OnPoint is Razorleaf’s proprietary collaborative and iterative service methodology for delivering successful solutions to clients. OnPoint has been developed over time, leveraging concepts from several software development, enterprise information system deployment, and project management methodologies, as well as from Razorleaf’s experiences and insights across a broad range of projects. OnPoint incorporates essentials of governance and organizational change management that set it apart from other methodologies. The process is rigid in its elements, but flexible in its application because every client is different yet the keys to success with enterprise software delivery are consistent across clients, geographies, and industries.
Razorleaf’s OnPoint methodology uses a six-step framework which is tailored to delivery of COTS-based technologies and implementation of software-based processes. The methodology starts from initial client engagement and keeps the project connected to the business drivers and ensures everyone can see how business value is delivered incrementally during the project, not just at the end. Each step in OnPoint is important, but the tasks and deliverables related to those steps are included, excluded, or modified and sized appropriately to the effort/complexity/needs of the project. Clients are involved in the definition of, and acceptance criteria for, deliverables for each step to ensure continuous calibration of expected outcomes. Razorleaf’s proven method keeps projects on target by leveraging our deep expertise, aligning with client goals, and driving a repeatable agile-like approach that reduces project risks, achieves timelines and budget, and accelerates business decisions.
OnPoint provides benefits to everyone engaged in a project, whether client, Razorleaf, or other 3rd party participants. The flexibility and scalability of OnPoint allows the framework to be used on any software-related project, no matter the type, duration, or complexity, while defined governance structures and processes ensure that risks are identified and mitigated frequently. Recurring activities to confirm scope, schedule, and other details mean that those areas get regular attention and stay on target as things evolve. Capturing and iteratively refining requirements shows end to end traceability throughout the project so that the team doesn’t lose the thread or waste time retreading ground. Fundamental techniques for collaboration and teamwork ensure transparency at all levels of the solution and during all activities needed to deliver that solution. And finally, recognition of organizational changes, understanding of the behavior of people, and acknowledgement of the challenges of technology, all contribute to humanizing the work in a way that delivers the best outcomes.
Knowing that technology projects will always have twists and turns, staying aligned through iterative processes and regular communication helps navigate those challenges. OnPoint provides modular, scalable, best-of-breed techniques in a defined framework that can be applied to a wide variety of unique projects. Combined with Razorleaf’s collective experience, these characteristics make OnPoint unique and are at the core of Razorleaf’s “secret sauce” for delivering results to clients.
