Sigma 4 Consulting Services...

Consulting means different things to different people. One thing it isn't is a cut-and-dried series of steps from a textbook. To Sigma 4, consulting is a very human, back-and-forth process between client and development team. Frequently, as clients grow to better understand the capabilites and limits of their systems, their goals for the system evolve as well. Sigma 4 consultants work with and advise the client about the impacts, especially to cost and schedule, of proposed changes to the system but the client is always the final decision maker. Sigma 4 works with the client to translate their needs and desires into the most cost effective system possible.

There are, four phases to system development. In the real world, these phases always overlap, or even iterate multiple times.

• First, the basic requirements (80% to 90% of the final system functionality) must be defined, with the Sigma 4 technical lead works with the client team to determine what the system must do.
  
  
• Second is the design phase, when these requirements are translated into a detailed specification...one which can be implemented in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
  
  
• Third is the implementation phase, when the specification is translated into a working system.
  
  
• Fourth, the delivery phase, sometimes called beta testing, in which the client and Sigma 4 work together to verify that the system is working to do the job the client needs to have done.

Sigma 4 technical personnel have an average of over ten years full-time professional experience in both integrating commercial off-the-shelf systems and in developing partial or full custom software, hardware, and mixed software-hardware solutions for a wide variety of customers. These customers range from the literal rocket scientists at White Sands Missile Range to general office automation for the City of Las Cruces to a fellowship program for graduate students. This broad experience allows Sigma 4 to offer consulting services, in addition to normal software and hardware development for customers who already know exactly what they want.

Sigma 4's consulting services allow you, the client, to take maximum advantage of our experience. If you know what you want to do, but cannot find a program that does it, the experts at Sigma 4 will be happy to work with you to define and implement a cost effective solution custom taylored to meet your needs. If you have only a general notion of what you need, Sigma 4 will be happy to assist you in firming up your goals for a new or updated computer system or network of computer systems.