable rates. The stable company has moved into the java and web environment, collecting talented young IT professionals along the way. We take a fresh approach to software development, working directly with leadership teams. This enables us to translate group business strategy into solutions with real, measurable impact. In an increasingly connected world, technical innovation and business innovation are often interchangeable.
The "P3D Approach"
Skanda means Stuart King and Associates,and we are an IT company that provides professional services in Enterprise Architecture,Business Analysis,Software development as well as Labour Law assistance through its Skala division.
Skanda provides Business analysis services,Software development that is to a user's / organisation's specifications as well as SOA rooted Enterprise Architecture services. What is the value of implementing SOA from a Business perspective?
Some of the benefits of implementing SOA in your organisation include Lowering IT costs,Protection of existing IT investments,More rapid and dynamic business development.These are just some of the benefits,for more info and elaboration on this topic,please feel free to contact us.
Adapt business processes to changing circumstances more readily. Adapt service models more easily. Adopt new business models more readily. Adapt to changing customer requirements more easily. Allow the business to operate using all necessary systems and information available in the organisation as needed. Absorb new customers more rapidly.
Defining needs and solutions for stake holders.
Developing, planning and maintaining enterprise software
Operational structure / blue print of an organization
Expert advice
Design and implementation of routines, tools and protocols for building future software or web based applications.
Customized problems solvers for existing software on the market
Skanda is an extremely fast growing technology company based in South Africa.
Skanda has over a decade of experience designing, building, implementing and supporting innovative software solutions, we have been awarded grants for innovation for some of our software. We work with many of the largest organisations amongst the airline, car hire, hotel and bus companies internationally and within South Africa.
We have a strong commitment to quality and this approach has led to us working with some successful companies in the travel industry.
With our great experience and intimate understanding of many of the challenges in the travel industry, we can assist in the success of your company's needs with an innovative and dynamically agile approach.
The P3D approach facilitates and utilizes Templates so that a development team composed of Analysts, Designers and Developers can use P3D to create,store and manage documents(conveying understanding) throughout the Software Development Life Cycle., The P3D Templates are affected by many different individuals throughout the SDLC and the more integrated the methodology is into the team, the more effective it becomes.
IT Architecture and Management supervises and standardises the practices. Analysts create and maintain the analysis documents. Designers aid the analysts in designing solutions based on the info gathered. Developers create the solution referencing the documentation and guidelines. Testers test functionality and correctness by comparing the solution to the specifications. The project owner/client monitors the progress throughout the SDLC and takes ownership of the documents and system upon completion.
We use our process driven approach to identify business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organisational change or strategic planning and policy development.Skanda provides this service through its qualified Business Analysts,with also the Expertise of its Enterprise Architects,and the use of P3D,thus ensuring quality and value in its service.
The P3D training is designed to help Analysts, Designers, Project Managers, IT Architects and Developers understand how to use the P3D Methodology,Irridessa and Templates to complete projects quickly and thoroughly.
The training aims to teach the above mentioned actors/users how utilizes iterative and agile aspects of software development while basing solution analysis and design around existing or proposed process flows.Which will allow them to keep a process-centric perspective throughout the software development life-cycle. By the end of the training these actors will be able to use this streamlined approach for analysis,design and development that is driven by the underlying business process and allows for iterative work
We have mastered the use of ARIS Enterprise Architecture to design and implement the optimal architecture that allows an organisation to. Gain insight into its digital Enterprise. Reduce the cost and complexity of your IT environment. Generate views of current and target situations. which will help align your Enterprise Architecture precisely with business aims. Service Oriented Architecture.
There are very good reasons why SOA has gained wide acceptance across all major industries and organisations,including Skanda of course. Skanda has gone beyond just accepting SOA as a preferred Architecture,we don\'t only Preach SOA we Practice,and this is an Architecture that Stuart King CEO of Skanda has mastered through out the years that he has worked as an Enterprise Architect,and has went as far as to design and develop his own SOA framework.
The primary driver for SOA is that it is the first architecture that makes it possible to allow for business and IT to function in a more coordinated manner. The fact is that SOA, carried out correctly allows for a separation of concern between business and IT, this separation has, previously, not been possible.
Irridessa is a web based application for the implementation of the P3D Approach,this tool supports design and development on well-defined and thoroughly analysed processes.
The Tool is basically a knowledge management tool that does not only store documents templates but also manages : Effort Exerted and Time Business and Process Data Project Content and Visibility P3D utilizes aspects of agile and iterative measures to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of development teams. With P3D adaptation and reviewing tactics based on new information is encouraged and iteration enables a more meaningful interaction between the parties involved in completing the templates.
We use our process driven approach to identify business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organisational change or strategic planning and policy development.Skanda provides this service through its qualified Business Analysts,with also the Expertise of its Enterprise Architects,and the use of P3D,thus ensuring quality and value in its service.
Skanda, Stuart King and Associates.
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