Systematic

Approach

: Requirements Engineering & Rapid Prototyping

Defining Requirements Clearly

To provide you with the best possible guidance, we aim to deeply understand your motives and goals. Every project begins with a comprehensive evaluation, including a detailed analysis, cost-benefit assessment, and clear definition of your requirements and objectives.

For us, Requirements Engineering is more than just a buzzword. Once we’ve captured your requirements and defined a common goal, we assess whether standard software will suffice or if customized adaptations are necessary. This ensures that existing systems are meaningfully integrated, and cost-efficient, user-friendly IT solutions are created where needed.

We start with a small, specialized team to lay the groundwork for successful project execution: problem-oriented user stories that are translated into a precise product backlog. Depending on project needs, experts from various disciplines collaborate, including software architects, consultants, developers, designers, interface specialists, and other professionals. This interdisciplinary team ensures your requirements are optimally addressed from the very start.

Rapid prototyping and continuous dialogue

Thanks to the rapid creation of initial prototypes, the first results are visible within a few days. This allows us to show from the outset exactly what the future solution might look like. This continuous dialogue ensures that we recognise very early if we have taken a wrong path and allows us to correct mistakes or aberrations without major time and financial consequences.

Together, we find the best possible solution. By involving the later users and all relevant stakeholders early on, we avoid having to make costly adjustments to an almost finished system or even having the solution met with rejection.

Acceptance is the key

A new software solution is only successful if users embrace it and perceive it as a genuine asset in their daily work. No one wants to input additional data without clear and tangible benefits.

That’s why we involve all project stakeholders early on to understand their expectations and needs. Different groups have varying requirements:

• Office or field employees value simple, ergonomically optimized interfaces and practical support for their daily tasks.
• Decision-makers require real-time key figures and analyses, both aggregated and in detailed form.
• IT managers prioritize straightforward management and seamless integration of existing systems, such as ERP solutions, to ensure centralized data availability.
• Customers who directly access the system expect intuitive usability—ideally without the need for training or instructions.

To reconcile these diverse needs, we carefully align them. Our goal is to create a solution that all users will adopt willingly and seamlessly. With our cooperative development approach, we foster not only acceptance but also genuine enthusiasm—both within the project team and among all future users.

Creating sustainable solutions

Once the implementation is complete, a permanently stable operation must be ensured. During the project, the future administrators and users are trained so that they can use the system independently as far as possible. If needed, we are happy to take over the operation of the entire system or of individual components and with it the responsibility. COViS offers managed services both at our data centre or on your chosen platform. We ensure smooth operations so that you can concentrate on your core business. In many cases, however, this work can also be completely taken over by the customer. We are then happy to support you in the further development or monitoring of the existing solution.