Is a feasability study really necessary?

It depends on what you are trying to do. Many assume that a feasibility study is not necessary if the application is small. While this is normally the case, you should at least consider an impact study before rolling out a new application, especially if it in any way touches your customers.

For larger and more complex applications a feasibility study should be done prior to generating a project specification. The feasability study should allow you to put some rough numbers to the project, and help you to discover implementation and maintenance pitfalls.

How can Intralink help?

By adding a professional developer or consultant to the feasibility study you will have someone to guide you through the unknown. While you and your staff are looking at the business and logic flow of the project, we can help guide you though the technical aspects you may not have considered. If you are uncomfortable with the feasability study process, we can perform the entire study. This of course requires a good deal of communication between our company and yours, but we handle all of the nuts and bolts. When we do the entire study, we look not just at the new program or applications, but also at the existing infrastructure to determine the best integration and implementation approach.

What happens after the study is completed?

We go over the results with you and determine if it makes sense to move on to the next step which is project scope and planning. The feasibility study will often uncover hidden obstacles that must be addressed first to prevent cost overruns, and constant changes later on.

To find more information on project scope and planning click here.