Context
IXAS had to demonstrably fulfil its performance requirements, accept and obtain its IT audits on time, and bring processes, people, software and hardware together into one working whole.
Our solution
- 01 Validate the requirements, including the IT-audit framework.
- 02 Work in Scrum, applying model-based systems engineering.
- 03 Automate testing and registration in a verification matrix.
- 04 Draft design and test documentation in accordance with the J-STD-016 standard.
- 05 Support acceptance by running the tests and convoying the IT audits.
- 06 Take the system into use and manage it functionally through training and support.
What Oxand delivered
Commencement Certificate obtained
The client obtains its Commencement Certificate and gets paid on time.
One integrated measurement system
PMS processes, people, software and hardware working together as one whole.
Controlled development and acceptance
Fast and controlled development, sound testing and a smooth acceptance.
Invoicing straight from the PMS
Invoices issued from the PMS on the third working day, with agreement reached within one month.
Questions about this reference
What did IXAS need?
To demonstrably meet its performance requirements, to obtain and pass its IT audits on time, and to bring processes, people, software and hardware together into one working system rather than four separate ones.
What is a performance measurement system on an infrastructure contract?
It is the system that evidences the performance the contract pays against. If it cannot produce that evidence to an auditable standard, the performance is not recognised, whatever was actually delivered.
How was the system built?
Requirements were validated against the IT-audit framework, development ran in Scrum with model-based systems engineering, testing and its registration were automated in a verification matrix, and the design and test documentation was drafted to the J-STD-016 standard.
What did IXAS obtain?
Its Commencement Certificate, and payment on time. The performance measurement system runs as one whole across processes, people, software and hardware, and invoices are issued from it on the third working day with agreement reached inside a month.
Why does the IT audit matter so much here?
Because the certificate depends on passing it. Oxand therefore validated the requirements against the audit framework from the start and convoyed the audits themselves, rather than treating the audit as a check at the end.